%0 Journal Article
%T DEMOGRAFIA Y SALUD: APUNTES PARA UNA CONFERENCIA Demography and health: Quotes for a conference
%A Leonel Arcia Arcia
%J Revista Habanera de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas
%D 2009
%I Ministerio de Salud Publica
%X Se realiz¨® una revisi¨®n de la literatura m¨¢s reciente y de los libros de texto establecidos con el objetivo de ofrecer una conferencia actualizada sobre la Demograf¨ªa y su aplicaci¨®n a la Salud P¨²blica para los estudiantes de pregrado de la Carrera de Tecnolog¨ªa de la Salud. Se plantean diferentes conceptos utilizados en esta ciencia, as¨ª como se detallan los principales c¨¢lculos que se realizan con vistas a su aplicaci¨®n en la salud. Se analizan algunos de los indicadores en diferentes regiones, compar¨¢ndolas en dependencia de su desarrollo socio-econ¨®mico. Se ofrecen algunos resultados de investigaciones recientes relacionadas con el tema informando sobre las diferentes tendencias de los estudios demogr¨¢ficos en la actualidad, sobre todo, en los pa¨ªses de mayor desarrollo socio-econ¨®mico donde son m¨¢s abundantes. Se concluye que el libro de texto planteado posee deficiencias en cuanto al contenido necesario para llevar a cabo esta conferencia. A literature review of some scientific articles and books on demography study and its application in Public Health was done by the author of the present paper. This review had the intention to provide updated information about the topic mentioned before in order to design and deliver a lecture about demography studies to students of Health Technology. Different concepts about Demography and its main calculations which are used in health fields are described. Some regional demographic indicators and their comparisons concerning to their social and economics development are commented. Results of some recent studies about demography and its trends carried out in countries where there is a higher socio-economical development is also presented. It is concluded saying that the textbook used in the teaching of statistics to Health Technology students has some gaps in the content which has to be taught in class to those students.
%K Demograf¨ªa
%K salud p¨²blica
%K tecnolog¨ªa de la salud
%K conferencia.
%K demography
%K public health
%K health technology
%K lecture.
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