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Thursday, August 4, 2011

[EQ] Propuesta de Politicas e Intervenciones para Reducir las Desigualdades Sociales en Salud en Espana

Propuesta de Políticas e Intervenciones para Reducir las Desigualdades Sociales en Salud en España

Comisión para Reducir las Desigualdades Sociales en Salud en España
Comisionado por: Dirección General de Salud Pública y Sanidad Exterior
Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social - 2010

Comisión: Carme Borrell, Davide Malmusi, Lucía Artazcoz, Elia Díez, M Isabel Pasarín, Maica Rodríguez Sanz, Pilar Campos, Begoña Merino, Rosa Ramírez, Joan Benach, Antonio Escolar, Santiago Esnaola, Ana Gandarillas, Ana Gómez, Daniel La Parra, Rosana Peiró, Javier Segura, José Ramón Solanillas.

Disponible en archivo PDF [72p.] en: http://bit.ly/rtWzm5

Document in Spanish “………………Social inequalities in health are those unjust and avoidable differences in health between population groups defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically. A growing number of publications have described and analysed social inequalities in health in Spain according to social class, gender, ethnicity, territory and country of origin. These inequalities have an enormous impact on population health and, therefore, must be a priority for public health policies and a cross-cutting issue in health care policies in our country, following the line traced by the main international organisations and several surrounding countries.

After a major process of reviewing evidence and experiences, collecting expert opinion and reaching consensus, the Commission to Reduce Social Inequalities in Health in Spain presents a total of 27 major and 166 specific recommendations, sorted by priority and divided into 5 sections, each of which deals with several areas.

The sections are as follows (with areas in parentheses):

I. The distribution of power, wealth and resources (health and equity in all policies; fair financing and public expenditure for equity; political power and participation; global governance).
II. Living and working conditions throughout the life cycle (childhood; employment and labour; ageing).
III. Health-promoting environments (welcoming and accessible physical environments; access to decent housing; healthy habits enabling environments).
IV. Health care (a health system that does not cause inequality).
V. Information, monitoring, research and teaching (information, monitoring and evaluation; research; teaching).

To make progress toward equity in health by following the lines proposed in this document, it will be key to:

• Create political and technical agencies to support this priority.
• Have data and monitoring systems to study the evolution of inequality and the impact of policies.
• Promote health care and public health interventions that reduce inequalities.
• Establish partnerships to promote policies that reduce inequalities in health and occur outside the health sector.

It is therefore necessary that, after these recommendations, commitments and responsibilities are established by all stakeholders…………”

Contenido:

RESUMEN EJECUTIVO
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PREÁMBULO
INTRODUCCIÓN Y CONTEXTO

Las desigualdades en salud. Qué son y porqué existen
Las desigualdades en salud en España y sus determinantes
Las políticas para reducir las desigualdades en salud en el contexto internacional
Políticas para reducir las desigualdades en España: Planes de Salud y experiencias de buena práctica

RECOMENDACIONES DE LA COMISIÓN

Parte I. La distribución del poder, la riqueza y los recursos
Área 1. Salud y equidad en todas las políticas
Área 2. Financiación justa y gasto público para la equidad
Área 3. Poder político y participación
Área 4. Buena gobernanza mundial

Parte II. Condiciones de vida y de trabajo cotidianas a lo largo del ciclo vital
Área 5. Infancia
Área 6. Empleo y trabajo
Área 7. Envejecimiento

Parte III. Entornos favorecedores de la salud
Área 8. Entornos físicos acogedores y accesibles
Área 9. Acceso a una vivienda digna
Área 10. Entornos favorecedores de hábitos saludables

Parte IV. Servicios sanitarios
Área 11. Un sistema sanitario que no causa desigualdad.
Parte V. Información, vigilancia, investigación y docencia
Área 12. Información, vigilancia y evaluación
Área 13. Investigación
Área 14. Docencia
Políticas e intervenciones prioritarias desde el sector de salud

DOCUMENTOS GENERALES CONSULTADOS
REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS

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[EQ] Call for Papers on Social Determinants of Health

Call for Papers on Social Determinants of Health

Conference: Social Determinants of Health – 7 November, 2011 - Mexico City

The Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) and the Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO)

Website: http://bit.ly/nxTEr5

Deadline September 15, 2011

The main aim of this conference is to help systematize and socialize the evidence in relation to principles, methods, and strategies for the development of interventions that impact the social determinants of health and health equity at both the community and country level, especially in the region of the Americas.

It is expected that the articles registered for the conference will present evidence in the following areas:

1. Structural determinants and interventions on health equity, related to income distribution, power and resources in society, as well as the influence of political and economic organization of countries.

2. Specific interventions on the environment and living conditions from different sectors (not only the health sector) that have contributed to equity in health.

3. Specific interventions on the conditions of employment and work, from different sectors (not only the health sector) that have contributed to equity in health. Special concern has the informal sector workers.

4. Specific interventions in environments favoring healthy habits and behaviors, from different sectors (not only the health sector) that have contributed to equity in health.

5. Specific interventions or programs that tackle the life cycle and the intergenerational impact with emphasis on children and teenagers.

6. Frameworks, mechanisms, and facilitating factors to incorporate other social sectors besides health and education in the generation and implementation of interventions on social determinants and health equity.

7. Successful strategies for incorporating public participation in addressing the social determinants and health equity: political power and participation.

8. Priority policies and interventions in the health sector to improve equity of access to public health programs, services and health care, and equity of health care financing.

9. Measurement and evaluation of process and impact of interventions on social determinants to improve equity in health. Special interest will have the universal approaches complemented with targeted programs.

After a blind peer review, the selected articles will be published on Well-Being and Social Policy, an academic journal jointly coordinated by the CISS / IBERO published in both English and Spanish.

Organizers will pay plane tickets in economy class, food, and accommodations during the conference for those authors whose articles are accepted and who consent to publish their work in the journal Well-Being and Social Policy.

The articles accepted to participate in the conference are not necessarily accepted for publication in the journal.

Proposals should be sent to bienestar.politicasocial@gmail.com

Key dates:

Deadline September 15, 2011

Decision of acceptance October 7, 2011

Conference November 7, 2011

Final version of papers for publishing January 30, 2012

Organizing Committee:

Jeanette Vega, Invited Editor, Director Centro de Epidemiologia y Políticas de Salud, Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile

Orielle Solar, GREDS/EMCONET Chile (Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network)

Rodolfo de la Torre, Editor, PNUD México

Nelly Aguilera, Associate Editor, Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social

César Velázquez, Associate Editor, Universidad Iberoamericana

Cristina Gutiérrez, Editorial Board Member, Secretaría de Salud, México

SPANISH:
Conferencia sobre Determinantes Sociales de la Salud

Noviembre, 2011 - Ciudad de México

La Conferencia Interamericana en Seguridad Social (CISS) y la Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO) organizan conjuntamente la conferencia “Determinantes Sociales de la Salud”. El objetivo principal del evento es contribuir a sistematizar y socializar la evidencia en relación a principios, métodos y estrategias para el desarrollo de intervenciones que impacten en los determinantes sociales de salud y en la equidad en salud, tanto a nivel de las comunidades y de los países, en especial de la Región de las Américas.

Se espera que los artículos inscritos a la conferencia presenten evidencia en las siguientes áreas:

1. Intervenciones sobre determinantes estructurales y equidad en salud, es decir, relacionadas con distribución de ingreso, poder y recursos en la sociedad, así como, de la influencia de la organización política y económica de los países.

2. Intervenciones especificas sobre el medio ambiente y condiciones de vida desde distintos sectores (no solo desde el sector salud) que hayan contribuido a la equidad en salud.

3. Intervenciones especificas sobre las condiciones de empleo y de trabajo, desde distintos sectores (no solo desde el sector salud) que hayan contribuido a la equidad en salud. Preocupación especial tienen los trabajadores y trabajadoras del sector informal.

4. Intervenciones especificas sobre entornos favorecedores de hábitos y conductas saludables, desde distintos sectores (no solo desde el sector salud) que hayan contribuido a la equidad en salud.

5. Intervenciones o programas especificos que aborden el ciclo de vida y el impacto intergeneracional con énfasis en niños y adolescentes.

6. Marcos teóricos, mecanismos y factores facilitadores para incorporar a otros sectores sociales además de salud y educación en la generación e implementación de intervenciones sobre los determinantes sociales y equidad en salud.

7. Estrategias exitosas para incorporar la participación social en el abordaje de los determinantes sociales y la equidad en salud: poder político y participación.

8. Políticas e intervenciones prioritarias desde el sector salud para mejorar la equidad de acceso a los programas de salud pública, a servicios y atención de salud y a la equidad del financiamiento de atención de salud.

9. Medición y evaluación de proceso e impacto de intervenciones sobre determinantes sociales para mejorar la Equidad en Salud. Especial interés tendrán los abordajes universales complementados con programas focalizados.

Después de una revisión a ciegas por pares, los artículos seleccionados se publicarán en Bienestar y Política Social, una publicación académica coordinada conjuntamente por la CISS/IBERO editada tanto en inglés como en español

Los organizadores pagarán boletos de avión en clase turista, alimentación y hospedaje durante la conferencia para aquellos autores cuyos artículos sean aceptados y quienes consientan publicar su trabajo en la revista Bienestar y Política Social. Los trabajos aceptados para participar en la conferencia no necesariamente son admitidos para su publicación en la revista.

Las propuestas deberán ser enviadas a bienestar.politicasocial@gmail.com.

Fechas clave:

Fecha límite para inscripción 15 de Septiembre de 2011

Decisión de aceptación 7 de Octubre de 2011

Conferencia 7 de Noviembre de 2011

Versión final de los trabajos 30 de enero de 2012

Comité Organizador:

Jeanette Vega, Editora Invitada, Directora Centro de Epidemiologia y Políticas de Salud,

Universidad del Desarrollo de Chile

Orielle Solar, GREDS/EMCONET Chile (Grup de Recerca en Desigualtats en Salut, Employment Conditions Knowledge Network)

Rodolfo de la Torre, Editor, PNUD México

Nelly Aguilera, Editora Asociada, Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Seguridad Social

César Velázquez, Editor Asociado, Universidad Iberoamericana
Cristina Gutiérrez, Miembro del Comité Editorial, Secretaría de Salud, México

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[EQ] Call for nominations for an advisory group - WHO global health expenditure database ( GHED)

Call for nominations for an advisory group:
WHO global health expenditure database

Deadline for submission of nominations is August 31, 2011

WHO Website: http://bit.ly/qotEso

Nominees will be informed of their selection by mid September.

Terms of Reference for the Advisory Group on WHO Global Health Expenditure Database ( GHED)

The tasks of this advisory group (AG) are to:

• review and provide technical and strategic advice, including overall strategy and procedures, on ways to improve data collection, methods and assumptions underlying the estimates of health expenditures published by the WHO-GHED, and their validation process

• advise on the most appropriate ways (e.g. standard reports, tables, figures) of presenting, analyzing and summarizing data and metadata published by the WHO-GHED to facilitate maximum communication and dissemination

• suggest approaches to improve consistency in health expenditure estimates in different international databases that are publicly available (e.g., IMF government expenditures and NHA government expenditures)

• address current methodological issues and questions that arise during the implementation of SHA2011, in particular to assist in ensuring a coherent linkage of SHA 2000 and 2011 estimates

• recommend ways of monitoring and improving the quality of the estimates in the published WHO-GHED

There will be up to seven members who will

1. be external to, and independent of, WHO;

2. have experience in health accounting in one or more countries OR several years of experience in health financing using health expenditure data;

3. be familiar with the System of Health Accounting (SHA2000 and SHA2011), the System of National Accounts (SNA1993, 2008), and
A Guide to Producing National Health Accounts.

AG-GHED members will be recommended by the WHO/HSF Director in consultation with WHO HSF regional focal points, for appointment by the Assistant Director General of the Health Systems and Services Cluster. A public call for nominations will be issued through health accounting networks, on the WHO NHA website, and through health economics newsletters. Members, in their individual/personal capacity, will be selected on the basis of their qualifications as listed in the expert questionnaire, and with some consideration of geographic representation and gender balance. Members will be asked to sign a declaration of interest and a confidentiality agreement.

The group will have virtual or face to face meetings at least twice a year and e-mail communications as needed. The term will be for two years with possibility of renewal for one term subject to mutual agreement. There is no financial remuneration for being a member of the AG-GHED. If face-to face meetings are held and financial support is required, the travel expenditures will be covered. WHO NHA staff will serve as the secretariat.

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