Scientific production on public health policies for the black population

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Anáira Gisser Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Slob, Edna Marcia Grahl Brandalize
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3403
• topic: Política de saúde; Saúde pública; Negro; População; Política de salud; Salud pública; Negro; Población; políticas públicas; población negra; Health policy; Public health; Black; Population; public policy; black population

This integrative literature review describes the scientific production on government health policies, strategies and actions targeted at the black population. Bibliographic search was conducted on the Virtual Health Library, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases, as well as government websites, current legislation and electronic journals. The following descriptors, articulated by Boolean operators, were used: “health policy,” “public health,” “black” and “black population.” Black people’s lives are fraught with discrimination, prejudices, inequalities, vulnerabilities and various types of exclusion. As a response to this scenario, programs, projects and actions in health care were created to mitigate the impacts suffered by this population. The analysis identified 11 strategies, actions or government policies implemented between 2004 and 2017 targeting Black people’s health. Scientific production on government policies, strategies and actions targeting health care for the black population is increasing, albeit unsystematically and influenced by social engagement on the subject, resulting in difficulties and barriers to their materialization.