Research on Health Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bibliometric Analysis (1971-2000) and Descriptive Content Analysis (1971-1995)

We conducted a bibliometric and content analysis of research on health inequalities produced in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In our bibliometric analysis (n = 576), we used indexed material published between 1971 and 2000. The content analysis (n = 269) covered the period 1971 to 1995 and...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2003-12, Vol.93 (12), p.2037-2043
Main Authors: Almeida-Filho, Naomar, Kawachi, Ichiro, Filho, Alberto Pellegrini, Dachs, J. Norberto W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bibliometric analysis
Bibliometrics
Biological and medical sciences
Caribbean
Caribbean Region - epidemiology
Content analysis
Data collection
Ethnography
Gender
General populations
Health
Health disparities
Health inequalities
Health Services Research - methods
Health Services Research - statistics & numerical data
Health Status
Humans
Inequality
International organizations
Latin America
Latin America - epidemiology
Latin American Social Medicine
Libraries
Medical research
Medical sciences
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Race relations
Scientometrics
Social classes
Social Medicine - methods
Social Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Socioeconomic Factors
Software
Trends
Tropical medicine
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Summary:We conducted a bibliometric and content analysis of research on health inequalities produced in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In our bibliometric analysis (n = 576), we used indexed material published between 1971 and 2000. The content analysis (n = 269) covered the period 1971 to 1995 and included unpublished material. We found recent rapid growth in overall output. Brazil, Chile, and Mexico contributed mostly empirical research, while Ecuador and Argentina produced more conceptual studies. We found, in the literature reviewed, a relative neglect of gender, race, and ethnicity issues. We also found remarkable diversity in research designs, however, along with strong consideration of ecological and ethnographic methods absent in other research traditions.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.93.12.2037