Publication of the training course "The basic of social and ethnic ecology". Its goal is to master the theoretical foundations of social ecology and its components (72 hours, of which 32 hours are classroom instructions and 40 hours - self-dependent work). As a result of mastering the discipline, the student should know the basic concepts of ecology and social health of the population, modern strategies for the environmentally balanced development of society, ensuring human health; be able to use in their work objective assessments of the medico-social and socio-environmental consequences of decision-making, as well as possess the research skills of medico-social and socio-environmental problems in modern society.