%0 Journal Article
%T Theories and models used on articles published by the Public Health Journal of the National University of Colombia, 1999-2004
%A Gustavo A. Cabrera A
%J Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud P¨²blica
%D 2008
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X Objective: to identify the main features of the theories and theoretical models used in the articles published by the Revista de Salud P¨²blica (Public Health Journal) of the National University of Colombia. Methods: in February 2005 all the numbers published by the journal from 1999 to 2004 were analyzed. A trained reader registered different variables of interest based on instruments and criteria adapted from previous studies. Results: A total amount of six volumes corresponding to 21 numbers of the journal were read, 18 of the periodical publication and 3 special numbers. A total amount of 154 contributions were classified into 66 articles or research summaries (43%), 62 essays, revisions or conferences on specific topics (40%), and 26 on up-to-date subjects or symposia (17%). The main topics were health system and policies (26%), epidemiology (21%) and health management (13%). Although 34 of 154 articles (22%) referred to 9 theories and 39 models as theoretical frameworks, only 17 (11%) involve a deep usage of them according to the criteria adopted. Conclusions: the articles published in the journal revealed a limited use of theories and models and a lack of rigor in the way the authors structured them from the point of view of subject, methodology and analysis.
%K theory
%K models
%K framework
%K public health
%U http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/fnsp/article/view/879/767