Overview
Critically discusses the impact of international policies and guidelines on local interventions aimed at reducing health inequities in Latin America
Presents in-depth analyses of concrete intervention programs adopted in the region based on health promotion and health in all policies strategies
Proposes a strategy for strengthening the capacity of low and middle-income countries to foster inclusiveness, equity, social justice and human rights in health
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Latin American Experiences
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Health promotion in Latin America
- Public health in Latin America
- Health administration in Latin America
- Health equity in Latin America
- Health promotion effectiveness in Latin America
- Evaluation of health promotion practices in Latin America
- Globalization and health
- Globalization of Health Promotion Strategy
- Health promotion in low and middle income countries
- Social determinants of health
- Health in all policies
- Health inequities
- Intersectoral action for health
- Ottawa charter
- IUHPE
- PAHO
About this book
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 interventions plays a key role in strengthening these countries’ capacity to respond to current and future challenges, the urgency and pressures of cooperation and funding agencies to show results consistent with their own agendas not only hampers this goal, but also makes the territory invisible, hiding the real problems faced by most Latin American countries, diminishing the richness of local knowledge production, and hindering the development of relevant proposals that consider the territory’s conditions and cultural identity. Departing from this general analysis, the authors search for answers to the following questions:
- Why, despite the importance of the theoretical advances r
Based on an extensive literature review, case studies, personal experiences, and interviews with key informants in the region, Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America presents a strategy that uses monitoring and evaluation practices for enhancing the capacity of Latin American and other low and middle-income countries to implement sustainable processes to foster inclusiveness, equity, social justice and human rights.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ligia de Salazar holds a PhD in Evaluation Research from McGill University, Canada; a Master in Public Health from Liverpool University, England; and a Master in Health Administration from Universidad del Valle, Colombia. She is senior professor and researcher of Universidad del Valle’s School of Public Health, and president of the NGO Foundation for Public Health Development, FUNDESALUD; former director of the WHO/PAHO collaborative Center for Evaluation of Public Health Policy Programs and Technology, CEDETES, at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. She was Leader and Regional Coordinator of the Latin American Regional Project of Health Promotion Effectiveness, of the International Union for Health Promotion, IUHPE. Dr. Salazar has been principal investigator and coordinator of national and international projects and consultant for several institutions, as well as visiting professor in several Latin American Universities. She has been member of various committees and scie
ntific associations such as the Advisory Committee on Health Research, CAIS, PAHO; and member of the Expert Reference Group for NCD Surveillance of World Health Organization; Scientific Committees for several International Conferences in Public Health and Health Promotion. She has served as consultant of international institutions (UNICEF, World Bank, Health Ministries and NGOs, Universities). Dr. Salazar has authored six books and several scientific articles on local development, public health and health promotion theory and evaluation. Her research and academic interest are oriented to evaluation research, surveillance of behavioral risk factors for NCD and social determinants of health inequities, articulation of science, politics and society.
Roberto Carlos Luján holds a B.A. in sociology from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia, and is an associate researcher in various projects of the Foundation for the Development of Public Health (FUNDESALUD) and the Cente
r for the Development and Evaluation of Policies and Technology in Public Health (CEDETES).Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America
Editors: Ligia Malagón de Salazar, Roberto Carlos Luján Villar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67292-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67291-5Published: 25 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09794-3Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67292-2Published: 16 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 306
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Administration