Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2011;27 Suppl 2:S135-40. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011001400002.
This article serves as an introduction to the others published in this thematic issue of the Cadernos de Saúde Pública. The author makes a brief historical review of the concepts, approaches and methodologies used to study the relationships between social determinants and health outcomes. By analyzing the current global movement around social determinants of health he emphasizes that the distinctive feature of this movement is the explicit commitment to action through intersectoral public policies that are based on evidence and implemented with the support and participation of broad segments of society. As this special issue of the Cadernos de Saúde Pública is dedicated to presenting the results of research related to social determinants of health, the author focuses on an analysis of the difficulties in the production and use of scientific evidence that supports the definition, implementation and evaluation of policies to combat health inequities through action on social determinants of health. To conclude, he presents some recommendations for overcoming these difficulties.
本文作为本期《公共卫生杂志》其他文章的引言。作者简要回顾了用于研究社会决定因素与健康结果之间关系的概念、方法和方法。通过分析当前全球范围内围绕社会决定因素健康的运动，作者强调，这场运动的显著特点是明确承诺通过基于证据的跨部门公共政策采取行动，并在广大社会群体的支持和参与下实施这些政策。由于本期《公共卫生杂志》专门介绍与社会决定因素健康相关的研究结果，作者重点分析了在通过社会决定因素健康行动制定、实施和评估政策来解决健康不平等方面，在生产和使用科学证据方面所面临的困难。最后，他提出了一些克服这些困难的建议。
