RIGHT TO CHILD HEALTH IN CONTEXT OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

Abstract

Introduction: From different points of view, health in general and child health, in particular, constitute the highest value which preserves a significant amount of resource potential. Child health is understood as his/her state consisting of a certain system of elements (physical, psychological, etc.) each of which, on the one hand, is characterized by its specificity, and on the other hand, is in a complementary relationship with each other. A process of child health formation is influenced by a large number of various elements (social, economic, etc.) and the natural environment is one of them. Its compliance with certain rules and standards that form its qualitative status affects life and health both directly and indirectly, therefore, determination of interdependence between the natural environmental conditions and child health is important for understanding a causal link between the specified categories. The aim: To study provisions of international acts and other sources in order to clarify the concept of child health and a role of the natural environment of a proper quality in the process of its formation. Materials and methods: the paper examines provisions of international acts, some scientists’ conclusions and other sources. Different authors’ scientific viewpoints are studied with scientific methods in the context of medical and legal components. Within the framework of the system approach, as well as analysis and synthesis, the concepts of safe natural environment, health in general and child health, in particular, as well as importance of a safe natural environment for child health are researched. Review: The concept of health is complex and depends on various factors including proper natural environmental conditions. Presence of dangerous environmental factors affects occurrence of various children diseases. In the context of the natural environmental security, it is possible to indicate both general and individual natural resources. Their deterioration may affect its condition at large. Conclusions: Ensuring child health, his/her proper physical, psychological and other development is impossible without guaranteeing natural environmental security. Consumption of high-quality natural resources, observance of norms and standards for the environmental security allows the human body to develop fully accumulating relevant resources and attracting them at the right time. Ensuring the natural environment of a proper quality guarantees a greater range of opportunities for a child in the process of forming, coming into being and maintaining his/her physical and psychological well-being, which is a prerequisite for exercising his/her other rights and proper fulfillment of his/her duties in the process of his/her transformation and transition to adulthood.