Abstract

ARRIETA-FLOREZ, Rosaura  and  CARO-GOMEZ, Enna Esmeralda. Social Determinants and Disparities of Morbity from Acute Respiratory Diseases (ARD) in children from 1 to 4 years in Colombia. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.18, pp.137-156. ISSN 1657-7027.

This article describes the health status of children aged 1 to 4 years in Colombia and the presence of disparities, using Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) as tracers. In second place it explains the social determinants of ARI and discusses the connection between social determinants of health, legal regulations on the Right to Health and the degree of fulfillment of this right. Finally, it analyzes the role of social policy in the realization of children's rights and the existing contradiction between regulatory framework and the effective guarantee of their rights, which often generates only from the use of judicial machinery like the Tutela, thereby subverting the constitutional order and invalidating its principles and values.

Keywords : Equity in Health; Social Determinants of Health; Right to Health; Morbidity; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Mortality; Equity in Health; Children (1 - 4 years); Right to Health Care.