Making the post-MDG global health goals relevant for highly inequitable societies: Findings from a consultation with marginalized populations in Guatemala

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ruano, Ana Lorena ^a,b   Sánchez, Silvia ^b   Jerez, Fernando José ^b   Flores, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Centro de Estudios Para la Equidad y Gobernanza en Los Sistemas de Salud (CEGSS)   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Community consultations; Community participation; Go4Health; Guatemala; Millennium development goals; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EQUITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONFLICT; UNITED NATIONS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; POPULATION GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

FOCUS GROUPS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84965187239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-57     Document Type: Article

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