The Transformative Potential of Strategic Partnerships to Form a Health Equity Network of the Americas
Health inequities across the Americas are avoidable and unjust yet continue to persist. Systemic social determinants of health, which could be addressed at the policy level, are root causes of many inequities and prevent marginalized individuals and at-risk populations from reaching optimal h...
| Autores Principales: | Castro, Arachu, Rodríguez, Michael A., Marmot, Michael G., Salgado de Snyder, V. Nelly, Galvão, Luiz A.C., Avellaneda, Ximena, Saenz, Maria del Rocio, Dubois, Anne M., Tarzibachi, Eugenia, Ritterbusch, Amy Elizabeth, Plough, Alonzo, Heymann, Jody |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ethnicity and Disease, Inc.
2022
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/22341 |
| Sumario: |
Health inequities across the Americas are
avoidable and unjust yet continue to persist.
Systemic social determinants of health,
which could be addressed at the policy
level, are root causes of many inequities
and prevent marginalized individuals and
at-risk populations from reaching optimal
health and well-being. In this article, we
describe our approach to promote health
equity through the intersectoral partnerships that were forged, and strategies that
were shared, during the convening entitled
“Summit 2017: Health Equity in the
Americas” and the resulting emergence of
the Health Equity Network of the Americas
(HENA). We illustrate how this international
network will raise awareness of policies
and programs to inform decision makers
about actions they can take to put an end
to the unjust, persistent and mostly avoidable health inequities facing the Americas
today |
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