Social cohesion as a basis for health-equity-oriented public policies: reflections from the EUROsociAL program/ Cohesión social como base para políticas públicas orientadas a la equidad en salud: reflexiones desde el programa EUROsociAL

EUROsociAL is a European Union program for social cohesion in Latin America. The main objective of this essay is to present the conceptual elements underpinning the activities of the EUROsociAL program in the health thematic area, with special attention to their equity aspects. It considers the conc...

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Published inRevista panamericana de salud pública Vol. 38; no. 4; p. 272
Main Author Ferrelli, Rita Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Pan American Health Organization 01.10.2015
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Summary:EUROsociAL is a European Union program for social cohesion in Latin America. The main objective of this essay is to present the conceptual elements underpinning the activities of the EUROsociAL program in the health thematic area, with special attention to their equity aspects. It considers the concepts of social cohesion, equity in health, and the relationship between the two in EUROsociAL, and addresses monitoring of equity in health as a basis of action toward improvement focusing on social determinants of health. Key words: equity in health; intersectoral action; public policies. EUROsociAL es un programa de la Union Europea para la cohesion social en America Latina. El objetivo principal de este ensayo es presentar los elementos conceptuales que sustentan las actividades implementadas por el programa EUROsociAL en el area tematica de salud, con especial atencion a sus aspectos de equidad. Se consideran los conceptos de cohesion social, equidad en salud, la relacion entre ambos en EUROsociAL y se abordan el monitoreo de la equidad en salud como base de accion hacia una mejora con enfoque en los determinantes sociales de la salud. Palabras clave: equidad en salud; accion intersectorial; politicas publicas.
ISSN:1020-4989
1680-5348