Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America

This book critically analyses the influence of international policies and guidelines on the performance of interventions aimed at reducing health inequities in Latin America, with special emphasis on health promotion and health in all policies strategies. While the implementation of these interventi...

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Other Authors: Malagón de Salazar, Ligia (Editor), Luján Villar, Roberto Carlos (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I.Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Equity, Globalization and Health
  • Chapter 2.Global response to social and health inequities
  • Chapter 3.Main challenges to reduce health inequities in Latin América
  • Part II.Latin American Experiences
  • Chapter 4.Redlacpromsa: The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Health Promotion managers
  • Chapter 5.Denaturalizing “long-lasting endemic diseases”: social mobilization in the context of arboviral diseases in Brazil
  • Chapter 6. Health promoting schools: implementation challenges, barriers and lessons from a case study
  • Chapter 7.Health in the School Program: practicing intersectoriality with territorial basis for the future of Health in all Policies. (SETP / HiP)
  • Chapter 8.Strategic Analysis of Health Care Practices for Homeless in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil
  • Chapter 9.Linking behavioral surveillance system to health promotion, and policy-making
  • Chapter 10.Linking behavioral surveillance system to health promotion, and policy-making
  • Chapter 11.La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca. The challenge of implementing sustainable territorial development. Critical factors and consequences in the reduction of inequities in health
  • Chapter 12.Innovation in the small farmers’ economy: good agricultural practices of Healthy Agriculture with associated rural enterprises in the Northern Cauca area in Colombia
  • Chapter 13. Research in the Strategy of Healthy Communities in Mexico: Learning for the transformation of the practice against the Social Determinants of Health
  • Chapter 14.Space management of health promotion:  The dengue epidemic case in Perú
  • Part III - Proposal
  • Chapter 15.A bet for the reduction of health inequities in accordance to the conditions of the Latin American Region