[The theoretical and organizational basis for the Comprehensive Program for Disease Prevention and Health Improvement of the Population]. / Teoretické a organizacní základy "Komplexního programu opatrení k posílení prevence nemocí a k upevnování zdraví obyvatelstva"

The authors present a general characterization of a complex programme of disease prevention developed by the Ministry of health care, Academy of medical science and by other authorities of the USSR. At first, there is an outline of demographic and health state indicators of soviet population and of factors leading to morbidity increase. The major part of the paper deals with an analysis of the aims of this programme, i.e. air pollution control, improvement of social and medical care of working and child-bearing women, education of young people to a healthy life-style, health care of children and adolescents, reinforcement of health of young families, expanding and improvement of the recreation, sporting and cure facilities, propagation of mass-physical training, rationalization of nutrition, intensification of health education of citizens, dispensary care of population, and medical personnel education in the field of preventive medicine.