Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of views of the youth about health, factors contributing to health formation and the role of family in preserving of health. Methodology of work is a survey with electronic Google form. Attitudes and opinion of 430 people, citizens of Russia, mainly of the youngsters aged 18-24, have been studied. There was found that psychological and social components of health are the most important for young people, while the role of physical health in young age is underestimated. The majority of respondents (61,4%) defined healthy family as the one, where there are good sincere relationships between spouses and children. Half of the respondents (51,9%) marked the role of financial status of family in achievement of health. 34,4% of the respondents believe that in a healthy family parents devote much attention to self-development and education of their children. The majority of respondents (88,4%) realize that family is a key factor in formation of healthy behavior and healthy life style. Only half of respondents recognize the positive influence of family on their own health. The results of the study can be applied for development of regional and state programs in the field of public health and health promotion.
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