Society as an essential environmental factor (review)

Abstract

The impact of environmental factors on humanity is considered as a world-wide challenge which requires to be addressed. The population that has greatly expanded its influence over the last century forms social component of environment. It includes such aspects as economic status of a region and of a particular person, education, level of stress, early life, living conditions, social support, nutrition, transport as well as health care system. All the concerns mentioned above and their effects on human health are actively being studied by various national and international organizations. It has been established that the categories of population of low socio-economic status and low level of social integration are affected much greater than those who are socially adapted. It is worth noting that social adaptation varies in countries with different level of economic development. Consequently, the state of health depends on social and economic situation of people. Perspective directions of social environment study are dedicated to identify the level of susceptibility of an individual to social influences. Worldwide entities aim to monitor the impact of social and psychological environment of different age categories, determine the long-term effect of such an impact. Thus, the forces of health protection organizations direct their forces towards improving health equally for all categories of population. Lack of awareness of all social influences on human health promotes further investigation in this field dedicated to elimination of inequalities of health maintenance