ABSTRACT The Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) is a multidisciplinary network that promotes knowledge sharing and intersectoral action for equity in health and human rights in the Americas. The objectives of HENA are: 1) to share successful experiences in the development of interventions, cons...
ABSTRACT Access to information and intercultural approaches in the field of health are essential for the elimination of inequities in health access and care. Intercultural models such as traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM) are an important part of health care in most countries and...
ABSTRACT Cuba's National Health System has managed to guarantee an effective and equitable response to COVID-19. Universal and free health coverage, based on primary care, follows the principle of equity and the greatest resources are allocated to areas of the lowest socioeconomic stratum (where higher r...
Resumo Objetivo: Analisar os determinantes demográficos e socioeconômicos que podem influenciar a autopercepção positiva de saúde de pessoas idosas no Brasil. Métodos: Estudo quantitativo de natureza descritiva que utiliza dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde realizada em 2013 que constituí uma ...
ABSTRACT There is growing recognition that health and well-being improvements have not been shared across populations in the Americas. This article analyzes 32 national health sector policies, strategies, and plans across 10 different areas of health equity to understand, from one perspective, how equity...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To examine the approach adopted by the health plans of the autonomous communities of Spain, verifying the weight given to the concept of equity; to detect referenced communities or situations, as well as to distinguish the perspective of approaching it, from access, equity or equaliz...
Resumo O objetivo do artigo é explorar e sistematizar o conhecimento a respeito dos determinantes estruturais da saúde, por meio da revisão de escopo nas bases de dados: Web of Science, Cinahl, Scopus, Lilacs e PubMed e nas revistas: International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Epidemiology and C...
O documentário Meia lua Falciforme retrata diversas faces e enfrentamentos no cotidiano dos pacientes e
familiares que convivem com a doença falciforme no cenário brasileiro. A dor, o racismo e a resistência são
pontos-chave discutidos no relevante curta-metragem, de Débora Evellyn Olimpo e Denise ...
El propósito de este documento es presentar orientaciones para mejorar la aplicación de medidas de salud pública no farmacológicas durante la respuesta a la COVID-19, así como la adherencia a dichas medidas por parte de los grupos de población en situación de vulnerabilidad. Para ello, es necesari...
In times of a pandemic, this reflection conceives two enormous challenges for nursing in collective health. Politically, the challenge is to vindicate and recognize care as a creative and transformative action taken by individuals, families, and communities in territories to sustain life and mitigate hum...
