Suicide as a Negative Factor in Reproduction of Human Potential of the Kurgan Region, its Determination and Prevention

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10.2991/assehr.k.200113.091How to use a DOI?

Keywords

suicide, factors, prevention, Kurgan region, human potential

Abstract

The article notes a debatable nature of the concept of “human potential”, the criteria for its assessment, including economic, social and demographic indicators, and discusses the problem of reducing the demographic indicator of human potential in the Kurgan region, where the population has been steadily decreasing for more than five years due to migration decline and attrition. The author studies the problem of the negative impact of suicide, which, along with the natural mortality of the population, and other external causes, is a factor determining the process of reproduction of the regional human potential. The article describes the current state of a suicide level in the territory of the Kurgan region. The region is in the top ten regions of Russia with the highest level of suicides, this year an increase of the number of suicides in the region has been recorded, and to disclose the specificity of suicide determination is fundamental for developing preventive measures in order to increase the number of individuals in population in the region. The author conducted an empirical study of suicidal behavior of the Kurgan region residents using a questionnaire method. The results of an empirical study lay the foundation for the basis of a complex of measures proposed by the author for preventing suicides, including by changing the current criminal law (at the federal level), which correspond to the main areas of reproduction and development of human potential, but supplement them with specific legal measures. These changes will increase the level of the human potential demographic indicator in the territory of the Kurgan region and the Russian Federation as a whole.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Elena Alekseeva
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/01/16
TI  - Suicide as a Negative Factor in Reproduction of Human Potential of the Kurgan Region, its Determination and Prevention
BT  - Proceedings of the Ecological-Socio-Economic Systems: Models of Competition and Cooperation (ESES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 437
EP  - 442
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200113.091
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200113.091
ID  - Alekseeva2020
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