[The review of the book "The Destiny of Scientist. The Academician Oleg Prokopievich Schepin" by R. V. Korotkih].

The review considers the book "The Destiny of Scientist. The Academician Oleg Prokopievich Schepin" by R. V. Korotkih that is based on studying of wide range of sources and publications. The author presents main periods of life and creative work of Oleg Prokopievich Schepin, the Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book by its style is notable for its simplicity and easiness. It is oriented to wide audience of readers. The purpose of the author is obvious - to share about outstanding personality being in contact with whom enriches spiritually, creatively and makes life more interesting and many-sided. Furthermore, the book reveals creative development of prominent scientist who greatly inputted into formation and consolidation of public health and health care and development of international cooperation in medicine. The author of the book, Raisa Vasilievna Korotkih, more than 20 years worked with academician O. P. Schepin and largely relied on accounts of Oleg Prokopievich himself. The author succeeded to present portrait of not only scientist, founder of eminent scientific school but great politician, organizer, health care administrator, pedagogue, leading specialist in the field of national and international health care, eminent public figure.

[The dynamics of parameters of reproduction of Shor people - native small nation of the Kemerovo oblast].

In Russia, in the conditions of ongoing demographic crisis and socioeconomic transformations, the reproduction of population, including indigenous minorities, is the urgent problem. The analysis of dynamics of the age structure and reproductive parameters of women of three generations was carried out in order to determine the characteristics of reproduction of the Shors, the indigenous minority of the Kemerovo Region. The statistical data of population censuses (1970-2015), questionnaire materials, records of household books were used as sources of information. The average indices of the main parameters of reproduction of the Shors were calculated and their comparative analysis was carried out. The analysis of the reproductive characteristics of Shor women: the average age of the onset of menopause and menarche (climacterium is from 46.9±1.95 to 46.5±0.70 years, menarche from 14.5±0.65 to 13.9±0, 21 years old, p>0,05), the duration of the physiological reproductive period and the age of the woman at birth of the first child (22.5±0.42 years, 21.02±0.41 years, p>0,05) in a number of generations varied not statistically significant. There had been tendency of acceleration of rate of of process of puberty in female representatives of the "young" generation. The reproductive-active period reduced in 3 generations by 2 times (from 14.0 to 6.7 years). The age of woman at birth of the last child decreased from 36.5±0.65 to 27.7±1.09 years. The number of live-born infants decreased from 5.8±0.33 to 2.4±0.16 children. In women of all generations, there was high frequency of induced abortions (3.4±0.35 abortions). The negative dynamics of reproduction of the indigenous Shor population was established. The number of the Shors decreased from 14,059 people in 1970 to 10,672 people in 2010. The disproportion in gender ratio increased and absolute and relative volumes of pre-reproductive and reproductive contingents decreased. The Shors are characterized by narrowed mode of reproduction and regressive type of population age structure.

[The role of actual demographic trends in improving state health policy].

The decreasing of demographic security level is a global social economic trend in both developed and developing economies. Hence there is an urgent need in improving state social policy, including health care. The key target of this study is to evaluate the role of modern demographic trends in improving state social economic policy in health care. The study characterizes demography role in developing state health care strategy and to assesses world demographic trends that permitted to formulate potential barriers and obstacles in achieving stable level of demographic security. The distinctive features of modern demographic trends in Russia were identified and used as a background in developing prospective ways of improving state health policy in Russia with specific focusing on identified identified predicaments in national demographic development. The interdisciplinary analysis was applied in the field of theory and practice of health demography as a new scientific area as well as systemic and economic analysis. The most important result of the study was the established need in assessing relationship between current national demographic situation and economic efficiency and social economic consequences for whole society that actualized retrieval and elaboration of relevant social economic indices of life quality within the framework of health demography.