title: [Family is the foundation for child health].
abstract: Problems of children's health status are discussed in relation to performance by a family of its basic functions. Data are presented on a relationship between the parameters of children's health status and performance by a family of medical function, function of upbringing of children, and function of socialization of children. A relationship was established between the level of family functioning and stage of development of family vital cycle. The great contribution of a mother to treatment and prevention of diseases of children, particularly of future mothers, girls, is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Rossiiskaia meditsinskaia akademiia poslediplomnogo obrazovaniia, Rossiiskii universitet druzhby narodov, Moskva
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stepanov
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ermokhina
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kicha
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Vazhnova
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn
vernacular_title: Semiia -- osnova zdoroviia detei.