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      El abordaje epidemiológico de las desigualdades en salud a nivel local Translated title: The epidemiological approach to health inequalities at the local level

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          Para responder la pregunta ¿cuáles son los usos y limitaciones de la epidemiología en la reducción de las desigualdades en el nivel local? se problematiza el "papel" de la epidemiología. La hipótesis es que la epidemiología produce conocimiento útil a la gestión en el nivel local para el desarrollo de intervenciones dirigidas a la reducción de desigualdades en salud. Estas desigualdades se expresan en un espacio construido por colectivos humanos en procesos sociales e históricos. La producción de conocimiento epidemiológico en el nivel local debe estar orientada a dar soporte a las acciones de un actor social en situación y en un determinado escenario. Por eso se revalorizan los estudios ecológicos y la georreferencia. Esta producción y aplicación de conocimiento es también un fenómeno organizacional. Se entienden las organizaciones como "redes de conversaciones". Se concluye que las acciones estratégicas y las acciones comunicativas de los trabajadores de salud deben constituirse como eje central en la definición de nuevos modelos de cuidado y de gestión comprometidos con la reducción de desigualdades en salud, donde la epidemiología cumple un rol relevante.

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          What are the advantages and limitations of epidemiology for decreasing health inequalities at the local level? To answer this question, the current article discusses the role of epidemiology. The hypothesis is that epidemiology produces useful knowledge for local management of interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities, expressed in spaces built by human communities through social and historical processes. Local production of epidemiological knowledge should support action by social actors in specific situations and contexts, thus renewing the appreciation for ecological designs and georeference studies. Such knowledge output and application are also an organizational phenomenon. Organizations can be seen as "conversational networks". In conclusion, strategic and communicative actions by health workers should provide the central thrust for defining new health care and management models committed to decreasing health inequalities, with epidemiology playing a key role.

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                Journal
                csp
                Cadernos de Saúde Pública
                Cad. Saúde Pública
                Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0102-311X
                1678-4464
                February 2007
                : 23
                : 2
                : 321-330
                Affiliations
                [02] Salvador orgnameUniversidade Federal da Bahia orgdiv1Instituto de Saúde Coletiva Brazil
                [01] Lanús orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Lanús Argentina
                Article
                S0102-311X2007000200008 S0102-311X(07)02300208
                10.1590/S0102-311X2007000200008
                d2798dca-c4a5-470e-bc58-95b9f768fbe1

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 10 January 2006
                : 02 June 2006
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                Desigualdades en la Salud,Gestión en Salud,Política Social,Public Policy,Health Inequalities,Health Management

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