[The competence in health issues of population of circumpolar region of the Russian Federation].

The health literacy of citizen is determined by a set of demographic and social factors. The deficiency of health literacy of population in the Russian Arctic Zone conditions delay in indicators characterizing population health from their all-Russian values and menaces ability to achieve the targets of the National Strategy of Development of Russian Arctic Zone and Ensuring National Security up to 2035.The purpose of the study is to assess level of health literacy of patients and healthy population residing in circumpolar territories of Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast).

[SATISFACTION OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGION WITH THE STATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THEIR HEALTH LITERACY].

Regions of Arctic Zone and Far North of Russia have a weak social infrastructure, including regional segments of the state healthcare system. The study of citizens satisfaction with the healthcare system is one of the leading methods for assessing its effectiveness. Citizens satisfaction may be distorted by their health literacy (HL).

[New bioaffine sorbents for selective elimination of autoantibodies against human thyroperoxidase in autoimmune thyroid diseases].

New bioaffine sorbents containing bioselective ligand, synthetic analog of the human thyroperoxidase antigenic determinant--tetrapeptide H-Glu-Gln-betaAla-Lys-OMe, immobilized on two polymeric matrixes--a polyacrylamide gel and CNBr-activated sepharose 4B were synthesized. The offered immunosorbents were shown have high selectivity in relation to autoantibodies against thyroperoxidase and can find an application for medicine and experimental biochemistry for selective elimination of autoantibodies from serum or plasma of the patients suffering from autoimmune thyroid diseases.

[Predictors of the patients' satisfaction with the quality of hospital-based medical care].

The paper reports results of sociological analysis of satisfaction of the patients with the medical care provided in in-patient facilities of Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions and Komi Republic. The authors distinguish three groups of factors (professional, organizational, informational) that determine the patients' content with the quality of medical services. The study revealed the generally low level of patients' satisfaction estimated based on selected criteria for medical aid and services.

[The information awareness of physicians about legal foundations of medical activities].

The article deals with the results of analysis of physicians' information awareness about legal foundations of medical activities. The study included the sample of 918 medical workers (229 clinical interns and 689 physicians). To evaluate the readiness of medical stuff to inform the patients about their rights and duties during medical care provision and the implementation of these rights the indicator of relative number of right answers to the questions of test questionnaire was applied.