Abstract

ACOSTA CABRERA, Oria Susana; ABRAHAM MARCEL, Enrique A.  and  PAZ SENDIN, Luisa. Municipios por la salud: Proyecto provincial de Ciudad de la Habana. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1999, vol.15, n.3, pp. 334-341. ISSN 1561-3038.

The conepts of health promotion are not new for those who consider health as a whole and not as an isolated component. It means to -give peoples the necessary means to improve health and to have a better control of its-. The projects of the municipalites for health are part of the action of Promotion and Prevention, which are the fundamental milestones in the model of Primary Care in Cuba for the development of environmental health, communicable and non- communicable diseases and other health damages. In the municipalities where the goverment thinks it is necessary the introduction of these projects, the members of the Municipal Board of Directors, of the Municipal and Peoples´s Health Councils, and the personnel involved in the project as well as the promoters of the population taking part in the movement will be trained in health promotion. The health situation will be analyzed with the participation of the community and the priorities will be determined by the Hanlon´s method. The place chosen to carry out the work will be characterized by all the bodies, including health. The project and subprojects emerging from the analysis with the community will be also made. An initial evaluation will be performed by means of surveys or focal groups. A systematic monitoring will be carried out to evaluate the proegress. The impact of these projects will be measured on short, average and long term.

Keywords : HEALTH PROMOTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; CUBA.

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