[Brief description of some aspects of public health in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Estonia].

The article, which reviews some aspects of public health in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Estonia, highlights the achievements of public health in these countries, which is expressed in an increase in life expectancy, primarily due to a reduction in mortality from cardiovascular diseases. In the countries listed above, there is a difference in life expectancy, both between men and women, and between people with higher and basic education. There is still an urgent problem of the prevalence of risk factors - smoking and alcohol consumption, while the level of physical activity of residents of the designated countries can be called high. The fight against risk factors in these States is carried out, among other things, through the implementation of screening programs. The digital transformation in healthcare in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Estonia is also intensifying. A significant part of medical data, including informational and educational materials, is now available to the public in digital format.

[The short characteristic of particular aspects of of public health of Greece, Spain, Bulgaria].

The article presents short characteristic of relevant scientific publications concerning some aspects of public health of Greece, Spain and Bulgaria and presented in the PubMed database in 2014-2020. The rather high indicators of life expectancy, low values of maternal and infant mortality are marked. The best results are established in Spain. The high prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors persists in countries analyzed, especially in Bulgaria and Greece. The health care systems of Greece, Spain and Bulgaria implement projects of digital transformation of medical care support. The most successful in this respect is Spain, while in Bulgaria and Greece information systems in health care remain fragmented.

[The comparative analysis of opinions of residents of the northern Caucasus Okrug and persons making decisions concerning issues of healthy municipal planning in its municipalities].

The article presents comparative results of studying opinion of citizens and officials making decisions on modernization of urban environment, about cities conditions. It is established that valuations of citizens and decision makers about urban infrastructure, its quantity and quality, process of cooperation in this area as well as consideration of interests in healthy urban planning differ significantly. The majority of surveyed decision-makers are more satisfied with conditions of their city infrastructure than citizens. The same trend persists in assessing quantity and quality of sport and physical education institutions. On the contrary, environmental situation in municipalities is more likely to suit citizens as compared to decision makers. The decision-makers are more optimistic about intersectorial cooperation in issues of healthy urban planning. The respondents note that issues and interests of health are not sufficiently considered in development and adoption of urban planning decisions in their municipalities. To correct the situation, it is necessary to implement appropriate strategies of healthy urban planning, to determine organizational mechanisms for their implementation in national conditions and to confirm their effectiveness in organizational experiment.

[The comparative analysis of level of literacy in issues of health among residents of the Northern Caucasian Federal Okrug].

The article presents the results of comparative analysis of level of health literacy of population of the North Caucasian Federal Okrug of The Russian Federation. The analysis established that the level of functional health literacy of respondents depends on gender, education, standards of living and residence. The lower level of this type of health literacy is established in males, residents of rural areas, individuals with lower standard of living and lower level of education (p<0.05). The interactive level of health literacy is higher in females, urban residents and individuals with higher level of education (p<0.05). The respondents that assessed their level of life as being high demonstrated higher level of interactive health literacy (p<0,05). The number of respondents capable to be oriented in necessary planned medical examinations can be considered as a criterion of critical health literacy. The percentage of respondents oriented in this issue is higher in females, citizens and individuals with higher level of education and life (p<0.05).

[The food habits of women as a factor of development of maternal obesity].

The article presents the results of analysis of diet habits of women in the Stavropol Krai. The study was carried out using single-stage structured interview quantitative survey. The respondent was guaranteed anonymity and the purpose of survey was explained. The questionnaire was targeted to identify diet habits of respondents and to establish their dependence with place of residence, infant feeding schedule, body mass index. The statistical data processing was performed using SPSS v. 24 software. The study demonstrated that majority of respondents feed in a fractional and varied way. The population often pays attention to the storage life of products while buying them. But only 12.5% respondents always control the caloric content of food. The obese women are more attentive to the energy value of food (pm0.001), as well as women feeding infant in a natural way (p=0.002). The respondents consume sweets and regularly add sugar to their drinks. Almost half of women assume that they need to lose weight and 37% tried to lose weight through dieting and 30% of respondents used various medications for weight loss. At that, only 21.2% of respondents were able to achieve the desired weight.