Ivakhnenko G.A. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the attitude of Russians to their health: a sociological analysis. Sociology of Medicine. 2022. Vol. 21. No. 1. Pp. 109-116. EDN: WDMFHR

Abstract

The main goal of the article is to identify how the attitude to their health among Russians has changed during pandemia Covid -19. The article systematizes the results of research analysis devoted to the study of this topic, and it is shown that the pandemic has elevated the issue of health in the top to those that have been worried about Russians for the past two years, and more than half of the Russian population have become more attentive to the state of their body. Especially acute the epidemic influenced the elderly. However, the pandemic in Russia shifted the focus from the widespread care of the population about itself to observe hygienic measures and social distances, as well as the level of a frivolous person’s attitude to his well -being with selfishness in relation to other people. The article also considers the effect of the negative consequences of the COVID-19 (increased use of alcohol, a change in the diet, constant wearing of masks, etc.) to the health of Russians.