Chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Public policies and social network analysis of the hospitals services and oyhers health and social organizations to support joint action for children with diabetes

Comunicação apresentada na 18th Conference International of Health Promotion Hospitals & Health Services "Tackling causes and consequences of inequalities in health: contributions of health services and the HPH network", em Manchester de 14-16 de april de 2010

In this paper, we would like to present a focus for comprehensive action on diabetes in Portugal. Based on an applied approach of social network, we would like to discuss and analyze the dynamics of formal networks between hospitals services and others health and social organizations to support joint actions for reducing causes and consequences of health inequalities in children with chronic disease, and to develop core strategies and standards in health promotion and the quality of care for children with diabetes type I in Portugal, focusing our attention in the case of Barreiro