The article analyses health-saving behaviour of population in the two countries – the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation (the case study of the Vologda Oblast) in the context of the gender aspect. The aim of the article is to highlight the specifics of behaviour of men and women in their choice of strategies of health-saving activity, which, in turn, influence their health condition. The results of an international multidisciplinary research testify that gender determines the choice of health-saving behaviour strategy
Keywords
health, health-saving activity, gender, self-assessment of health, men, women, population of
the vologda oblast, population of belarus