MOTIVATIONS, IMPORTANCE, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL CONTROL IN HEALTH
Purpose: To understand the motivations, importance, challenges and perspectives for acting as local health counselors in the Unified Health System.Method: A qualitative and descriptive study of the exploratory type conducted with 15 local health counselors, from a southern Brazilian capital, from Ja...
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Universidade Federal do Paraná,
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| Summary: | Purpose: To understand the motivations, importance, challenges and perspectives for acting as local health counselors in the Unified Health System.Method: A qualitative and descriptive study of the exploratory type conducted with 15 local health counselors, from a southern Brazilian capital, from January to March 2017, through semi-structured interviews based on the Collective Subject Discourse method. Results: The motivations were linked to the possibility of social contribution to the community; the importance of identifying the local health council as a collective and supervisory space; the challenges (poor attendance at meetings and influence of party politics; perspectives) focused on the need for greater participation, community interest and more efficient health management.Conclusion: Knowledge, awareness and empowerment are fundamental to increase the performance and participation for a better exercise of social control in health. |
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| Item Description: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.66874 1414-8536 2176-9133 |