2014, Number 3
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EduMeCentro 2014; 6 (3)
Necessity of incorporating social sciences to research work in health
García SJM
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 51-65
PDF size: 144.66 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Background: professionals from social and humanistic sciences in Centers of Higher Medical Education, with their research work, may contribute to the solution of multiple problems that make difficult the constant improvement of the state of health of the population.
Objective: to design actions to include the professionals of social sciences from the Villa Clara Medical Sciences University to the research work and solution to the main problems of health.
Methods: a descriptive study with qualitative approach was done, during the period of April-June 2013, by means of using theoretical methods: analysis-synthesis, and inductiondeduction,
that allowed the interpretation of the analyzed documentation and the revised
bibliography; from the empirical level it was used the documentation analysis for the
characterization of the current situation of the institution in the field of scientific research by the professionals of the social and humanistic sciences, the descriptive statistics for the
absolute frequencies, and the percentage.
Results: the analysis of the health indicators in Villa Clara, shown in the tables,
demonstrates the need to include the professionals of social and humanistic sciences in the
carrying out of research work, in order to contribute to the solution of the main health
problems in the province. Actions were designed to achieve this purpose.
Conclusions: the designed actions contribute to the link of professionals of the social and
humanistic sciences to the research work and the modification of the health social
determinants in the Villa Clara province.
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