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Health care in Cuba - lessons we can learn and practices we can model

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 9:09 AM - 9:22 AM

Gail Brandt, BS, RD, MPH, EdD , Office of Healthy Communities, Washington State DOH, Olympia, WA
Mia Ramirez, MPH , Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Elbert Glover, PhD, FASHA, FAAHB, FRIPH , Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD
Jacqueline Grant, MD, MPH, MPA , Department of Public Health, State of Georgia, Southwest Health District, Albany, GA
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD , Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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In January 2014, a team of 18 public health professionals from across the US visited Cuba. The trip was promoted by APHA under the sponsorship of MEDICC - a non-profit organization founded in 1997 that works to enhance cooperation between the US and Cuban. Presenters will describe their experiences, observations and analysis of the Cuban health care system — with a special focus on health equity and Cuba’s approach to health in all policies. Specifically the following components of the visit are detailed: the Cuban Health Pyramid – built on the principles that health care is a right, available to all equally and free; integrated and intersectoral; dependent on public participation in the functioning of the system; and committed to global health cooperation.

Based on their observations and interactions with health professionals, patients and students, presenters will provide a comparative analysis of the challenges faced in the U.S. and in Cuba , health equity and community-clinic integration. Visits to the following sites will be included in the presentation: neighborhood polyclinic; a community housing program;  middle school to learn about student participation in HIV-STIs prevention education; socially responsible business development;  medical university; maternity home for women with high risk pregnancies; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment clinic; and a local social enterprise project.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Diversity and culture
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe the pyramid of health care in Cuba Identify two practices that can be tailored and applied to health care in the US

Keyword(s): Community-Based Health, Community Health Planning

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I recently traveled to Cuba with a delegation of APHA members. We spent one week visiting several poly clinics, a medical school, a middle school, accompanied a doctor/nurse on a home visit, a HIV/AIDS clinic, a community transformation project and a maternity home. During the visits we talked with patients and staff. The delegation spent time in transit discussing our impressions and ideas for changes in the US health care system,
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I recently traveled to Cuba with a delegation of APHA members. We spent one week visiting several poly clinics, a medical school, a middle school, accompanied a doctor/nurse on a home visit, a HIV/AIDS clinic, a community transformation project and a maternity home. During the visits we talked with patients and staff. The delegation spent time in transit discussing our impressions and ideas for changes in the US health care system.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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