title: [Policies and practices towards equity: a broad approach].
abstract: This paper presents a preliminary overview of policies and practices in health focusing equity. It begins with a brief description of the actions developed by the Collective Health Nursing Department of the School of Nursing of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to support the struggle for social equity. It also presents the different perspectives of the concept that can be identified in health literature, each of them shaping distinct policies and practices.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo (EEUSP), SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Emiko Yoshikawa
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Egry
authors.forename: Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
authors.forename: Maria Amélia de Campos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Maria Rita
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bertolozzi
authors.forename: Renata Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Suely Itsuko
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Ciosak
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chiesa
authors.forename: Lúcia Yasuko Izumi
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Nichiata
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health; D012935:Social Justice