Las capacidades de investigación en Determinantes Sociales de la Salud de grupos registrados en Colciencias, Colombia (2005-2012)/The ability of the groups registered in Colciencias to conduct research on the social determinants of health, Colombia (2005-2012)

• Published in: Revista de la Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública 2013-01, Vol.31, p.126
• Main Authors: Morales, Carolina B, Concha, Sonia C, Eslava, Juan C
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• ISSN: 0120-386X; 2256-3334

This article focuses on the research groups registered in the Colciencias platform from January 2005 to April 2012 in order to analyze their ability to conduct research on the social determinants of health (SDH) as well as the opinion of the coordinators of such groups. A descriptive observational study focusing on the Colciencias Scienti platform (which holds information on Colombian research groups) and particularly on aspects such as the groups, the researchers and the SDH-related research products. The study was complemented with questionnaires, focus groups and a study on the national system for research. In addition, researchers signed an informed consent form before participating in the study. The 65 groups registered in Colciencias' Health Sciences Program (6%) have published 123 products in the form of scientific papers written in Spanish (48%). Moreover, the predominant studies are those conducted with demographically relevant populations, focusing on health systems, health inequity and prevalent diseases, and based on empirical and analytical methods, as well as the network projects of national scope.