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MEDICC Review 2013; 15 (2)

Primary care forward: raising the profile of Cuba’s nursing profession

Gorry C

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 5-9
PDF size: 388.04 Kb.


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"Primary health care is essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation…It forms an integral part of both the country's health system, of which it is the central function and main focus, and of the overall social and economic development of the community."

Declaration of Alma-Ata, 1978


REFERENCES

  1. Keck CW, Reed G. The Curious Case of Cuba. Am J Public Health 2012;102:e13-e22.

  2. United Nations, MDG Country Progress Snapshot: Cuba. [Internet]. New York: United Nations; 2012 Dec [cited 2013 Apr 18]. Disponible en: http://mdgs .un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

  3. Providing accessible health services for remote and rural populations has been a priority since the founding of the national public health system in 1961 To address needs specific to these communities, Cuba launched the Plan Turquino-Manatí in 1987. For details on the Plan and strategies for rural health in Cuba, see Over the Hills and Far Away: Rural Health in Cuba. MEDICC Rev. 2012 Jan;14(1):6–10.

  4. Family Doctor-and-Nurse Programme. Havana: Ministry of Public Health (CU); 2011.

  5. Anexo a la Resolución Ministerial No. 396/07: Regulaciones de la Práctica de Enfermería. [Internet]. Havana: Ministry of Public Health (CU); 2008 Jan 3. [cited 2013 Apr 14]. Disponible en: http://files.sld.cu/enfermeria -pediatria/files/2011/04/anexo-resolucion-396.pdf

  6. This model is slightly different in rural and remote areas. Interview with Maricela Torres, coordinator, Cuban Nursing Network for Child Health and professor, National School of Public Health, 2013 Apr 2.

  7. Ministry of Public Health (CU). Proyecciones de la salud pública en Cuba para el 2015. Havana: Ediciones de Ciencias Médicas; 2006 Feb.

  8. Perez C. Caring for them from Birth to Death. Maryland: Lexington Books; 2008.

  9. Moustaka E, Constantinidis T. Sources and effects of work related stress in nursing. Health. 2010;4(4).

  10. Interview with Caridad Dandicourt, chief of nursing education, Manuel Fajardo Medical Sciences Faculty and president, community nursing section, Cuban Nursing Society. 2013 Apr 9.

  11. Postgraduate degrees are offered at the National School of Public Health and corresponding tertiary level institutions.

  12. Martínez N. Developing Nursing Capacity for Health Systems and Services Research in Cuba 2008-2011. MEDICC Rev. 2012 Jul;14(3):12-18.




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