Oliveira, Ana Luiza de Oliveira eBatista, Jailma da Costa2021-03-102021-10-132021-03-102021-02-26BATISTA, Jailma da Costa. A percepção de conselheiros de saúde sobre o controle social no município de Caicó/RN. Orientadora: Ana Luiza de Oliveira e Oliveira. 2021. 38 f. Monografia (Especialização) - Curso de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde Materno Infantil, Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Caicó, 2021.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/44447This 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.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Controle SocialConselho de SaúdeParticipação popularSocial ControlHealth CouncilPopular ParticipationpostGraduateThesis