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Health promotion in Brazil
Antonio Ivo de Carvalho1, Marcia Faria Westphal, Vera Lucia Góes Pereira Lima
1National School of Public Health Sergio Arouca at Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation), Brazil. aivo@ensp.fiocruz.br
Promotion & Education
|June 29, 2007
Summary
Brazil
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Policy
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Brazil faces challenges in disease prevention and control amidst demographic and social inequities.
- Shifting paradigms in public health practice have led to new frameworks like Brazilian Collective Health and Health Promotion.
- The biomedical model's influence has waned, necessitating updated approaches to public health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the historical development of public health in Brazil.
- To analyze and compare the theoretical underpinnings of Health Promotion and Collective Health.
- To clarify the diverse frames of reference guiding health promotion evaluation in Brazil.
Main Methods:
- Historical analysis of public health development in Brazil.
- Comparative analysis of theoretical assumptions of Health Promotion and Collective Health.
- Review of policy documents and ministerial decrees related to health promotion.
Main Results:
- Health Promotion, aligned with international principles and focused on social determinants, shows potential for improving population health.
- Brazilian Collective Health provides the philosophical foundation for the Unified Health System (SUS).
- The National Policy of Health Promotion was institutionalized within SUS, guided by Health Promotion principles.
Conclusions:
- Health Promotion offers a valuable framework for enhancing population health and living conditions in Brazil.
- Understanding the historical evolution and theoretical bases of public health paradigms is crucial for effective policy.
- Evaluating health promotion effectiveness requires consideration of various theoretical and practical frameworks.
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