Abstract

PUPO AVILA, Noria Liset  and  HECHAVARRIA TOLEDO, Suiberto. Health promotion in the curriculum of the medical studies in Cuba. Educ Med Super [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.4, pp.576-586. ISSN 0864-2141.

An exploratory study using the contents analysis technique was conducted in the medical study curriculum, with the objective of demonstrating the presence of the health promotion theme. The objectives, skills, contents and their structuring were analyzed; the macrocurriculum and the microcurriculum were compared and five experts were interviewed. As a result, it was found that health promotion was present in 4 functions, 6 general objectives and 18 out of 26 selected programs. Several difficulties were evident in operationalizing the skills and in structuring the contents and objectives. It was concluded that health promotion is explicitly present in the general functions and objectives, but not in the general skills or the subject curricula, due to the lack of definition of the skill "health promotion" and the inadequate logical structuring of this contents.

Keywords : health promotion; health education; primary health care; curriculum; medical studies; skills.

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