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Community participation in basic health care in the user's perspective
Participação comunitária no contexto da atenção básica em saúde na perspectiva de usuários
Participación comunitaria en el contexto de la atención básica en salud en la perspectiva de usuarios
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Abstract Objective: To know from the perspective of the user, the contributions of community participation in health activities of a family health unit of Recife-PE, Brazil. Method: Qualitative study conducted with 65 users a basic health Unit in the months of November 2010 to January 2011. The interviews re... view more
Objective: To know from the perspective of the user, the contributions of community participation in health activities of a family health unit of Recife-PE, Brazil. Method: Qualitative study conducted with 65 users a basic health Unit in the months of November 2010 to January 2011. The interviews recorded, transcribed and analyzed by means of the collective subject discourse. Results: Two central ideas identified: - existing in the Community Leadership and participation of the population in the planning of health; - Suggestions for changes/improvements in health service offered by the basic unit. Conclusion: Evidenced that the question of community leadership needs to strengthen through a political actionethics-shared citizen, where professionals and users are active in this process, recognizing themselves as allies within the complexity that involves health issues in the context of capitalism and private interests.... view less
Keywords
family; health; community; participation; public health services; social policy; control; health care services; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Health Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 364-377
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6 (2014) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i1.364-377
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed