Standpoint of health communication (information, instruction and integration). Criteria in the Guayaquil environment

Authors

  • Washington Javier Paguay Balladares
  • Gabriela Andrea Morocho Ocaña
  • Juan Roberto Pereira Salcedo
  • Nadia Elizabeth Rodríguez Castillo
  • Karla Magdalena Game Mendoza
  • Gladis del Consuelo Vinueza Burgos

Keywords:

Communication, Health, Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction: Health communication integrates the ability to inform, include and motivate the population on health-related topics, whose functions include the patient's survival, their general and specific health, and their economic and social well-being. However, different health systems may have strengths and limitations that require systematic evaluation, and based on this, improvement actions must be proposed.

Objective: to assess the health communication perspectives in the Guayaquil environment, according to categories of information, instruction and integration.

Methods: descriptive/explanatory correlational research, studying the health professional’s criteria (85 respondents) on information, instruction and integration indicators.

Results: The variable “Information” did not present significant differences (p=0.762) when comparing the background with the present research data, while the variables Instruction (p=0.000) and Integration (p=0.006) did present notable differences in detriment of the present research.

Conclusions: Notable communication problems are evident in Guayaquil health personnel, emphasizing the Instruction and Integration variables related to communication. The perspectives of medium and long-term actions must be directed in priority terms to improve the internal and external communication process between the staff/health professionals, the managers in the hospital centers, and the associated process of professional improvement, including the processes cooperation between the different actors in the health sector.  

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Published

2024-02-04

How to Cite

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Paguay Balladares WJ, Morocho Ocaña GA, Pereira Salcedo JR, Rodríguez Castillo NE, Game Mendoza KM, Vinueza Burgos G del C. Standpoint of health communication (information, instruction and integration). Criteria in the Guayaquil environment. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2024 Feb. 4 [cited 2025 Sep. 1];43. Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/3208

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES