Resumen

CASTELL-FLORIT SERRATE, Pastor  y  GISPERT ABREU, Estela de los Ángeles. Intersectoral action in the Cuban socioeconomic context and its implications in the population health. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2012, vol.38, suppl.5, pp. 823-833. ISSN 0864-3466.

The health system's objectives are to improve health status and quality of health services, as well as population and health worker satisfaction. To achieve this aims, it is important to establish alliances and act synergistically with other systems in society and the economy to affect the social determinants of health. This paper is based on research conducted in this year, aimed at identifying social actors' perceptions of the process of intersectoral action in their respective sectors and its implications for population health and wellbeing, with this purposed, information from 52 social key actors in Cuba's socioeconomic context were obtained. It was possible to realize that nonetheless, the existence of political will for intersectoral action in Cuba's context and of social actors persuaded of its relevance, current application of intersectoral action process is perceived as low and several situations demanded of intersectoral actions showed inadequate sectoral integration. This mean that intersectoral action is not as advanced as is technology in the health arena and manifest the necessity of strengthen, the elements in the health sector but also in those related to other areas of society and the economy.

Palabras clave : intersectoral action; socioeconomic context; health.

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