Research on Health Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bibliometric Analysis (1971–2000) and Descriptive Content Analysis (1971–1995)

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ID11038753
AutoresNaomar Almeida Filho (0000-0002-4435-755X, Naomar Almeida-Filho is with the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, and the Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Ichiro Kawachi is with the Center for Society and Health and the Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health. Alberto Pellegrini Filho is with the Program on Health Research Coordination, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. J....), Naomar Almeida-Filho, Ichiro Kawachi (0000-0003-3579-4456, Naomar Almeida-Filho is with the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, and the Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Ichiro Kawachi is with the Center for Society and Health and the Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health. Alberto Pellegrini Filho is with the Program on Health Research Coordination, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. J....), Alberto Pellegrini Filho (Naomar Almeida-Filho is with the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, and the Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Ichiro Kawachi is with the Center for Society and Health and the Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health. Alberto Pellegrini Filho is with the Program on Health Research Coordination, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. J....), J Norberto W Dachs (Naomar Almeida-Filho is with the Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil, and the Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Ichiro Kawachi is with the Center for Society and Health and the Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health. Alberto Pellegrini Filho is with the Program on Health Research Coordination, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC. J....)
Año2003
Volumen93
Número12
Páginas2037-2043
Fecha de publicación2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.12.2037
PMID14652329
OpenAlexW2023027135
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas48
Referencias citadas20

We conducted a bibliometric and content analysis of research on health inequalities produced in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In our bibliometric analysis (n = 576), we used indexed material published between 1971 and 2000. The content analysis (n = 269) covered the period 1971 to 1995 and included unpublished material. We found recent rapid growth in overall output. Brazil, Chile, and Mexico contributed mostly empirical research, while Ecuador and Argentina produced more conceptual studies. We found, in the literature reviewed, a relative neglect of gender, race, and ethnicity issues. We also found remarkable diversity in research designs, however, along with strong consideration of ecological and ethnographic methods absent in other research traditions

Bibliometrics · Content analysis · Descriptive statistics · Diversity (politics) · Ethnic group · Geography · Inequality · Latin Americans · Library science · Neglect · Political science · Race (biology) · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education