Abstract

GARCIA ATIENZA, Eva María et al. Attitudes towards prevention and health promotion in family and community medicine residents. Rev Clin Med Fam [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.2, pp.76-82. ISSN 2386-8201.

Objective: To provide insight into the attitudes of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) residents towards preventive activities and health promotion. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Location: FCM teaching units in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Participants: The 266 residents assigned to those teaching units. Main measures: Attitudes of FCM medical residents towards preventive and health promotion activities evaluated by CAPPAP (questionnaire on attitudes towards prevention and health promotion in primary care). Other variables: demographic and professional features. Results: Over 90% of the residents are willing to collaborate on the provision of preventive activities. The most highly valued preventive activities are those related to arterial hypertension and to advice on smoking cessation. FCM residents from other autonomous communities (45.2%) give greater importance to preventive and health promotion activities. Conclusions: Family and Community Medicine residents have a favourable attitude towards conducting preventive and health promotion activities. The ones they consider most important are those related to detecting and monitoring arterial hypertension and to advice on smoking cessation.

Keywords : Prevention; Promotion; Medical residents.

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