Abstract

CRISOSTOMO, Sofia  and  SANTOS, Margarida. Public Participation in Health: From Ideas to Action in Portugal. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais [online]. 2018, n.117, pp.167-186. ISSN 2182-7435.  https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.8325.

In Portugal, participation in health is framed from the normative point of view, in particular, at the political and institutional level. Despite the efforts of some decision-makers to promote public participation in health, it has proved to be insufficient. It is in this context – one in which the benefits of participation are recognised but mechanisms capable of guaranteeing participation in health decision-making processes are lacking – that the “MORE PARTICIPATION better health” initiative appears. This aims to claim the institutionalization of participatory mechanisms responding to the aspirations of a wide range of health activists, but also of the Portuguese population in general, who claim the right to be involved in a regular and effective way in health decisions that affect them.

Keywords : activism; Nacional Health Service; Portugal; public participation.

        · abstract in Portuguese | French     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )