MEDICAL-SOCIAL REHABILITATION AS THE BASIS OF OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF LIVING ACTIVITIES OF CITIZENS WITH DISTURBANCES OF HEALTH AND THEIR SOCIALIZATION

Modern approaches to protecting public health in the world are increasingly guided by the concept of preventable loss of health, which provides for the concentration of health efforts on the prevention of morbidity and disability. The nosological spectrum of causes of disability includes a large list of diseases, among which the leading ones are chronic non-communicable diseases, which are characterized by an epidemic type of spread. The highest level of disability is observed in connection with diseases of the circulatory system, malignant neoplasms, diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. Of the total number of citizens recognized as disabled, a significant number are disabled people of the first and second groups. The significance of the disability problem is aggravated by the special demographic situation of the "aging" of the population, which is associated with the accumulation of pathology of various major body systems. Persistent dysfunctions of the body due to diseases, consequences of injuries and defects can lead to disabilities. The development of the UN international legal framework (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, "International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health") contributed to the formation of social policy in Russia aimed at protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Medical and social rehabilitation and habilitation of persons with disabilities is the basis of social protection of citizens with health problems. The implementation of the main directions of medical and social rehabilitation and habilitation of persons with disabilities (medical, professional social) involves the use by persons with disabilities of technical means of rehabilitation that can compensate for impaired or lost functions of the body, which helps to overcome the limitations of life and socialization of citizens with persistent health problems.