PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NON- INFECTIOUS HEALTH RISKS DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE MASS SPORTS EVENTS (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE 2013 SUMMER UNIVERSIADE IN KAZAN AND THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SOCHI)
Using the methodology for assessing health risk in the preparation of mass sports events allows to determine the likely level of exogenous threats and dangers for the period of mass sports activities, to justify measures to minimize them and also to form an optimal program observing the priority risk factors. Testing approaches to risk assessment in the preparation of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi showed their versatility and efficiency. It was revealed that in urban areas a priority risk factor for acute non-infectious health problems (especially for athletes experiencing severe physical exertion) is air. Pollution is usually determined by the sharp increase in road traffic flows in the period of the event. Risk management is to reduce air pollution through the optimization of traffic flows, improving the quality of the fuel used, in some cases - the suspension or reduction of the operation of a number of industrial facilities for the for the period of sports activities.