A Historical-Geographical View of Pandemics: to Understand COVID-19 in a Complex Way

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.1.616.242

Keywords:

pandemics, syndemic, historiography, systems analysis.

Abstract

The outbreak/pandemic investigation approach is a challenging, necessary and challenging activity for health professionals and epidemiologists. This approach allows epidemiology and surveillance services to deepen their knowledge of the disease, collect historical data on pandemic episodes, characterize vulnerabilities, develop hypotheses and intervene risk factors in a given environmental and sociocultural context with local action and a global perspective. A syndemic approach is considered, in such such a way that it combines aspects of interconnected social determinants and deepening in the pandemic.

Author Biographies

  • Rafael de Jesùs Tuesca-Molina, Universidad Del Norte

    Profesor-investigador, Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla
    (Colombia)

  • Nuria Rodriguez-Avila, Universidad de Barcelona, España

    Vicedecana de Relaciones Externas, Compromiso Social y Estudiantes. Profesora titular-
    investigadora, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Departamento de Sociología.
    Universidad de Barcelona (España).

  • Carolina Moreno-Castro, Universidad de Valencia, España

    Profesora titular. Catedrática de Periodismo e Investigadora, Instituto de Políticas de Bienestar Social (POLIBIENESTAR). Universidad de Valencia (España).

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Published

2022-01-19

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NARRATIVE REVIEW

How to Cite

A Historical-Geographical View of Pandemics: to Understand COVID-19 in a Complex Way. (2022). SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL SALUD UNINORTE, 37(1), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.1.616.242

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