Abstract

SEUC, Armando H.; DOMINGUEZ, Emma  and  GOMEZ, Ivo. Evaluación del impacto de los artículos publicados en la Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral en los años 1995, 1998 y 1999. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.1. ISSN 0864-2125.

Our country requires that health research plays an increasingly important role in the welfare and comprehensive development of our population. One of the indicators that favors a higher impact of our research works on the territories where they are carried out is the agreement between the geographical scope of the study on one hand and the geographical level at which this study is justified. Definitively, it is a question of to do research about a problem that is a real priority for the studied community. The present paper made a review of the articles published in Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral in the years 1995, 1998 and 1999 and determined to what extent this agreement has been reached. The results showed that the majority of the reviewed articles (87 %) did not reach such an agreement, which may jeopardize the practical impact of these papers. Comments were made on the possible causes of this problem from which actions that might help to solve it can be identified.

Keywords : IMPACT EVALUATION; DATA COLLECTION; REVIEW LITERATURE.