2021, Number 01
Social and health determinants in children and adolescents with burns
Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 14-25
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: In Cuba, burns have stayed among the first 5 causes of death due to accidents and constitute a health problem in the youth population.Objective: To describe some social health determinant in children and adolescents with burns.
Method: A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 60 patients, up to 18 years was carried out. They were assisted in the Caumatology Service of Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba during 2017. The SPSS statistical package, version 11.5 for Windows, was used to process the information, as well as the absolute frequency and the percentage for the analysis of the results.
Results: In the series there was a prevalence of the 1-4 age group (41.6 %), boiling liquids as main causal agent of burns (45.0 %), besides the problems related to water supply, residual deposit system, houses with no tiled floor (18.3 %), use of high risk energy to cook (53.9 %) and overcrowding (46.6 %).
Conclusions: By means of the identification of social determinants in the community possible ways of getting sick can be detected and draw up strategies aimed at preventing diseases and achieve healthy populations.
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