The neglected diseases and the social determinants of health in the context of research in teaching

Abstract

This work has the intention to serve as a reference in the field of neglected diseases and to contribute to training of teachers and researchers in the teaching area. In this sense, we highlight the importance of social determinants of health in relation to the comprehension of reality from the references cited by popular knowledge. As we believe that the awareness of a person about the transformative power of his actions through the acquired knowledge during the teaching-learning process is able to contribute to the emancipation of groups in which it participates, we chose education and culture between the different determinants. Other social determinants of health are also mentioned in the text, because although they are not the goal of this work we understand that their complementary aspects allow the expected changes from the approaches of care, prevention and health promotion.