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Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
On-line version ISSN 2182-7435
Abstract
BISPO JUNIOR, José Patrício. Advances and Challenges of Institutionalized Participation in Brazil’s Health System. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais [online]. 2018, n.117, pp.99-122. ISSN 2182-7435. https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.8269.
This paper aims to analyze the main characteristics and challenges of institutionalized participation in the Brazil’s health system. First, it discusses the features and principles of the Unified Health System (SUS), highlighting the importance of social mobilization in shaping the country’s current health system. Next, the characteristics and attributes of health councils and conferences are presented as institutionalized mechanisms of participation. The health councils are analyzed for parity composition and deliberative function. Lastly, the results of the case study of the health council of the state of Bahia are discussed. The results demonstrated the low power of the social representatives’ agenda and the health council’s fragile capacity to exert influence in the definition of health policy.
Keywords : Brazil; citizen participation; democracy; health systems.