Access to medicines for students attending the health area of the VOAE in a university city of the UNAH

Authors

  • Eleana Lizette Varela Blanco Profesora universitaria y estudiante de Maestría de Tecnología y Control de Medicamentos, Facultad de Química y Farmacia, UNAH
  • Nilda Suyapa Barahona Asesora, Profesora de la Maestría de Tecnología y Control de Medicamentos, Facultad de Química y Farmacia, UNAH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v11i0.4264

Keywords:

primary attention, incidence, pharma covigilance, prescription, inaccessible

Abstract

La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (National Autonomous University), UNAH, offers student wellbeing services, with different attention foci, aiming to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diminished stress. Such services are provided through the Vicerrectoría de Orientación y Asuntos Estudiantiles (Guidance and Student Affairs Rectory), VOAE. Student population who attended the university’s medical center was the research’s focus. The health center’s report apprised that more than 35% of the population sought aid in the following areas: consultation, odontology, psychology, clinical analysis, and pharmacy. Given these findings, a Preventive Medicine Educational Program (for Tegucigalpa’s campus only) was proposed. The program consists of both VOAE’s health department plus Health Faculty Academic Unit’s actions and activities, which will serve as an executing unit. Such will carry out training activities oriented towards preventive medicine, specifically: oral health, physical health, mental health, and psychic vulnerability. Talks, conferences, and training workshops will be held continually and if necessary, made obligatory to attend. The program aims to decrease common illnesses’ incidence, thus decreasing institutional budgetary occurrence in prescribing drugs.

Revista Portal de la Ciencia, No.11, diciembre 2016, 29-39

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Published

2017-06-09

How to Cite

Varela Blanco, E. L., & Suyapa Barahona, N. (2017). Access to medicines for students attending the health area of the VOAE in a university city of the UNAH. Portal De La Ciencia, 11, 29–39. https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v11i0.4264

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Area Life Sciences and Health