Abstract

DIAZ-PERERA FERNANDEZ, Georgia; BACALLAO GALLESTEY, Jorge  and  ALEMANY PEREZ, Eduardo. Relationship between the socio-economic dimension and the health dimension in Cuban families. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.3, pp. 403-413. ISSN 0864-3466.

Objectives: to evaluate the relationship of the socioeconomic dimension and the health dimension in Cuban families cared for by several family physician's offices. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 840 families from 12 family physician's offices located in seven health areas of Havana was conducted. The socioeconomic dimension was represented by the conditions of the house and of the family, and the health dimension was represented by the hypertension, diabetes and smoking densities. Results: there was no relation between schooling and the density of diabetics and smokers; just hypertension was observed to have some linear relation with schooling. No signs of association between the variables health and the ownership of first and secondary need appliances at home. The three risk factors exhibited clear tendencies in terms of the perception of economic situation. There exist high densities of the three factors among those who considered their economic conditions as bad or very bad; the socio-economic inequalities had no relation with the density of risk factors. Conclusions: there is low association between socio-economic inequalities and health situation in Cuba.

Keywords : socio-economic dimension; health; hypertension; diabetes; smoking; inequality; Cuba.

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