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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3194
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MENDEZ DIAZ, Nidia Elina et al. A proposal for a strategy of health intervention to manage leptospirosis in children. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.1, pp. 197-204. ISSN 1561-3194.
A development-applied, exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional research paper, based on the previous diagnosis of a research carried out by the main author, who led a clinical-epidemiological characterization to manage leptospirosis in children (80 children), Pinar del Rio. Cuba. This allowed performing the diagnosis of the main problems to make the proposal of the Strategy for the Health Intervention to manage Leptospirosis in Children. A documentary analysis was the method used through making a review of the National Programs for the prevention and control of this entity, considering its bias. Actions to be taken were defined to perform the activities of promotion, prevention and rehabilitation determining what medical, paramedical personnel as well as formal and community leaders make in each of the activities; the assessment of the proposal should be put into practice.
Palabras clave : Leptospirosis; diagnosis; strategy; CHILD Health; prevention.