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elementos que se manifiestan de forma diferente entre mujeres y hombres y que responden a las características de cada momento de la vida como el trabajo remunerado en la etapa reproductiva, la actitud ante la jubilación en la edad adulta avanzada. Conclusiones El patrón de diferencias de género del contexto social cubano se caracteriza por el amplio espectro de aspectos de la vida y aquellos que conforman los perfiles específicos de cada etapa del ciclo vital son los que con más fuerza producen diferencias de género entre hombres y mujeres. Palabras clave: Género, perfil amplio de género, perfil específico de género, salud.

The present objectives of universalization of the academic and research formation for earning scientific degrees in the health care sector are added to the universalization processes of the Cuban medical education. At the same time, they respond to the need of this sector to give solution to the health problems with the help of scientific methods. The current scenarios of the primary and secondary care are real teaching and research settings that allow attaining this goal of the medical university. Universalization of PhD. formation in the health care area is encouraged by the political willingness of the Cuban state, the Commander-in-Chief´s thinking, who has stated that we are called upon to reach high performance in health services, which has been shown by health professionals in the country and in all the internationalist missions. This paper presented the Ministry of Public Health strategy with a view to expanding the formation of PhDs. and showed the results of one of the areas, that is, PhD. in health sciences as an example of the work that is being carried out throughout the country.

IntroductionThe determinants that differentiate men and women from the biological, sexual, cultural and social viewpoints have a bearing on what kind of health problems affect them and how as well as on the required health interactions. Objectives To identify those differences in mortality indexes between Cuban men and women in 2006. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study using mortality index databases from the National Division of Statistics. Age-specific, sex-specific and potential years of life lost-specific mortality rates along with rate rations for the first causes of death were estimated to gather proper information. Results It was found that men had an overmortality rate in most of the main causes of death, and died earlier than women from a group of chronic diseases, accidents, self-inflicted lesions; additionally, malignant tumors negatively affected both sexes. Conclusions There are differences between men and women that favor the latter with respect to potential years of life lost, although the gap between men and women shows negative tendency towards the women.

comenzó a impartir en las carreras de medicina y estomatología contenidos de estadística. El desarrollo científico-técnico alcanzado en el país hizo que en 1970 comenzara la formación de un profesional dedicado a la bioestadística, para lo que se creó una residencia cuyo plan de estudio se ha perfeccionado en tres momentos con la finalidad de incrementar la calidad y cantidad de los conocimientos impartidos.