2016, Number 4
Need for women self-care: a challenged for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
Mantilla PMI, Toloza DC, Caviativa JP
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Language: Spanish
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Page: 126-136
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Self-care management is the individual capacity to care for himself or herself, in which different factor both individually-inherent or conditioning may have in influence as they affect the person's health characteristics. Objective: Assess the women's capacity for self-care management for the prevention of the cardiovascular disease. Methods: Bibliography review in books, official information records in databases of internationally renowned meta-browsers, during the period from 2000 to 2013, considering optimal inclusion and exclusion criteria referring to the investigated topic. Conclusions: Public health programs in primary health care fulfill the planning for prevention and promotion regarding cardiovascular health, but the scientific evidence does not show the decrease of morbidity and mortality in the female population, a reason why it is recommended fostering research assessing the educational process to diagnose in details the teaching, learning and conceptual management strategies leading to a contextualized feedback in the efficiency of the health promotion and diseases prevention programs.