Abstract

MORALES B, Carolina; CONCHA, Sonia C  and  ESLAVA, Juan C. Research capacities on social determinants in health of registered groups in Colciencias, Colombia 2005-2012. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2013, vol.31, suppl.1, pp.126-138. ISSN 0120-386X.

OBJECTIVE:this paper analyzes the ability to research on social determinants in health (sdh) in research groups registered in the Colciencias platform from January 2005 to June 2012, as well as the opinion of coordinators of research groups. METHODOLOGY a descriptive study to review the platform about information on research groups, researchers and research products on sdh was designed. It was contrasted with semistructured interviews and focus groups targeted at researchers with informed consent, and study of the national research system. RESULTS : the 65 groups registered in the Colciencias Program of Health Sciences (6%) have published 123 products by means of scientific articles in Spanish (48%). Studies on demographically relevant populations about health systems, health inequity and prevalent illnesses became conspicuous. They were accomplished through analytical and empirical methods and some projects in the national network were approached. The difficulties identified were scarce political and institutional support for local and national research in sdh an reduced interaction with policy makers and other groups using other languages . CONCLUSIONS : studies based on the approach proposed by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health in 2005 were prominent. Recommendations: it is essential to strengthen research capacities in various approaches to sdh, especially Latin American approaches, to develop collaborative projects and networking and to mobilize collective action network with policy advocacy for equitable health research.

Keywords : inequity in health; health inequality; Colombia; Latin America.

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