Healthy public policy in poor countries: tackling macro-economic policies
Health Promot. Int
; 22(2): 163-169, Jun. 2007. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| CidSaúde - Cidades saudáveis
| ID: cid-59576
Biblioteca responsável:
BR67.1
Localização: BR67.1
ABSTRACT
Large segments of the population in poor countries continue to suffer from a high level of unmet health needs, requiring macro-level, broad-based interventions. Healthy public policy, a key health promotion strategy, aims to put health on the agenda of policy makers across sectors and levels of government. Macro-economic policy in developing countries has thus far not adequately captured the attention of health promotion researchers. This paper argues that healthy public policy should not only be an objective in rich countries, but also in poor countries. This paper takes up this issue by reviewing the main macro-economic aid programs offered by international financial institutions as a response to economic crises and unmanageable debt burdens. Although health promotion researchers were largely absent during a key debate on structural adjustment programs and health during the 1980s and 1990s, the international macro-economic policy tool currently in play offers a new opportunity to participate in assessing these policies, ensuring new forms of macro-economic policy interventions do not simply reproduce patterns of (neoliberal) economics-dominated development policy. (AU)
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CidSaúde - Cidades saudáveis
Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Política Pública
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Saúde Pública
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Países em Desenvolvimento
Tipo de estudo:
Avaliação econômica em saúde
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Health Promot. Int
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Université de Montréal/Canada