Abstract

LORET DE MOLA PINO., Janet; PEREIRA PEREZ., Joanna  and  LORET DE MOLA LOPEZ., Enrique. Theoretical systematization for a study on population aging as a polysemic phenomenon. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1  Epub Apr 15, 2023. ISSN 1727-8120.

Population aging is one of the most latent problems in the current Cuban reality. According to ONEI figures, the population over 60 years of age amounts to more than two million people. This is a phenomenon present throughout the life cycle from the very process of conception until death; which, despite being a natural phenomenon known to all, has been difficult for many to accept as an innate reality to all beings. Given the great complexity of the changes that occur during it, it is not surprising that there are more than 300 theories in order to explain the where, how and why of these changes. In this article, the phenomenon of population aging in Cuba is doctrinally characterized as an irreversible, unique, individual, universal process of change that involves all dimensions of the human being, and slows down the processes of the body; Supporting its analysis on its theoretical foundations, as well as on the totalizing vision, which allows it to be assumed as a dialectical totality, for this reason it is assumed as an objective to Systematize a theoretical and methodological conception that supports the polysemic nature of the aging process of the population. The study is being carried out at the present time, as part of an investigation process that is being undertaken in the Provincial Court of Havana.

Keywords : Aging; individual dimension; sociodemographic dimension.