Managing the COVID-19 Epidemic in Cuba With Syndemic and Social Determination Approaches to Health

Authors

  • Adolfo Gerardo Alvarez Pérez
  • Lidia Caridad Hernández Gómez
  • Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzálvez
  • Tomás Reinoso Medrano
  • Digna Edelys Hernández Melendrez

Keywords:

syndemic, social determination of health, COVID-19, Cuba.

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 epidemic had a negative impact on the achievement of the sustainable development goals and objectives established for the year 2030, by placing the issues of poverty, social inequalities and health inequities at the center of the international debate and the need to comprehensively address this syndemic from a social determination approach to health. 

Objective: To present the Cuban experience of managing the COVID-19 epidemic from the syndemic theory and the approach of the social determination of health.

Methods: A review and documentary analysis was carried out to identify the regularities present in the management of the COVID epidemic in Cuba and in the world from a syndemic and social determination of health approach. The experiences of the main author during his work as an epidemiological advisor for the management of the epidemic in six Cuban provinces were presented. 

Conclusions: It is necessary to deepen the potentialities of these approaches to address the social determinants of the epidemic intersectorally and avoid the effects on economic, social and health development.

 

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Author Biographies

Adolfo Gerardo Alvarez Pérez

Investigador y profesor Auxiliar. Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiologia y Microbiología (INHEM).

Dirección Postal: Calle novena 1518 entre entrada y 2da. Reparto Antonio Maceo. Cerro CP: 10600. La Habana. Cuba

Teléfono: 52660290


Teléfono: 52660290

Lidia Caridad Hernández Gómez

Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud. Especialista y Master en Psicología de la Salud. Licenciada en Psicología. Profesora Titular. Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública (ENSAP)

Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzálvez

Máster en Salud Pública. Máster en Bioética. Especialista de I Grado en Higiene y Epidemiologia. Investigador y profesor Auxiliar. Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiologia y Microbiología (INHEM).

Tomás Reinoso Medrano

Doctor en Ciencias de Médicas. Especialista de II Grado en Organización y Administración de Salud. Doctor en Medicina. Profesor Titular y Consultante. Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública (ENSAP)

Email: treinoso@infomed.sld.cu    

Digna Edelys Hernández Melendrez

Doctora en Ciencias Psicológicas. Especialista y Master en Psicología de la Salud. Licenciada en Psicología. Investigadora y Profesora Titular y Consultante. Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública (ENSAP).

Published

2023-10-09

How to Cite

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Alvarez Pérez AG, Hernández Gómez LC, Luis Gonzálvez IP, Reinoso Medrano T, Hernández Melendrez DE. Managing the COVID-19 Epidemic in Cuba With Syndemic and Social Determination Approaches to Health. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 9 [cited 2025 Jan. 14];49(2). Available from: https://revsaludpublica.sld.cu/index.php/spu/article/view/3947

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