University extension as a way for health prevention, Remedios municipality, Cuba

Abstract

This work has shown the experience in the application of actions of the University Extension, coordinated by the Municipal University Center (CUM) and the Medical University of Remedios municipality, Cuba; it has contributed to the preventive work of diseases, to improve life quality of the inhabitants of these communities, municipality National Monument. The quantitative research was applied through the techniques of interviews, surveys, observation and statistical processing in a population of 24,000 inhabitants, the non-probabilistic intentional sample is 56 families that represent 28.57% of the population that forms the rural community of the area, whose population is 196 families. The work has revealed results in terms of environmental care, community preventive work and improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants of these communities