Abstract
Inequities are health imbalances that are avoidable, unfair and unnecessary. Studies on health inequities address the need for emergency care related to oral-dental lesions from external causes, toothache or prevalence of oral lesions, taking into account the differences between individuals and/or populations in terms of risk conditions to acquiring disease or access to health services. Inequities may be caused by the health service itself, because diseases affect socially deprived individuals more frequently and severely, especially because of multimorbidity. In the current Brazilian public health situation, programmatic actions are based on technological knowledge, especially epidemiology, focused on specific pathologies or disease risk groups, and relate closely to the organization of programmed demand. Moreover, programmatic actions should strategically use technological devices, without disregarding technical and policy flexibility, and should be closely related to inter-subjectivity and ethics, in order to develop emancipating capabilities. An action having this structure could make it easier to achieve Universality, Equity and Integrality.
Highlights
Programmatic action in the field of health is defined as an organization of health work based on health integration and the utilization of epidemiological technologies.[1]
In the 1970s, the precursor of programmatic actions emerged in São Paulo; it was known as Programmaction
Programmaction was created with the same intention in São Paulo, i.e., as an action aimed at organizing healthcare services
Summary
(a)Department of Public Health, School of Dentistry, Univ Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. (b)Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Community Health, Bauru School of Dentistry, Univ de São Paulo - USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil. (c)Pediatric and Community Dentistry Sector, Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais - HRAC, Univ de São Paulo USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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