Publicaciones del Caribe en ciencias de la salud

Alleyne, George A.O.; Fort, Gabriela; Vargas, Mercedes; Ziver, Magda

Publicaciones del Caribe en ciencias de la salud
Publications from the Caribbean in the health sciences

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Alleyne, G. A. O., Fort, G., Vargas, M., & Ziver, M. (1995). Publicaciones del Caribe en ciencias de la salud [Journal articles]. https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/15543

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1995

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Alleyne, George A.O.
Fort, Gabriela
Vargas, Mercedes
Ziver, Magda

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La investigación aquí presentada se basa en un examen de las publicaciones científicas de Barbados, Jamaica, y Trinidad y Tabago durante el período de 1976 a 1990. El trabajo se llevó a cabo con objeto de aportar nueva información sobre las investigaciones del campo de la salud en el Caribe mediante una evaluación de los trabajos publicados en ese período. Con este fin, se hizo una búsqueda bibliográfica de una amplia gama de trabajos publicados en revistas e indizados por los temas del sistema de documentación médica y científica SCISEARCH. En total, se seleccionaron para análisis 1712 documentos (artículos, editoriales, reseñas, cartas, resúmenes de reuniones y notas). Este análisis indicó que alrededor de 75 por ciento de los títulos provenían de Jamaica y que en el período de estudio se había registrado un aumento constante del número de escritos publicados, sobre todo en Barbados. La mayoría de los autores principales estaban afiliados a la Universidad de las Indias Occidentales y casi un tercio de los títulos aparecían en West Indian Medical Journal, la única publicación de los tres países del estudio citada en SCISEARCH. La mayor parte de los temas abordados correspondieron a medicina general, más bien que a medicina experimental o salud pública. Sin embargo, casi todos los títulos de medicina experimental (331 de 383) se originaron en Jamaica. En cambio, menos de la mitad de los 262 títulos de salud pública emanaron de Jamaica y un número relativamente alto (106), de Trinidad y Tabago. Una gran proporción (63,8 por ciento) de los 1712 títulos trataba de temas ajenos a los campos prioritarios señalados por los Ministros de Salud del Caribe como parte de la Iniciativa de Cooperación para la Salud en el Caribe

Se publica en ingles en el Bull. PAHO. Vol. 29(2), 1995

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