[EQ] Steps towards the health equity agenda in Chile

Steps towards the health equity agenda in Chile

Jeanette Vega, Center for Epidemiology and Public Health Policy, Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile
Background paper: WHO - World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, 19-21 October 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Available online PDF [69p.] at: http://bit.ly/nn04kw

“……This paper describes:

·         The main strategies of the Steps toward an Equity in Health agenda implemented in the Ministry of Health and Regional Health Authorities in Chile between 2008 and 2010. The challenges faced in going to scale on an Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDH) strategy in the health sector at a national level. Specifically it will highlight:
a. Some of the main challenges associated with managing policy change particularly in the area of public health programs that have had a long history of business as usual.
b. The strategy used to manage intersectoral processes and to incorporate the community voice
c. The competency development strategy used to secure and promote institutional

·         Discussion: Lessons learnt and future challenges…..”

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