Teoría sindémica como un enfoque para explicar la interacción entre problemas de salud pública

Silvia Quiroz Mena; Wilson Cañon Montañez

doi:10.15448/1980-6108.2021.1.38309

Autores

Silvia Quiroz Mena Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-3872
Wilson Cañon Montañez Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-5342

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-6108.2021.1.38309

Palavras-chave:

Sindemia, saúde pública, teste de estudo conceitual, métodos

Resumo

A teoria sindêmica fornece um modelo inovador que nos permite entender por que determinados problemas de saúde pública estão geograficamente e temporalmente concentrados e como esses problemas interagem biológica e socialmente, gerando efeitos nocivos sobre grupos vulneráveis. No entanto, as evidências empíricas que testam essa teoria ainda são escassas e a existente apresenta certas limitações na abordagem e mensuração de conceitos-chave. Por esse motivo, este artigo tem como objetivo gerar uma discussão sobre algumas implicações conceituais e metodológicas do uso da teoria sindêmica. A correta abordagem da teoria sindêmica permite direcionar pesquisas futuras sobre o tema e promove sua importância para o estudo dos problemas de saúde no contexto da América Latina.

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Biografia do Autor

Silvia Quiroz Mena, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Doctoranda en Epidemiología por la Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Medellín, Colombia.

Wilson Cañon Montañez, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Doctor en Epidemiología por la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); profesor asociado de la Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA). Medellín, Colombia.

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