ABSTRACT
Structural competency is used to train health professionals on how social, political, and economic dynamics create conditions that negatively impact a population's health. In the Global South, this approach has historical roots in social movements, popular education, social medicine, and human rights. In 1982, during a time of extreme poverty, inequality, and violence under the Chilean military dictatorship, Educación Popular en Salud (EPES), developed a programme for training community health promoters to address common illnesses and analyse the underlying causes of poor health. In 2010, EPES began using the same model to train international and Chilean health professionals. The approach advanced four competencies. Evaluations show that training contributes to transforming health professionals' mindsets and leads them to question their practices. However, educating practitioners does not change the underlying structures that generate poor health. This article examines the intersection between EPES' competencies and the structural competency framework, highlighting two major contributions of EPES to structural competency: a methodology that narrows the gap between a theoretical analysis of social determinants of health and implementing action plans; and organic long-term links with social movements that strengthen collective action in poor neighbourhoods to advance social justice.
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Poverty , Humans , Chile , Educational StatusABSTRACT
El documento "V Jornada Comunitaria de Conversación sobre Sexualidad y SIDA, JOCCSIDA: aportes para el trabajo en prevención de VIH-SIDA con Adolescentes", corresponde a la sistematización de una experiencia educativa comunitaria sobre sexualidad y VIH-SIDS realizada en la Comuna de El Bosque, abordando los objetivos de esta jornada, su organización, enfoque y metodología, así como sus resultados más importantes, haciendo visible principalmente las necesidades de información y aprendizajes en sexualidad y SIDA planteados por los adolescentes que participaron en ella
