The prevention of health risks in Cuba.
Int J Health Serv
; 17(1): 179-89, 1987.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: Cuba still has adouble burden of health risks. It must contend with some risks to health that persist in underdeveloped rural areas, and it must also deal with the risk factors associated with modern, urban living conditions. The economic and social changes fostered in the postrevolutionary period have reduced the relative importance of the 1st set of factors, derived from their own successees. Cuba's preventive attention is increasingly concentrated on heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Risk factors related to diet, smoking, obesity, sedentarianism, and occupational accidents are also receiving much attention. 2 types of preventive strategies have been employed to avoid health risks, namely, changing behavior that exposes people to risk and eliminating the risk itself. It is too early to tell how successful Cuba will be in its present campaign to reduce risk factors. The decisive factors for Cuba's current health programs very likely will be the roles of the local governments and of the mass organizations operating at the level of the community and workplace.
Palavras-chave
Accidental Deaths--prevention and control; Americas; Behavior--changes; Biology; Body Weight; Cancer--prevention and control; Caribbean; Cerebrovascular Effects--prevention and control; Cuba; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Health; Health Services; Heart Diseases--prevention and control; Latin America; Life Style--changes; Medicine; Mortality; Neoplasms; North America; Nutrition Disorders--prevention and control; Obesity--prevention and control; Physiology; Population; Population At Risk; Population Dynamics; Preventive Medicine; Research Methodology; Smoking--prevention and control; Summary Report
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Administração de Serviços de Saúde
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Promoção da Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Cuba
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Health Serv
Ano de publicação:
1987
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos