Author:

• Helena Ribeiro - Ribeiro, H - <lena@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1321-7060

Abstract:

The article makes a balance on the way the theme of Environmental Health is inserted and treated in Ciência e Saúde Coletiva. Initially, references are made to the editor’s words in the 20th anniversary of the periodical on privileged focus and statistics up to that date. Secondly, it describes some definitions of Environmental Health. Then, it presents results of analysis done in all the volumes published in the last ten years, based on articles published on the theme, yearly. Results indicated oscillations and even a reduction in the percentage of publications dedicated to the field, from 7% to 3%, despite the aggravation of the environmental crisis on the planet and of the call from associations and publications of the health sector that health needs a planetary focus in health policies, due to climatic changes and biodiversity loss. The themes in the articles published reveal a rich evidence production for present day and future actions, but that there is a research agenda still little treated in the journal.

Keywords:

Environmental health; scientific production; research; publication.

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