Predictive Factors for Online Health Information-Seeking Behavior among Adults in the Russian Federation.

Background: The internet is fast becoming one of the key instruments for seeking health-related information. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with internet use for health information among adults in the Russian Federation and to identify factors that explain its variation.

Methods: The data were collected from the online survey conducted in Russian Federation on Aug-Sep 2020.

Post-COVID-19 Status and Its Physical, Nutritional, Psychological, and Social Effects in Working-Age Adults-A Prospective Questionnaire Study.

Background: The main objective of this study was to evaluate the evolution of physical and daily routine, dietary habits, and mental and social health in individuals with recent COVID-19 infection.

Methods: A qualitative prospective cross-sectional study was conducted from 01 October 2021 to 01 March 2022, which included 80 working-age adults from the territory of Central Serbia who had PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in the previous six months. Two structured pre-coded closed-ended questionnaires were submitted to the participants: a questionnaire about post-COVID-19 status (pCOVq) and a shortened version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF).

The impact of health expenditures on public health in BRICS nations.

•Experiencing a rapid economic growth, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS nations) are now confronting a growing aging population and an increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases.•The health care spending share of the economy in the BRICS nations is growing and constitutes an important part of governmental efforts to address population health and health care systems.•Even with the growth in health expenditures, there remains a significant challenge in balancing the need for promoting public health, controlling noncommunicable diseases, and improving population health in these emerging economies.

[Organizational and managerial problems of the risks in the health service system and the safe medical practice].

For the creation of the safety of the medical aid it is necessary to make a complex systems efforts, which includes a lot of professional, organizational, juridical and psychological actions for the improvement of the treatment and diagnostic process, the promotion of the real conditions for the risk-management in the organizational and clinic practice.

[Organizational and socio-medical problems of palliative care in Russia].

The system of palliative care to the population is being formed in Russia. This article considers stages of this work and results of research on organizational and socio-medical aspects of palliative care. Scientifically substantiated proposals on the development of the hospice service in all territorial units of the Russian Federation based on recommendations of the World Health Organization are presented.