Comprehensive General Medicine residents: their knowledge about prevention and control of arboviruses

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Keywords:

arbovirus infections, education, medical, graduate

Abstract

Background: arboviruses are viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, which have spread rapidly in all regions of the world in recent years, with a high impact on people's health and the economies of countries.
Objective: to identify the level of knowledge of Comprehensive General Medicine residents from the Abreus municipality, about the prevention and control of arboviruses.
Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out at the Abreus Municipal Health Directorate, in October 2021. Theoretical and empirical methods were used to support the research, and statistical methods were used to analyze the data found.
Results: most residents stated that they have had training on the prevention and control of arboviruses, mainly, during on-the-job education, all have acquired previous experience in active search, and some of them indicated had taken care for sick people; however, most of them  had difficulties in identifying the clinical forms and clinical profile of arboviruses.
Conclusions: the level of knowledge achieved by Comprehensive General Medicine residents from Abreus municipality was identified, regarding the prevention and control of arboviruses, the diagnosis made by them showed the need to conceive new methodologies in education at work in order to achieve adequate modes of action and updating their knowledge about the prevention and control of it.

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Author Biographies

Jorge Enrique Rodríguez León, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in General Comprehensive Medicine and II Degree in Hygiene and Epidemiology. Instructor. Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit. Abreus Municipality. Hundred fires.

Esther Yarinely Hernández Diéguez, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in General Comprehensive Medicine and II Degree in Hygiene and Epidemiology. Assistant teacher. Associate Researcher. Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit. Abreus Municipality. Hundred fires.

Maile Pérez López, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in General Comprehensive Medicine. Instructor. Head of Basic Work Group. University Teaching Polyclinic “Dr. Tomas Romay and Chacón.†Yaguaramas. Abreus. Hundred fires.

Niuvys Valera Rodríguez, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Doctor in medicine. I Degree Specialist in General Comprehensive Medicine. General University Hospital “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Limaâ€. Hundred fires.

Julian Sobral Sobral Rey, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist in I Degree in Comprehensive General Medicine. Assistant teacher. Master in Care for Women and Children. Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit. Abreus Municipality. Hundred fires.

María Rosa Nuñez González, University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Graduate in Education. Doctor in Educational Sciences. Assistant Professor. Municipal University Center. Abreus Municipality. Hundred fires.

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Published

2023-11-01

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Rodríguez León JE, Hernández Diéguez EY, Pérez López M, Valera Rodríguez N, Sobral Rey JS, Nuñez González MR. Comprehensive General Medicine residents: their knowledge about prevention and control of arboviruses. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];15(1):e2547. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/e2547

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