Democracy and health promotion

Akerman, Marco; Moysés, Simone Tetü; Sá, Ronice Maria Pereira Franco de; Mendes, Rosilda; Nogueira, Júlia Aparecida Devidé; Zancan, Lenira; Manoncourt, Erma; Wallerstein, Nina

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“…Furthermore, a large strand of studies highlights the positive role of democracy in improving health outcomes. As such, Akerman et al (2019) points out the fact that democracy creates incentives for health promotion. Democratic societies tend to have better healthcare and human development indexes as compared to other countries (Bollyky et al, 2019).…”

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Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Country Perspective within Cultural Context

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Borlea

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IJBS

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Our paper investigates the influence of democracy upon the spread of COVID-19. For the purpose of our study we use a sample consisting of 185 worldwide countries affected by the spread of the new coronavirus disease (54 high income and 131 low income countries). First, we find that in high income countries, higher levels of democracy reduce the spread of COVID-19 while in the low income countries its influence is exactly the opposite. Second, we find clear evidence that three dimensions of culture (individualism versus collectivism, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity versus femininity) influence people’s behaviour in relation with the spread of COVID-19 in a large manner. This study’s addressability is wide, from regular people to top policymakers, through their common goal of limiting this pandemic and all the negative effects it brings along. Our findings are important as their policy implications suggest that democracies perform badly for the poorest people and what can be done to improve their record.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Country Perspective within Cultural Context

Achim

Văidean

Borlea

et al. 2021

IJBS

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“…The critical perspective of health promotion in Brazil 5-7 calls for both actions, programs, and policies (inside and outside the health sector) to improve the structural conditions of society 8,9 , and for opening up to the context of 'non-medicalized' life that requires a continuous production of strategies to value and enable listening, welcoming, and the subjects' singularities 10 . And both dimensions are not mutually exclusive, it is good to say.…”

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Practices and policies of health promotion in Brazil: context, challenges, and potentialities

Bagrichevsky

2021

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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Democracy and health promotion

Cited by 2 publications

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Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Country Perspective within Cultural Context

Democracy and the Covid-19 Pandemic. A Cross-Country Perspective within Cultural Context

Practices and policies of health promotion in Brazil: context, challenges, and potentialities

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