Planetary health and health education in Brazil: Facing inequalities

Leal Filho, Walter - Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade - Dutra, Ana Regina de Aguiar - Peixoto, Maria Gabriela Mendonça - Traebert, Jefferson - Nagy Breitenstein, Gustavo J

Resumen:

Brazil has the world’s fifth-largest population and seventh-largest economy. However, it also has many in- equalities, especially in health education, which impacts health sector services. Thus, this article aims to describe the situation of planetary health and health education in Brazil, identifying how current policies support the cause of planetary health. This study had a qualitative approach characterised as exploratory research based on an integrative review and documentary research. The results show that, in recent decades, there have been positive improvements to achieve collective and planetary health, which advocates empathy and pro- environmental and humanitarian attitudes. However, the pursuit of planetary health in Brazil is being influ- enced by various challenges, ranging from the need for a sound policy framework to provisions of education and training on planetary health. Based on the need to address these deficiencies, the paper suggests some measures which should be considered as part of efforts to realise the potential of planetary health in the fifth largest country in the world.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2022
Planetary health
Education
Sustainable development goals
Inequalities
Brazil
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/38876
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0)