medigraphic.com
ISSN 1561-3038 (Print)

2014, Number 4

<< Back Next >>

Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr 2014; 30 (4)

Indicators for characterization of provinces according to the living conditions

Corral MA, Pría BMC

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 402-415
PDF size: 197.80 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: the study of living and health conditions is a useful tool for the health care sector, particularly the primary care level; however, it faces problems in its implementation due to difficulties in gathering information and to lack of simple tools to characterize the territories on the basis of such conditions.
Objective: to identify the indicators that allow characterizing the provinces according to their living conditions in 2014.
Methods: a theoretical review was made on this topic in which adequate indicators were identified to operationalize the concept "living conditions" in the four dimensions suggested by PL Castellanos. Qualitative and quantitative techniques served to select and validate the submitted indicators; a group of experienced experts on this subject validated the contents and aspects of indicators and the discriminating factorial analysis was used to select the final indicators.
Results: the used algorithm allowed reducing the initial number of 61 indicators to just 13 which comprised the most relevant aspects of the four dimensions of the "living conditions" concept and set the differences among the territories thanks to its high discriminating power; additionally, they were easily taken from reliable secondary sources.
Conclusions: a set of easily obtainable indicators, which are adequate and sufficient from the qualitative and quantitative viewpoints, with high discriminating power in terms of living conditions, were finally identified. They take into account the present realities of the country.


REFERENCES

  1. Castellanos PL. Perfiles de Salud y Condiciones de Vida. Una propuesta operativa para el estudio de las inequidades en salud en América Latina. Anales del I Congreso Iberoamericano de Epidemiología. Granada, España; 1992.

  2. Rojas F. Sistema Nacional de vigilancia de situación de salud, según condiciones de vida en Cuba”, La Habana: MINSAP; 1994.

  3. Núñez N. Perfiles diferenciales de mortalidad según condiciones de vida. Venezuela 1983 y 1990. Gac Méd Caracas. 1997;(105):189-201.

  4. Carneiro de Oliveira D, Salgado Barreira A, Taracido Trunk M, Figueiras Guzmán A. Impact of socio-economic inequities on the mortality of the City of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil during 2007. Rev Esp Salud Pública. 2010;(84):443-52.

  5. Choi MH, Cheong KS, Cho BM, Hwang IK, Kim CH, Kim MH, et al. Deprivation and mortality at the town level in Busan, Korea: an ecological study. J Prev Med Public Health. 2011;(44):242-8.

  6. Weightman AL, Morgan HE, Shepherd MA, Kitcher H, Roberts C, Dunstam FD. Social inequality and infant health in the UK: systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ Open. 2012 [citado Ene 2014];2(3):[aprox 2 p.]. Disponible en: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/3/e000964.full

  7. Office of Population Censuces and Surveys; and Employment Department Group. Standard Occupational Classification, v.3: Social Classifications and Coding Methodology. London; 1990 [citado Abr 2014]:[aprox 331 p.]. Disponible en: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/publications/2000/soc2000vol1v5_tcm77- 179121.pdf

  8. Mancero X. La medición del desarrollo humano: Elementos de un debate. CEPAL, Serie Estudios estadísticos y prospectivos. 2001[citado Abr 2014];(11):[aprox 33 p.]. Disponible en: http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/2/6592/lcl1518e.pdf

  9. Larrañaga O. La medición de la pobreza en dimensiones distintas al ingreso. CEPAL, Serie Estudios estadística y prospectiva. 2007 [citado Abr 2014];(58):[aprox 29 p.]. Disponible en: http://www.cepal.org/deype/publicaciones/xml/7/32087/LCL2785e.pdf

  10. Castellanos PL. Proyecto de un Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud según condiciones de vida y el Impacto de las Acciones de Salud y Bienestar. Programa de Análisis de la Situación de Salud y sus Tendencias. Washington (DC): OPS; 1992.

  11. Valcárcel B. Análisis multivariante: aplicación al ámbito sanitario. Madrid: Díaz de Santos; 1992.

  12. Pría MC. Diseño de una metodología para el análisis de la situación de salud municipal según condiciones de vida. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr. 2006 [citado Abr 2014];22(4). Disponible: http://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/mgi/vol22_4_06/mgi04406.htm




2020     |     www.medigraphic.com