Abstract

RODRIGUEZ MENDEZ, Mariela. Social consideration related to diseases prevention in health primary care. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.3. ISSN 0864-2125.

INTRODUCTION: family Physician program was established twenty years ago to prevent diseases and to promote the health; however, results are not as expected. How the Health Primary Care professionals consider and practice the prevention could fit such problem. AIM: to explore the relation of social consideration of health professional in Health Primary Care with their daily preventive practices. METHODS: qualitative types applying the interview, observation, and content analysis techniques to Cuban Journal of General Integral Medicine. RESULTS: health primary care professionals consider the disease prevention essentially as the execution of actions directed by programs and the information to population on behavior guidelines to be followed. Although there was a favorable attitude toward the prevention per se, there are complaints of work overload and the work condition at this care level. CONCLUSIONS: considerations of disease prevention and the preventive practices in Health Primary Care are complementary, since the preventive practice at this care level is characterized by that demanded by programs, mainly, if they are priority, as well as to inform on preventive behavior guidelines.

Keywords : Disease prevention; social representation; preventive practice; health primary care (HPC).

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