title: [Health condition and medical care of adolescents in the Russian Federation].
abstract: A dynamic description of teenagers' health status in the Russian Federation is presented in the article over a period of 40 years. A pronounced increasing proliferation of impaired functions and a prevalence of chronic pathologies in children were outstripping the growth rates; a worsening health condition in children revealed through a sharply reduced quantity of healthy children and a bigger share of chronically sick children; a changed structure of prevalence of functional disorders and of chronic pathologies among children reflecting, to a certain extent, the negative impact produced by the social as well as by ecological-and-hygienic conditions of contemporary life of schoolchildren; as well as a pronounced influence exerted by such significant factors, as social well-being, an intensified educational process and a premature labor occupation of children, on the evolution of children's health can be attributed to specific features of the build-up of children's health during different time periods under the conditions of today. The negative dynamics of the health status in children of the country necessitated a decision on reforming the provision of teenagers with medical care and on creating a system of continuous medical check-ups for them. Various forms of medical care as applicable to teenagers are analyzed.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Kuchma
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sukhareva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012426:Russia