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F Rojas Ochoa

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PubMed1982

[Coordination of public health education with service units: the Cuban experience].

The authors report on education for public health personnel in Cuba: it is a broadly diversified training, given in different teaching centers in the country. The system established ensures that public health training is coordinated with the work of the health services. There are mandatory rules and methods that must be followed by all the decentralized centers and courses. The Health Development Institute is one of the health system units that trains public health personnel at the post-graduate level. Courses are given in health administration and biostatistics leading to specialized M.A. and B.A. degrees. Each stage of the courses ends with a "practical service", done in units of the health system whose staff participate as teachers. The practical work is preceded by preparation of a work proposal, which turns the practice into what is in fact applied scientific research designed to solve a specific problem of the services. This makes for close coordination between the services, teaching and research, which is of great benefit for development of the health system.

Cuba↗
PubMed1981

[Determining objectives and utilization of research applied to the health services].

This paper gives an account of Cuba's experiences with research work and the organization of research. The author explains the principles that govern research and the county's policies in this field. The national institution particularly responsible for health research, as well as teaching and the scientific and technical service considers that the subjects on which research is to be done include the following problems: primary health care, particularly participation of the people in the dynamics of the services, evaluation of health units and programs, productivity studies on the services, introduction of new management methods and assessments of the level of health of the population.

Cuba↗
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[Epilepsy: spidemiological study in a child population].

The principal aims of this paper were to know the epidemiologic and clinical aspects of epilepsy in children and the use of an original methodology in the study of chronic illnesses. A survey was carried out through home calls by sampling an area in Havana City, Cuba; 14,445 children were studied. The sample was chosen at random by groups with proportional probabilities as to size, single stage. It was carried out by: --Detection of suspects by questioning. --Confirmation of suspects by means of a clinical exmination performed by specialists. Prevalence in children resulted in 7.5 epileptic children out of a thousand inhabitants. The lowest rate present was from 0 to 4 years of age (3.5) and the highest, from 10 to 14 (10). 39.4% of the cases had their first attack during the first year of lie. A highest rate was present was from 0 to 4 years of age (3.5) and the highest, from 10 to 14 (10). 39.4% of the cases had their first attack during the first year of life. A highest rate was present in the male sex (8.4 and lowest in females (6.5). Educational level was lower than the population's average; 37% did not attend classes, 87% of children showed generalized attacks, 48.1% were classified as having primary epilepsy (idiopathic) and 51.8% as organic (secondary). Some other clinical phenomena are also described, as well as aspects of medical care.

Adolescent↗