The Health Equity Network of the Americas: inclusion, commitment, and action

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

Amy E. Ritterbusch¹  Manuel Urbina Fuentes²  Luiz Galvão³  Pedro Mas⁴  Ximena Avellaneda⁵  Carlos Cáceres⁶  Rocío Sáenz⁷  Arachu Castro⁸ 

[1] Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California Los Angeles, United States of America.;National Academy of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico.;Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.;Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, Havana, Cuba.;Rosario Castellanos Women’s Studies Group, Oaxaca, Mexico.;School of Public Health and Administration, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru.;School of Public Health, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.;Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, United States of America.;

关键词: health equity;    one health;    intersectoral collaboration;    social determinants of health;    americas;   

DOI  :  10.26633/RPSP.2021.79

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) is a multidisciplinary network that promotes knowledge sharing and intersectoral action for equity in health and human rights in the Americas. The objectives of HENA are: 1) to share successful experiences in the development of interventions, considering the social determinants and determination of health, to achieve participatory and community-based health responses; 2) to analyze the health, social, political, environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; 3) to identify the effects of pandemic care on populations most at risk because of their age and pre-existing health conditions; 4) examine the situation at borders and population movements in the spread of the pandemic and its effects on migrant populations; 5) propose strategies to ensure access to comprehensive care for pregnant women in order to reduce maternal and neonatal suffering, morbidity, and mortality; and 6) analyze violations of human rights and the right to health of historically marginalized populations, including street dwellers and other communities that depend on public spaces and the street for survival. The analytical and intervention models for health equity at HENA are based on various approaches, including social medicine, social epidemiology, medical anthropology, human ecology, and One Health.

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