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0866/2012 - Civil society participation in heath and social policies councils in Piraí, RJ (2006)
A participação da sociedade civil nos conselhos de saúde e de políticas sociais no município de Pirai, RJ (2006)

Author:

• Gabriela Rieveres Borges de Andrade - Andrade, G R B - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/ Fiocruz - <gandrade@ensp.fiocruz.br>

Co-author(s):

• Jeni Vaitsman - Vaitsman, Jeni - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/ Fiocruz - <vaitsman@ensp.fiocruz.br>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

Social policy councils began to be set up in municipalities in Brazil in the 1990s, first in the health care sector, then spreading to other sectors, for the purpose of including civil society in municipal policy management. Studies have encountered beneficial effects of participation on these councils, such as councillors’ learning about policies and rights and the formation of a network of interaction among government and non-government actors. Among the problems, civil society’s participation tends to be limited to uncritical approval of government programmes. The paper discusses civil society representatives’ participation in the Health Council as a network which includes a range of councils and civil society organizations in a small municipality. Through semi-structured interviews with councilors, two issues are discussed: the excessive demand for participation generated by the existence and simultaneous activities of several sectoral councils; and the selection of problems addressed by the councils. As a conclusion the paper addresses the health council’ potential to foster progress towards an intersectoral form of management of the town’s problems.

Keywords:

health council social policies councils municipality participation civil society intersectoral management

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Andrade, G R B, Vaitsman, Jeni. Civil society participation in heath and social policies councils in Piraí, RJ (2006). Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/civil-society-participation-in-heath-and-social-policies-councils-in-piraiacute-rj-2006/11263?id=11263



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