Algunas visiones sobre la disciplina, práctica y concepto de la salud pública / Some visions on public health, discipline, practice and concept
Rev. chil. salud pública
;
17(2): 153-163, 2013.
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Las definiciones de Salud Pública son múltiples, la OMS establece que son las acciones colectivas e individuales del estado y la sociedad civil, dirigidas a mejorar la salud de la población, pero otros autores han acentuado de manera distinta ciertos aspectos de acuerdo a su contexto político y social. En el siguiente estudio se investigan algunas visiones sobre la salud pública en la Escuela de Salud Pública Dr. Salvador Allende de la Universidad de Chile, con una metodología cualitativa a través de entrevistas en profundidad a siete académicos. Se recogieron aportes de gran diversidad, muy influidos por sus vivencias. Destacaron la necesidad de entender la salud pública vinculada a la comunidad, comprometida con sus problemáticas y orientada hacia los cambios sociales. Señalan además los efectos de la dictadura y dejan ver problemáticas en torno a las consecuencias de la industria de los medicamentos, el mercado de la enfermedad, la influencia de éste sobre los contenidos de la investigación, las limitaciones para el trabajo interdisciplinario, carencias de la Escuela y la concordancia con la formación que se entrega en el pregrado y el discurso institucional.
ABSTRACT
There are multiple definitions of public health. The WHO established that public health refers to the collective and individual actions of governments and civil society, directed at improving population health. But other authors have highlighted different aspects according to their political and social context. In the following study, different visions of public health within the Dr. Salvador Allende School of Public Health of the University of Chile were investigated, using a qualitative methodology in which depth interviews were carried out with seven professors. A variety of responses were collected, each heavily influenced by the interviewees experience. The need to understand public health as a disciple that is linked to the community, committed to understanding problems and oriented toward social change, were all highlighted. They also described the effects of the dictatorship and issues such as the pharmaceutical industry, the marketing of health and disease, the influence of these issues on research, the limitations of interdisciplinary work, the deficiencies of the School of Public Health, their approval of undergraduate and graduate training being offering, and the institutional discourse.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Public Health
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Schools, Public Health
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Terminology as Topic
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. salud pública
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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