Desigualdades en salud

Nuevas perspectivas teóricas

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ID15530870
AuthorsNaomar Almeida Filho (0000-0002-4435-755X, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume16
Pagese2751-e2751
Publication date2020-06-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
PublisherInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2020.2751
PMID32574463
OpenAlexW3036635210
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited58

This article, I intend to articulate the theoretical problem of economic and social inequalities with the issue of the social determination of health. Initially, I provide a summary of Rawls' and Sen's theories of justice and equity as an illustration of the dominant perspective in Northern epistemologies. Second, I discuss applications of this theoretical framework in the literature on social inequalities and the social determination of health-illness-care. Thirdly, I present a semantic matrix proposed for the difference-distinction-inequality-inequity-iniquity series to help reduce the existing terminological confusion. Next, I introduce a synthetic theoretical model about the poverty-inequality dyad, referring to the concepts of social resources, health practices, health services, and health situation/conditions. Finally, oriented by an epistemological perspective from the global South, and taking the current Brazilian situation as a case study, I discuss political implications of the complex contemporary conjuncture, pertinent to the hypothesis that a process of transformation of economic inequalities into new forms of social inequities and health iniquities is currently underway

Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Philosophy

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