The high rate of population aging that Cuba has presented has led to the adoption of a policy for attention to the demographic dynamic, based on the guidelines of the economic and social policy of the Party and the Revolution. This policy demands that, within its universal approach, focused attention be given to the different age groups and the particularities of each of them...
The relationship between daily life and migration offers a new vision of the current context of US restrictive migratory policy towards Cuba, 2017-2019. The study focuses on the perceptions about the changes in US migration policy towards Cuba, and the psychosocial impact of these changes on Cuban daily life. The mixed methodology with a sequential design is used, 150 people in...
This article is part of a more in-depth investigation that addressed the migratory phenomenon in youth and the diagnosis of public policies directed at this population group in a situation of migration, from the municipality of the II Frente Oriental “Frank País García” in the province of Santiago de Cuba, taking into account the results of the Population and Housing Census of...
The following article systematizes ten years of research results on the theme of groups and social identities. Intragroup and intergroup subjective dynamics of various social groups (Self-Employers, Managers, Intellectuals, Workers; High and low income; employees and employers) that account for a changing society are evident.Keywords : change; consumption; groups; social identities.
The study uses a demographic analysis of the data published by the National Office of Statistic and Information (ONEI, from its abbreviation in Spanish) to assess the vulnerability degree of the inhabitants of the Guamá municipality located in the Santiago de Cuba province. We identify this municipality area as highly vulnerable due to its geographic location, by using a Risk...
This article describes and evaluates the demographic dynamics that Santiago de Cuba province presents today, as well as some challenges imposed by this dynamic for territorial development. For this evaluation, the measures and goals of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development of Cairo 1994 and its follow-up on the Regional Agenda on...
The population's aging of the structure for ages stems from a low fertility's combination, mortality and migrations. This demographic behavior causes impact at different sectors of social life and of more particular way in the family, where for the most part, a modification of his structure and of the roles out of every one of the members of the same happens. Due to the...
At present, child protection is a hotly debated issue in the international context due to the influence of social inequalities on the well-being of children and their families. International organizations recognize serious problems such as unequal access to education, health, drinking water, housing conditions and the environment in which infants develop, among other factors...
This article synthesizes the results of an investigation carried out in the bean chain of the municipality of Remedios, province of Villa Clara. This production system not only represents an opportunity to contribute to the food security of the consumer population, but also a cost-effective option for the labour force linked to the various activities from production to marketing...
This is the result of a more in-depth study of the main socio-psychological and economic regularities of the community of Spaniard permanent residents recognized by Cuban laws between 2011 and 2016; in addition, characteristic features of that community are identified before 1959 and an evolutionary comparison of its variations is established.The analysis was carried out...
An analysis from the gender perspective of adolescent fertility research results is carried out with the objective of contributing to a more comprehensive view of the phenomenon that allows reflection on it. Arguments are exposed that reveal the gap in the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights of adolescent women, its link with gender-based violence and the conditions that...
Maternal mortality is one of the indicators that more accurately reflects the inequities that may exist in terms of women's health care. The constant monitoring and follow-up of this indicator is a priority not only for health entities but also for the entire country, with the main objective of mapping health actions focused on its reduction. A well-known fact is that it is an...
The work presented is an approach to the characterization of teams, youth groups that are created and recreated from social networks, forming social identities that account for (among other things) heterogeneity processes and social inequality in our context. We worked from March to May 2019, with a qualitative approach, using multiple techniques. In addition to the analysis of...