Planetary Health and Health Education in Brazil: Towards Better Trained Future Health Professionals

Walter Leal Filho, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio (), Alberto Paucar-Caceres, Melissa Franchini Cavalcanti-Bandos, Cintia Nunes, Carlos Vílchez-Román, Silvia Quispe-Prieto and Luciana Londero Brandli
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Walter Leal Filho: European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio: European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
Alberto Paucar-Caceres: All Saints Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6BH, UK
Melissa Franchini Cavalcanti-Bandos: Centro Universitario Municipal de Franca, Franca 14401-426, SP, Brazil
Cintia Nunes: European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
Carlos Vílchez-Román: CENTRUM Católica Graduate Business School (CCGBS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Lima 15023, Peru
Silvia Quispe-Prieto: Escuela Profesional de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna 23000, Peru
Luciana Londero Brandli: Graduate Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, Campus I-BR 285, Passo Fundo 99052-900, RS, Brazil

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-10

Abstract: Brazil is Latin America’s largest country and has a strong economy, but it is also characterised by many inequalities. These are very conspicuous in the health sector, particularly in health education, which is expected to modernise according to the planetary health (PH) perspective. This paper describes the health education scenario in Brazil and undertakes an analysis of the postgraduate health programmes and policies in place, identifying the extent to which these support the cause of PH. To achieve this goal, this paper deploys a bibliometric analysis to gain a better understanding of the research streams related to higher education and PH. In addition, it presents and discusses selected case studies in the field and cross-checks documents from the Brazilian Ministry of Education against five domains of PH in education. The results indicate that despite some progress to date and the fact that some programmes are in place, there is a perceived need for policies and efforts from education organisations towards connecting PH principles in the education of current and future health professionals.

Keywords: planetary health; higher education; health education; bibliometric analysis; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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