Cuevas VIE

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Cuba’s sociopolitical changes beginning in 1959 established government responsibility for population health and have ensured access to health services for all Cubans. But universal access to health services, free medical care and subsidized medications are not the be-all and end-all of health. We Cubans benefi t from a socialist state that takes responsibility for our health in a paternalistic way; we have grown up under this model and we have not fully absorbed the message of the posters we see in our family doctor-and-nurse offi ces, declaring, “Health care is free, but it costs.” The public needs to be educated in the concepts Luis- Gonzálvez describes, about every citizen’s responsibility for their own and their community’s health.

REFERENCES

1. Luis-Gonzálvez IP. Personal Responsibility in Cuba´s Universal Health Model. MEDICC Rev. 2017 Apr–Jul;19(2–3):76.

2. Levin MB. A Model for Personal Responsibility of Health. HUFFPOST. The Blog [Internet]. 2012 May 11 [cited 2012 Jul 11]. Available from: http://www .huffi ngtonpost.com/marc-b-levin/personal-health_b_1508048.html

3. Bennett HD, Cleman EA, Parry C, Bodenheimer T, Chen EH. Health coaching for patients with chronic illness: Does your practice “give patients a fi sh” or “teach patients to fi sh”? Fam Pract Manag [Internet]. 2010 Sep–Oct [cited 2017 Aug 16];17(5):24–9. Available from: http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/ p24.pdf