The relevance of multivariate mapping in the system of socio-hygienic monitoring

The method of the sanitary-epidemiological and hygienic regional mapping is proposed in solving the problems of environmental protection and public health protection as one of the effective approaches to the scientific substantiation of forecasting and purposeful management of the process of the improvement of the population health. Multi-factor mapping based on the analysis of the anthropogenic load on the environment, systematization of data on the state of health of the population and the demographic situation provides an opportunity to simulate the situation, differentially, informatively and evidently determine the most dangerous «hot spots» of the impact of negative factors on the environment and health of the population, relationships and trends in their development in cities and districts of the Lipetsk region. The result of the application of this technology was the creation and production of five atlases on the sanitary and epidemiological situation of the region, contributing to interdepartmental cooperation in the adoption of targeted programs to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population and to address the financing of priority and long-term implementation.