[Policies and practices towards equity: a broad approach].
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.
Egry
Emiko Yoshikawa
EY
Departamento de Enfermagem Coletiva da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo (EEUSP), SP, Brasil.
da Fonseca
Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa
RM
Oliveira
Maria Amélia de Campos
MA
Bertolozzi
Maria Rita
MR
Takahashi
Renata Ferreira
RF
Ciosak
Suely Itsuko
SI
Chiesa
Anna Maria
AM
Nichiata
Lúcia Yasuko Izumi
LY
Nakamura
Eunice
E
D001938:Brazil; D006291:Health Policy; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health; D012935:Social Justice