ABSTRACT
Public health is a new field of knowledge and human activity that is being developed in Ukraine today. In Ukraine and globally, public health is one of the highest priority areas of human development that falls into the category of systematic social inequality. Public health sector is socially important as it creates a health-preserving lifestyle for the population. The basic elements of this approach are population economic status, ecology, education, territorial settlement (urban or rural), and housing quality. At these basic levels, there is already a feasible scientific debate about the existence and growth of inequality. First of all, inequalities in access to:
Recognizing the effects of such inequalities in access to health-preservation, national and regional public authorities of the EU and Ukraine have begun to develop and implement public health concepts and programs at different levels.
The purpose of our research is to study public health sector of the EU and compare it with Ukraine in order to formulate proposals for mitigating 90health inequalities in access to health services, as well as developing new standards and to have an integrated approach to work out an effective public health policy.
A topical aspect is the processing and synthesis of information of public policy instruments in the context of preserving and promoting the health of the population, increasing the expectancy and quality of life, preventing diseases, and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Methodologically, chapter uses multidisciplinary and systematic approach to analyze the data, mostly obtained from the secondary sources.
Data were sourced from the surveys of Ukrainian and foreign scientists, national statistical agencies of the EU and Ukraine, and associations of cities of the leading countries around the world. We are interested in the indicators such as the level of urbanization, the level of gross domestic product, area pollution, the level of mortality, and other economic, social and health characteristics.
