AWARENESS AND INTEREST OF RESIDENTS OF THE KHARKIV REGION IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES SUSTAINABILITY

Aim. To show the level of interest and awareness of the residents of the Kharkiv region in the management of waste, air quality, and water resources in healthcare facilities. Materials and methods. An adapted version of WHO Europe‘s Behavioural Insights tool was used in the randomized survey of 2114 respondents. The results were processed using jamovi v. 2.3, which is distributed under the rights of an open license by the methods of descriptive statistics. Results. The greening of healthcare facilities often is a result of society’s request. Public's environmental awareness and their interest in the sustainable management of environmental resources in Ukraine's healthcare facilities was the object of this research. Three questions in the block on environmental issues were analyzed: the possible impact of environmental resource management on the environment in healthcare facilities; choice of healthcare facilities based on information about the management of environmental resources; and opinion on the level of attention of healthcare managers to the management of environmental resources. Received answers were grouped depending on the place of residence, educational level, presence of chronic diseases, and place of work (depending on belonging to the field of healthcare). Conclusions. Residents of the Kharkiv region have a rather high awareness in ecological issues and interest in monitoring the management of environmental resources in healthcare facilities. Consider that the attention of the CEOs of healthcare facilities to the management of environmental resources is insufficient. Awareness of the relationship between human activity and the quality of the environment is at a high level. Information about the quality of environmental resource management in healthcare facilities is important.