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Nowadays, the breast-feeding, despite the approved advantages, is not a standard in many communities. The multi-factorial determinants determining its prevalence need to be supported at various levels - from legal and legislative one to views and values of society, conditions of women's labor and also health care system that can develop a favorable environment for breast-feeding. The breast-feeding effects positively on health, economic development and ecology and therefor it is a benefit for children, women and whole society in short-term and long-term perspective. The defense, propaganda and support of breast-feeding need a political will, and financial investments to implement its advantages.

© 2018 Meditsina Publishers. All rights reserved. Results of medico-sociological studying of specifics of social installations of the population concerning HIV-infected citizens are presented in article. The conducted research shows that now the deficiency of objective information on a problem of HIV-infection/AIDS is observed, and negative installations of russians concerning HIV-infected persons still remain widespread social practice. Authors note that despite efforts of the state, medical and public organizations on increase in level of tolerance of the population concerning HIV-infection/AIDS, the fact of establishment of the diagnosis «HIV-infection», besides problems of medical character, causes change of the social status HIV-infected and also attracts extensive social and reputation losses – that, in general, distances the HIV-infection carrier from other population and intensifies social inequality.

© 2018 Meditsina Publishers. All rights reserved. Results of the medico-sociological research directed to studying of the ideas of the HIV-infected widespread in modern Russian society are presented in article. The obtained data have allowed to design a modern social portrait of the HIV-infected Russian. Now in representations of Russians the typical HIV-infected - the young childless and single man regardless of sexual orientation who is living in the large city, having an average special educations or being in process of that receiving which level of income we will compare with a living wage. The HIV-infected has been infected as a result of a youth error (the unprotected sexual contact or the intravenous use of drugs) and lives with this diagnosis several years, leads a risk-free life more often, at the same time usually hides the diagnosis and separates from social communications.

© 2018 Russian Academy of Sciences. Wide circulation of HIV-infection/AIDS is a socially important problem for the majority of the countries of the world now. Against the background of the remaining high rates of infection spread beyond the borders of risk groups, a series of the negative phenomena aggravating an epidemiological situation on HIV-infection and other socially important diseases is observed (tuberculosis, hepatitises, etc.): depression of the general indicators of health of the population, urbanization, complicating of life rhythm, wide circulation of dependences on psychoactive agents, and, above all - serious transformation of institute of family, liberalization of sex behavior, of traditional family values. Now in representations of Russians the typical HIV-positive-a young childless and single man regardless of sexual orientation who is living in the large city, having an average special educations or being in process of its receiving whith level of income comparable to average one. The HIV-positive has been Infected as a result of a youth error (unprotected sexual contact or the intravenous use of drugs) and lives with this diagnosis several years, leads a risk-free life more often, at the same time usually hiding the diagnosis and separated from social communications. Existence of this diagnosis involves social trouble and the social not approved behavior, but if the disease affects the loved one, many Russians are potentially ready to give moral and psychological support (56%), financial support (including in purchase of drugs), the help in search of necessary experts and visit of the medical organizations (6,9%) and also to care for the HIV infected and their children (6%). According to authors, the widespread negative perception of people with "HIV-infection" diagnosis is in many respects caused by insufficient informing the population on HIV-infection/AIDS problems.

© Authors. The information society reveals the social impact of the dissemination of information technologies. The purpose of this article is to study the negative social, psychological, and pedagogical implications of the Internet on young people. The authors analyzed the internet addiction problem among students (14-19 years) from the standpoint of the social health of the individuals and society as a whole. In a pilot study, which involved more than 600 adolescent participants aged 14-19 years (secondary school, college and university students), the authors have defined internet addiction as a complex phenomenon. The prerequisites of its development identify and highlights its formation in stages among students (mild fascination, passion, addiction, attachment). At the ascertaining stage of the experiment, a screening study was carried out to examine the state of internet addiction in young students in social networks. The results showed the necessity to design and implement internet addiction prevention programs for young students, which include three main blocks (motivational and cognitive, practice-oriented, reflexive), and a systematic plan for its implementation in the educational space framework. The stages of the experiment provided evidence of the authors' proposed effectiveness of methodologies for young people aged 14-19 years. This article may be useful to pedagogues, psychologists, and parents of students, social workers, and researchers working in the field of addiction prevention among young people.