Acimed en el año 2004: ¿…?

The present work shows the development of ACIMED during the the years 2003 and 2004

Comportamiento editorial de la Revista Cubana de los Profesionales de la Información y la Comunicación en Salud (Acimed)

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the editorial behavior of the Cuban Journal of Health Information and Communication Professionals from 1993 to 2001. METHODS: Nine volumes of the printed version of the journal, published during the studied years, were revised to determine their work in relation to a group of indicators selected for their evaluation. The proposed indicators allowed to study the authors, the original articles, the bibliographic references and to originally evaluate the journal's work in the analyzed period. RESULTS: ACIMED published 318 contributions during the nine years analyzed. 84 (26.41 %) of them were original articles. Of the 157 authors that were identified, only a few were foreigners. While the volume of the magazine experienced a two-fold increase, the space dedicated to the research articles did not reach the values internationally stated for this indicator. In spite of the fact that the average of bibliographic references per original article was below the figure taken as a reference, the updating degree of the bibliography was adequate. The journal, as a result of the application of a strategy directed to its publication, is processed or referred to in several information services and websites on Internet. It occupies the ninth position among the 29 magazines published by "Ciencias Médicas" Publishing House, according to the number of accesses received. CONCLUSIONS: Both, the historic evolution and the current management from the editorial point of view of ACIMED show a positive development to the light of the indicators taken as a reference for the study

Acimed en el año 2003 : ¡Saltamos!

The present paper is an approach to the history and development of ACIMED during 12 years of existence

El tema nutrición y alimentación en la bibliografía médica cubana del período colonial

After a brief introductory review of the international medical bibliography that dealt with the topics of nutrition and food between the XVII th and the XIX th centuries, the first writings produced in Cuba on the subject are made known. These writings appear in the Capitular Acts of the City Council of Havana, and the circumstances of their origin are briefly discussed. A list of the first news and articles written up on the matter and registered in the Periodico Papel de La Havana between 1795 and 1844 is also presented. The Cuban medical journals published in the XIX century that include in their pages works related to the discipline are listed, and an inventory of the articles published per year is presented. Finally, the titles of the papers published on the subject in the island or abroad by Cuban authors between 1842 and 1900 in book, monograph or booklet form are inscribed

Propuesta de adquisición de publicaciones seriadas primarias españolas en el sector de la salud

Objetives: To make a proposal for the acquisition of the most important, uselful and valuable Spanish serials to meet the needs of information of the health sector in Cuba, as well as to analyze the behavior of a set of select variables and and of some aspects connected with the validity of the means, model and techniques used in the study. Method: 276 publications selected by random sample, starting from the papers processed in Medline from 1994-1996, were evaluated by a multidimensional model denominated Coefficient of Weighted Evaluation. Results: 316 Spanish serial were identified in the health area. More than 40 % of them correspond to the clinical ans surgical category. Practically half fo titles considered appeared in Medline, Excerpta Médica Science Citation Index and Indice Médico Español. The "general and internal medicine" topic prevailed in the distribution of the sample select from Medline. More than 90 % of the papers are in Spanish. 108 publications exceeding the value of the mean in the distribution resulting from the application of the model of the evaluation used more selected. More than 70 % of these publications deal with the clinical and surgical topics, and, among them, more than 90 % of the titles that are processed by some of the international deatabases can be found. The proposal for acquisition comprised mor than 104 titles. 38 of them are sponsored by public organizations a condition that suggest their inclusion in the exchange-donation management of the National Center of Information on Medical Sciences, which is the head body of the National System of Information on Medical Science of Cuba. Only two of the publishing house, Garsi S. A. And Doyma S.A., produced more than 30 % of the serials proposed for acquisition. The reliability index of the Ulrich´s International Periodicals Directory, according to the scale of values created to measured the accuracy of the information it register, proved to be moderate. Conclusions: The analysis made allowed to proposed the acquisition of a set of Spanish primary serials in the health area, to reveal some of the regularities of the behaviour of the flow studied. To identify the most frecuent entities and values, as well as to show the validity of the resources used

Liderazgo : un concepto que perdura

The principal characteristics of leadership are presented

Reflexiones: información, tecnología y salud

Se reflexiona sobre la estrecha relación existente entre los términos información, tecnología y salud, demostrándose la importancia de esta interrelación como base y fuerza impulsora que redundará en el desarrollo y la preparación del personal vinculado a la salud, lo cual contribuirá a mejorar cada día más el funcionamiento y la calidad de los servicios de salud.<br>Reflections are made on the close relationship existing between the terms information, technology and health. It is showed the importance of this interrelationship as a basis and driving force leading to the development and traning of the health personnel that will contribute to improve even more the work and quality of health services