Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for all
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Date
2020
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Springer Nature
Abstract
The People's Health Movement (PHM) was formed in 2000 and drew inspiration from the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care's 'Health for All' (1978). Since then PHM has been an active part of a global counter-hegemonic social movement. This study aimed to gain insights on social movement building, drawing on the successes and failures reported by activists over their experiences of working in the Health for All social movement to improve health, justice and equity. Methods: Qualitative research methods were employed in this study to capture complex and historical narratives of individual activists, through semi-structured interviews and subsequent thematic analysis of transcripts. The research design and analysis were informed by social movement theory and literature on health activism as a pathway for social change.
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Civil society, Health activism, Health equity, Health for all, Neoliberalism
Citation
Sanders, D. M. et al . (2020). Global health activists' lessons on building social movements for Health for all. International Journal for Equity in Health ,19(1),116