CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LOS DETERMINANTES DE LA SALUD DEL SECTOR 9 DE LA LOCALIDAD DE JOSÉ MARÍA ZELEDÓN, CURRIDABAT, PERTENECIENTE AL EQUIPO BÁSICO DE ATENCIÓN INTEGRAL DE SALUD (EBAIS) DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA EN CONVENIO CON LA CAJA COSTARRICENSE DE

Abstract

This article was the result of an investigation that arose due to the non- existence of an analysis of situation of health of the sector 9 that it includes to the precarious  Barrio Nuevo, and of the need to incorporate the professional in  nursing in the development of investigations in the first level of attention. A quantitative approach was in use with  qualitative  techniques in order validate the investigation, it is of descriptive type - transectional and noexperimental design, there was in  use a system of variables that contemplates the dimensions: Biological, Economic, Ecological, Reproduction, Conscience and Conduct, and Services of Health. The information obtained  from the family effective cards, the observation not-participant and the interview of 19 key informants of the sector 9. Inside the principal opposing problems they emphasize the violence intrafamiliar, the delinquency, the drug addiction, few community participation, absence of programs of sexual education and the environmental pollution; besides, there was demonstrated the need toincorporate the professional in nursing in the Basic Team of Integral Attention of Health.