The social response to the measures taken to confront COVID-19 in Camagüey

Authors

  • Norbis Diaz Campos Centro de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud. (CENDECSA). Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Carlos J. Finlay” https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-6356
  • María Elena Macías Llanes . Centro de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud. (CENDECSA). Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey “Carlos J. Finlay”.
  • Leimis Reyes Vasconcelos Departamento de Sociología. Universidad de Camagüey. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-1286

Keywords:

social response, confrontation with COVID-19, social approach to health problems.

Abstract

Introduction. The investigation pursues the objective of determining the social response to the measures taken to confront COVID-19 in the province of Camagüey. Classified as research-development of the Center for the Development of Social and Humanistic Sciences in Health, it was carried out in the period from April - July 2020. Material and methods. The assisted questionnaire was used to collect information on the social response to the disease. It was applied in unison in the territory in the period from May 5 to June 30, when Camagüey had not yet passed to the first recovery phase, the criterion was to assign quotas to cover all the municipalities of the province and apply in the population randomly. Based on the measures taken of social isolation, the active research of the students and professors of the University of Medical Sciences was used to collect information. The final sample was made up of 603 people surveyed. Results. The surveyed population valued the effort and political will and considered the response to the confrontation of the disease adequate, the actions of the various institutions in the confrontation with COVID-19 were also considered adequate. Discussion. It is significant that the subjects who participated in the study recognized problems with compliance with isolation and social responsibility, with the equitable distribution of resources and the need to strengthen social control measures in the face of social indiscipline.

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Author Biographies

Norbis Diaz Campos, Centro de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud. (CENDECSA). Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Carlos J. Finlay”

Licenciado en Sociología. MSc. En Humanidades Médicas. Investigador agregado. Centro de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud.

María Elena Macías Llanes, . Centro de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas en Salud. (CENDECSA). Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey “Carlos J. Finlay”.

Dra. C. de la Educación. Investigador Titular.

Leimis Reyes Vasconcelos, Departamento de Sociología. Universidad de Camagüey.

Licenciado en Sociología. MSc. En Humanidades Médicas. Profesor Asistente

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Published

2020-10-23

How to Cite

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Diaz Campos N, Macías Llanes ME, Reyes Vasconcelos L. The social response to the measures taken to confront COVID-19 in Camagüey. Humanid. méd. [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 23 [cited 2025 May 9];20(3):510-33. Available from: https://humanidadesmedicas.sld.cu/index.php/hm/article/view/1801

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