Caracterização dos espaços de participação social na Atenção Primária à Saúde em João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brasil)

Abstract

Social participation in the local sphere encounters difficulties in establishing itself as a guide for the construction of public policies, therefore, we aimed to identify and characterize the spaces for social participation in a Brazilian capital and analyze the difficulties and challenges encountered. Structured written interviews were conducted with 12 managers of Family Health Units of the sanitary district II of João Pessoa, which were later analyzed through the approximation of similar ideas, followed by steps of interpretation of the results through discussion, intuition and criticism. There is a predominance of the practice of care line groups, in addition to an audience composed mainly of women and the elderly. Most of the spaces were created between 2017 and 2018. A large part of the themes talked about individual well-being, but little was addressed about building public policies, overseeing works and investments, or fighting for rights.