Social participation in the unified health system of Brazil: an exploratory study on the adequacy of health councils to resolution 453/2012 [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Introduction Social participation is one of the guidelines of the Brazilian health system. Health councils are collegiate instances of participation established by Law 8.142/90.
Rita de Cássia Costa da Silva +2 more
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Permanent education as an inalienable responsibility of health councils: the current scenario in the Unified Health System [PDF]
Clinics, 2020 OBJECTIVE: To verify whether health councils in Brazil carry out permanent education activities for municipal, state and federal district councilors.
Rita de Cássia Costa da Silva +2 more
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Civil society participation in the health system: the case of Brazil's Health Councils. [PDF]
Global Health, 2016 BackgroundBrazil created Health Councils to bring together civil society groups, heath professionals, and government officials in the discussion of health policies and health system resource allocation. However, several studies have concluded that Health
Martinez MG, Kohler JC.
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Journal of Patient Experience, 2020 This article describes two patient advisory councils (PACs) in Canada in order to contribute to the limited evidence base on how they might facilitate patient engagement in health research. Specifically, members of PACs from Newfoundland and Labrador and
Mike Warren BSc (Hons) +11 more
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Community participation: Lessons and challenges of the 30 years of health councils in Brazil. [PDF]
J Glob Health, 2021 www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03061 1 2021 • Vol. 11 • 03061 In 2020, Brazil celebrates 30 years of the national health system creation and institutionalization of community participation in the health care sector.
Bispo JP, Serapioni M.
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Optimizing Community Participation in Healthcare Planning, Decision Making and Delivery through Rural Health Councils. [PDF]
Healthc Policy, 2022 Background The aim of this scoping study was to understand the opatimal structure and function of rural health councils (RHCs). Methods The study used the scoping review methodology, informed by both Arksey and O'Malley's (2005) framework and the ...
Kornelsen J, Carthew C, Lloyd-Kuzik N.
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Participatory health councils and good governance: healthy democracy in Brazil? [PDF]
Int J Equity Health, 2015 IntroductionThe Brazilian Government created Participatory Health Councils (PHCs) to allow citizen participation in the public health policy process.
Kohler JC, Martinez MG.
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Saúde e Sociedade, 2018 The aim of this study was to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by local health council presidents in their practice of participatory governance.
Jessica Scott Jerome
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International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementThis paper describes and compares the integration of cross-sector actors' participation into the governance of two local health councils, one located in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) and the other in the Canary Islands (Spain).
JOSÉ CARLOS Suárez-Herrera +2 more
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The growing role of seniors councils in health policy-making for older people in Poland
Health Policy, 2019 Seniors Councils are advisory and consultative bodies that support local political decision-making to assure that the views of older people are taken into account in the decision-making process.
Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka +2 more
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