Gestão democrática: um relato sobre o protagonismo social na Atenção Primária à Saúde

Abstract

This article consists of a participant research report in the Social Control of Public Health, more specifically in Primary Health Care, and points out its relevance in the academic context in dialogue with the Graduate Program in Management of Federal Institutions of Higher Education. This experience, obtained in a period related to the course, was achieved through the popular participation of the researcher, as a user of the services and a student in the meetings of the Local Health Commission, in a Health Center in the city of Belo Horizonte. Multidimensional theoretical-conceptual repertoires were used, in addition to quantitative data in subsidy to the qualitative analysis of a social nature for a mixed research of participant observation. The method made it possible to notice more complex nuances of Social Control, through the author's performance as Lecturer Delegate in the plenary sessions of the 15th Municipal Health Conference in 2019. The events had the scenario of Democratic Management, supported by the axis of constitutional guarantees provided for in the Organic Law of Health and subsequent, measured also as sources of foundation. It is possible to state that the experience in Social Control is of significant importance for citizenship and academic education, since the services offered in the SUS in partnership with universities are sources of scientific knowledge aimed at legitimizing the actions of the Public Power. In this way, this article generates theoretical and empirical support for the dialectical understanding of the social role in Primary Care, inviting a more citizen, participatory and democratic academic training, in line with the current Strategic Development Plan and the doctrine that guides the actions of the SUS in Public Health.