Who, and What, Causes Health Inequities? Reflections on Emerging Debates from an Exploratory Latin American/North American Workshop

Posted: 28 Aug 2017

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Nancy Krieger

Harvard University - Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Margarita Alegria

Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School - Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR)

Naomar Almeida-Filho

Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva

World Health Organization (WHO)

Mauricio Lima Barreto

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS)

Jason Beckfield

Harvard University - Department of Sociology

Lisa Berkman

Harvard University - Center for Population and Development Studies

Anne-Emanuelle Birn

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

Bruce Duncan

Independent

Saul Franco Agudelo

Universidad de Antioquia - Facultad de Medicina

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

Independent

Sofia Gruskin

University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health; University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine; University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Sherman James

Duke University

Asa Cristina Laurell

Independent

Maria Inês Schmidt

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/PPGA)

Karina Walters

University of Washington

Date Written: June 27, 2010

Abstract

Rapidly rising interest - from national and international health organisations, governments, civil society, the private sector and myriad academic disciplines - in what has become known as the ‘social determinants of health’ is welcome to the many, in and outside of public health, who have long held that issues of social justice and the public's health are inextricably linked. As inevitably happens, however, when an issue gets ‘mainstreamed’, a multiplicity of disparate voices enter the discussion, informed by not only different disciplinary vantages, but also divergent values, priorities and politics.

JEL Classification: I14, I18, K33

Suggested Citation

Krieger, Nancy and Alegria, Margarita and Almeida-Filho, Naomar and da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa and Lima Barreto, Mauricio and Beckfield, Jason and Berkman, Lisa and Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Duncan, Bruce and Franco Agudelo, Saul and Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores and Gruskin, Sofia and James, Sherman and Laurell, Asa Cristina and Schmidt, Maria Inês and Walters, Karina, Who, and What, Causes Health Inequities? Reflections on Emerging Debates from an Exploratory Latin American/North American Workshop (June 27, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3025719

Nancy Krieger (Contact Author)

Harvard University - Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences ( email )

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Margarita Alegria

Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School - Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR) ( email )

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Somerville, MA 02143
United States

Naomar Almeida-Filho

Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) ( email )

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Vale do Canela
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil

Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva

World Health Organization (WHO) ( email )

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Geneva 27, CH-1211
Switzerland

Mauricio Lima Barreto

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS) ( email )

Bahia
Brazil

Jason Beckfield

Harvard University - Department of Sociology ( email )

33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Lisa Berkman

Harvard University - Center for Population and Development Studies ( email )

Anne-Emanuelle Birn

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada ( email )

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Bruce Duncan

Independent ( email )

Saul Franco Agudelo

Universidad de Antioquia - Facultad de Medicina ( email )

Medellín
Colombia

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia

Independent ( email )

Sofia Gruskin

University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health ( email )

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Los Angeles, CA 90032

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University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine ( email )

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Los Angeles, CA 90032
United States

University of Southern California Gould School of Law ( email )

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United States

Sherman James

Duke University ( email )

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Durham, NC 27708-0204
United States

Asa Cristina Laurell

Independent ( email )

Maria Inês Schmidt

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS/PPGA) ( email )

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Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-460
Brazil

Karina Walters

University of Washington ( email )

Seattle, WA 98195
United States

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