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[People's participation in local health committees: showing lives, telling fights]
Priscila Frederico Craco1, Maria Cecília Puntel de Almeida
1Programa de Pós-Graduação de Enfermagem em Saúde Pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. prizeva@com4.com.br
Abstract:
This study aimed at analysing people's participation in Local Health Committees and understanding the participatory action of its members by identifying potentialities and limits in the process. We used the qualitative research approach, with interviews and observation as data collection methods. By applying Habermas's theoretical referential, we visualised the people's participation as a social and historical phenomenon marked by many fights. We found a communication that is very focused on strategic actions. However, we visualised possibilities to build an autonomous public space. We concluded that the people's participation can potentially act in the transformation of healthcare practices and, as such, it should be included by municipal administrators as a tool to elaborate and implement healthcare policies.
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