Article
Research on Health Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bibliometric Analysis (1971 2000) and Descriptive Content Analysis (1971 1995)
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ALMEIDA FILHO, Naomar et al. Research on Health Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bibliometric Analysis (1971–2000) and Descriptive Content Analysis (1971–1995). American Journal of Public Health, v. 93, n. 12, p. 2037-2043, 2003.
1541-0048
10.2105/ajph.93.12.2037
Autor
Almeida Filho, Naomar
Kawachi, Ichiro
Pellegrini Filho, Alberto
Dachs, Norberto W.
Resumen
Alberto Pellegrini Filho - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à FIOCRUZ, mas não consta a informação no documento. 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 The content analysis (n = 269) covered the period 1971 to 1995 and included unpublished material.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.