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Psychiatric social epidemiology in Cuba. II: Issues in morbidity and mortality
Author(s) -
CamaydFreixas Yohel
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198504)13:2<173::aid-jcop2290130209>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - epidemiology , homicide , socioeconomic status , social issues , social epidemiology , social stress , medicine , psychiatry , development economics , criminology , economic growth , suicide prevention , poison control , sociology , environmental health , public health , social determinants of health , pathology , population , economics
This article explores social epidemiological issues in the morbidity of psychiatric dysfunction, and in the mortality associated with socioenvironmental stress in Cuba. It builds on a review of the contribution of factors such as social status and social integration or marginality in a revolutionary society. This article explores relevant issues in the epidemiology of heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver, accidents, homicide, and suicide mortality. The review suggests a pattern of increasing epidemiological costs that seem to implicate the Island's process of social and economic development. These costs are contrasted to marked benefits in several domains, which appear to respond to economic democracy, and to effective planning and policy development.