Abstract

AUGSBURGER, Ana C; GERLERO, Sandra S; GALENDE, Silvina  and  MOYANO, Cecilia B. The expression of social inequalities in infant mortality. Epidemiological information in selected areas of the province of Santa Fe (Argentina). Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2013, vol.31, suppl.1, pp.139-148. ISSN 0120-386X.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the perspective that some actors have on the health education models of the sexual and reproductive health programs aimed at the adolescents of the city of Medellin from 2004 to 2007. METHODOLOGY Conducted three ecological epidemiologic studies using census data and vital statistics as secondary sources. RESULTS : The findings confirmed a strong gradient in child mortality unfavorable to those who are in social disadvantage. The severity of the studied differences in infant mortality becomes more acute when we are talking about the post-neonatal mortality. The high proportion of deaths considered reducible is connected by a wide asymmetry between groups. DISCUSSION: The election of infant mortality as a problem of social inequalities is not an original fact, neither the confirmation of a gradient reverse between the living conditions and infant mortality rate results. But is necessary to make known and quantify the social inequalities and inequities between groups, in particular social places of planning and health intervention.

Keywords : social inequalities; infant mortality; inequality; epidemiology.

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