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Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda
Although chronic non-communicable diseases are traditionally depicted as diseases of affluence, growing evidence suggests they strike along the fault lines of social inequality. The challenge of understanding how these conditions shape patterns of population health in Latin America requires an inter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21981767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-36 |
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description | Although chronic non-communicable diseases are traditionally depicted as diseases of affluence, growing evidence suggests they strike along the fault lines of social inequality. The challenge of understanding how these conditions shape patterns of population health in Latin America requires an inter-disciplinary lens. This paper reviews the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in the region and examines key myths surrounding their prevalence and distribution. It argues that a social justice approach rooted in the idea of health inequity needs to be at the core of research in this area, and concludes with discussion of a new approach to guide empirical research, the 'average/deprivation/inequality' framework. |
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spelling | pubmed-31938102011-10-16 Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda De Maio, Fernando G Global Health Debate Although chronic non-communicable diseases are traditionally depicted as diseases of affluence, growing evidence suggests they strike along the fault lines of social inequality. The challenge of understanding how these conditions shape patterns of population health in Latin America requires an inter-disciplinary lens. This paper reviews the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in the region and examines key myths surrounding their prevalence and distribution. It argues that a social justice approach rooted in the idea of health inequity needs to be at the core of research in this area, and concludes with discussion of a new approach to guide empirical research, the 'average/deprivation/inequality' framework. BioMed Central 2011-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3193810/ /pubmed/21981767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-36 Text en Copyright ©2011 De Maio; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Debate De Maio, Fernando G Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title | Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title_full | Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title_fullStr | Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title_short | Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda |
title_sort | understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in latin america: towards an equity-based research agenda |
topic | Debate |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21981767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-36 |
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