A percepção de conselheiros de saúde sobre o controle social no município de Caicó/RN

Abstract

This study aims to understand the perception of health counselors about social control in the city of Caicó/RN. It is a descriptive-exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, carried out with ten health counselors, having the Municipal Health Council of that municipality as the locus. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, field diaries and participant observation, analyzed using the Thematic Content Analysis technique by Bardin (2016). From the analysis, three thematic categories emerged, through which it was found that the councilors have limited perceptions about social control, which makes it difficult for the popular organization to foster the participatory and democratic process with the Council and the implementation of social control in the field. in the municipality of Caicó.