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Table 3 Subjects covered by Latin American social medicine

From: The Latin American Social Medicine database

Health policy analysis

Violence and health

Medical education reform

Mental health services and mental health policies

Primary care research and preventive services

Determinants of mental illness in race, ethnicity, social class, or gender

Strategic planning

Indigenous, complementary and herbal medicine

Environmental health

Social, environmental and nutritional causes of infant and perinatal mortality

Labor and health

Economic development, demographic change, and aging

Ethnic/racial disparities and health

Socioeconomic barriers to cancer prevention

Social class disparities and health

Social processes of alcohol and drug abuse

Gender disparities and health

Chronic illnesses

Infant and perinatal mortality

Urban health

International health

Managed care