Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot156810.32687/0869-866X-2024-32-6-1306-1313НеопределенThe value foundations of social immunity in conditions of expanding Russian space: A demographic aspectVolkovaOlga Alexandrovnavolkovaoa@rambler.ruThe Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia091220243262704202527042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article considers value determinants of social immunity of subjects in conditions of expanding Russian space. The issue is raised concerning formation in children and youths of social immunity and improvement of social immunity in representatives of middle-age and elderly population as barrier to harmful invasion of alien foreign cultural elements into life of Russians). It is determined that they negatively affect social and psychological components of human health and are manifested in occurrence of new diagnoses and exacerbation of chronic ones.<br />The current situation is complicated by intensification of attempts to negatively impact by foreign entities on Russians, including residents of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye Oblast, Kharkov Oblast and Kherson Oblast as well as migrants temporarily staying in other regions of Russia.<br />It is indicated that for residents of the territories mentioned above as well as migrants temporarily located in other regions of Russia, an important direction of functioning of state authorities is to increase accessibility for population high-quality health care services, daily living comfort, infrastructure development, housing support in regions. 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