Social representations of health and illness: A comparative study between health operators and patients hospitalized in Bucaramanga and Floridablanca

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关键词: Social representations;    Health;    Illness;    Daily logic;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the present study is to establish the resemblances and differences in the social representations of health and illness between a group of health operators and a group of hospitalized patients of the city of Bucaramanga and Floridablanca. Every group was formed by 200 subjects. The criteria of inclusion included only those with abilities in reading comprehension and writing in the patient’s group. There were not limits in age, genre, educational level or other types of social or demographic variables in any of the groups. The study followed a transverse correlation design. The procedure included the application of 8 scale type instruments, and the 400 subjects in eight health care centers (hospitals, clinics, EPS). The interrelations were carried out for the extraction of components in the dimensions analyzed across rotation varimax. The findings show coincidences in the variable components analyzed in both groups indicating related social representations within them in 6 of 8 study dimensions. It is concluded that both groups experiment, judge and handle health and illness with common representations, in most cases following the daily logic of common sense.

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