2015, Number 2
Scope of the research works in the program of the Master's degree in Primary Health Care course
Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 211-219
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: primary health care offers wide possibilities for research, from a historical perspective of the health results at the various stages of implementation in the field of health system and service research.Objective: to identify the scope of research in the master's degree in public health care program.
Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in the 2001-2014 period. Data collection techniques included documentary reviews, with respective critical analysis, such as master's course curriculum, self-assessment records per course (8th,9th,10th and 11th ) as well as the final master' s degree papers in these years. The study variables were years of master's courses, research topics, research lines and impact of the research scope.
Results: the distribution of final master's degree papers per course agreed with the certified registration of participants in each course and with the research lines stated in the program. The most studied topic was that of the older adult (18.97 %).
Conclusions: the final master's degree papers respond to the lines of research stated in the program. The impact of the research studies applied from the master's degree course in primary health care has local and territorial scope mostly proven by the relevance and social impact of the curriculum.
REFERENCES
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Alemañy Pérez EJ, Segredo Pérez AM, Presno Labrador C, De la Torre Castro GM. Aproximación de la universidad, a la situación de salud de la población y a los servicios de salud en Cuba. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [Internet]. 2011 [citado 26 may 2014];27(4):[aprox. 11 p.]. Disponible en: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/mgi/vol27_4_11 /mgi12411.htm