Health promotion, the social determinants of health, and urban health: what does a critical discourse analysis of World Health Organization texts reveal about health equity?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) has focused on health equity as part of its mandate and broader agenda-consider for example, the "health for all" slogan. However, a recent scoping review determined that there are no studies that investigate the WHO's approach to health equity. Therefore, this study is the first such empirical analysis examining discourses of health equity in WHO texts concerning health promotion, the social determinants of health, and urban health.

Methods

We undertook a critical discourse analysis of select texts that concern health promotion, the social determinants of health, and urban health.

Results

The findings of this study suggest that (i) underpinning values are consistent in WHO texts' approach to health equity; (ii) WHO texts

SUBMITTER: Amri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622871 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature