CALL FOR PAPERS
Special issue of
the Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public
Health on:
Social Determinants of
Health
Deadline: 1 April, 2013
Website: http://bit.ly/V7fYUm
The Revista Panamericana
de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health, published by
the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
announces a call for papers for the next special issue on social determinants of health, to be
published in 2013.
Accepted contributions include original research papers, special reports, or
systematic reviews.
Rationale:
In 2005, the Director General of the World Health
Organization (WHO) established the Commission on the Social Determinants of
Health (SDH) to support
countries and global partners to address the factors leading to ill health and
inequities. By clearly identifying the role of health determinants in
the health outcomes of the population, this Commission developed a set of
knowledge networks that worked together to assess the state of the
world’s economy, environment, gender rights, human rights, priority
health conditions and urban health.
The work of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of
Health and its related knowledge networks helped to more fully define the
underlying causes of health inequities, which were outlined in the
Commission’s landmark final report “Closing the Gap in a Generation”,
launched in 2008, as:
(a) differential power and influence associated with income inequality, and
social and economic status,
(b) differential exposures to stress, environmental toxins, and other adverse
conditions, and
(c) differential consequences associated with discrimination and unequal access
to services.
Widespread awareness of these factors has helped to build
consensus on the need to take action and where to intervene on broader
conditions that affect these and related unequal outcomes.
The final report of the WHO Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health SDH also emphasized the importance of building a global
movement to act on social determinants to reduce health gaps between and within
countries.
In the Region of the Americas a strong regional movement on
SDH has since emerged spearheading a number of national, regional and national
initiatives including the establishment of National Commissions on SDH,
integration of SDH in national and regional plans and the establishment of
Regional Networks addressing such as the Pan American Alliance for Nutrition
& Development.
Building on Report’s recommendations, in 2009, the
World Health Assembly Resolution 62.14, called upon
Member States, the WHO Secretariat and the international community to address
health inequities by implementing the social determinants approach to public
health programs and requested the WHO Secretariat to provide support to Member
States in implementing the “Health in All Policies” (HiAP)
approach.
To support countries in their response to this resolution,
WHO convened the First World Health Conference on the Social Determinants of
Health (WCSDH) that took place in
These events brought together Member States and key stakeholders to
share experiences on policies and strategies aimed at reducing health
inequities.
It provided a global
and regional platform for dialogue on how the recommendations of the WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health could be taken forward.
Further to the Conference and the adoption of the Rio Political Declaration on the Social Determinants
of Health, the Special Issue
will provide a platform for countries in the Region to take stock of what has
been done in the area of social determinants of health since the adoption of
the Rio Political Declaration and similarly strengthen the preparations for the
8th Global Conference on Health Promotion,
to be held in Helsinki in 2013 where the central theme is “Health in All
Policies.”
Main theme:
The main theme of the special issue will be “Social Determinants of
Health in the Region of the Americas”, addressing
some of the key priorities that were identified by Member States during the
Regional Consultation on the Social Determinants of Health that took place in
1.
Social inequities in health conditions within the Region of
the
1.1
Distribution of morbidity and mortality
in different social groups;
1.2
The effects of social
determinants on health throughout the life cycle including
the inter-generational impact;
2.
Governance to
tackle the root causes of health inequities: implementing action on social
determinants of health; addressing the following sub-themes:
2.1 Assessment of the effects of social policies
on
health
inequities and their determinants;
2.2
Development and analysis of
existing evaluation methodologies addressing the impact of interventions on
SDH;
2.3
Analysis and evaluation of
inter-sectorial actions and interventions with the engagement of key partners;
3. The role of the health sector, including public health programs, in
reducing health inequities; addressing the following sub-themes:
3.1 Evaluation
of public health programs and
health systems and services aiming at reducing health inequities;
3.2 Equitable access to and
appropriate use
of new health
technologies;
4. Promoting participation: community leadership for action on social
determinants; addressing the following
sub-themes:
4.1 Evaluation
of experiences promoting social participation in the definition and
implementation of social interventions to reduce health inequities;
4.2
Evaluating existing applied
research on the impact of social participation.
5.
Monitoring
progress: measurement and analysis to inform policies; addressing the following sub-themes:
5.1 Development of indicators to measure health inequities;
5.2 Development or evaluation of strategies for monitoring the effects
of SDH in
morbidity, mortality and utilization of health services
Guest Editors:
·
Prof. Michael Marmot, Director
of the International Institute for Society and Health and former Chair
of the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health;
·
Dr. Alberto Pellegrini, public health
researcher from the National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ) and
Coordinator of the Center for Studies, Policies and Information on Social
Determinants of Health (CEPI-DSS) in Brazil;
·
Dr. Jeanette Vega, Director of the Rockefeller Foundation;
·
Dr. Orielle Solar, former member of the technical
secretariat of the Commission on Social Determinants
of Health at WHO and
·
Dr. Kira Fortune, Advisor on
Determinants of Health at the Pan American Health Organization.
Language of Submissions:
Papers will be accepted in Spanish, English or Portuguese, and the manuscript
selection process will follow the journal peer review procedures.
Authors are encouraged to send manuscripts in their native language.
Publishing Standards:
In submitting papers, authors should follow the
Instructions to Authors of the Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public
Health, available at: http://bit.ly/WLo9Xu
.
They should be submitted for publication at: http://bit.ly/W0gasi
The cover letter should indicate
that the manuscript is being submitted for the special issue on the Social
Journal Website: http://bit.ly/1455ifz
Deadline: 1 April, 2013.
Contact information: Kira Fortune Email: [log in to unmask]
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