SOCIAL PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PRIMARY CARE

Abstract

Objective: To identify the perception of workers, managers and users of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in Primary Health Care (PHC) about the interface between social participation spaces (SP) and health surveillance (HS). Method: Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study. Data collection occurred through oral and individual interviews, with the participation of 33 people, among health professionals (25) managers (3) and users (5), linked to 5 Family Health Units (USF), of the Sanitary District II of João Pessoa-PB, in the period from December 2018 to February 2019. The interviews were analyzed with the fundamentals of content analysis. Results: Three dimensions about the interface between PS and VS emerged: I) Educational, social and awareness actions, from the perspective of health promotion and prevention; II) Promotion of a supervisory attitude of the population regarding the implementation of public policies in health and community reality; III) Denial or ignorance about the interface between PS and VS.  Conclusion: In the context studied, there are perceptions that recognize the role and potentialities of the HP in the construction of the OS actions, from the perspective of promoting citizen actions in the FHUs. However, it was possible to denote visions that do not correlate HP and VS in PHC, neither seeing perspectives and developments of their interface. It is necessary to expand studies on the SV in PH woven in articulation with the HP and approaches that enhance local strategies for the unveiling of comprehensive care in services and territories.