title: [Methodological bases for monitoring the health of the population].
abstract: Monitoring is widely used in public health nowadays. A vast scope of data has been accumulated in the latest decade on the regularities of population health formation. Risk factors and the degrees of their unfavorable effects on the population health have been classified. This created conditions for the development of information systems for not only monitoring, but for active intervention in the processes of health formation. With the same purposes in view a system of cooperation with various population groups is created based on their informed consent. The paper discusses the notions and definitions in this field, methodologic basis provision of the information needed for monitoring, suggests criteria for selection of factors to be followed up and the organisation and methodological scheme of experimental validation of socio-hygienic monitoring of the population health.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Ovcharov
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007256:Information Systems; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012426:Russia