The labor activity of sailor is constantly passes under permanent impact of multitude of negative factors and requires not only professionalism, but also high concentration and increased emotional resistance to various stressful situations. Among many activities targeted to to achieve these conditions the pre-voyage medical check-up of all crew members is mandatory as a tool of timely detection of health menaces. The particular attention is paid to preservation of mental and psychological health of sailor. Nevertheless, cases of suicide conditioned by conflict situations at workplace and other reasons are still recorded in the navy. In this regard, it is important that social health of sailors of merchant navy remains practically unexplored. Hence, measures preserving health will increase social immunity of sailors and will create more favorable conditions for working activity. On the basis of survey results and conclusions of researchers in this field recommendations oriented on enhancing social health of crew members of a marine vessel.

marine merchant navy, sailors, social health, recommendations, social immunity..