Uma análise do conselho municipal de saúde no município da Lapa - PR entre os anos de 2018 e 2019

Abstract

From the publication of the 1988 Constitution, the implementation of the SUS, the emergence of the councils and information from the Ministry of Health, in which there was an active participation of society in the decisions in the three governmental spheres, this monograph dealt with the analysis of the functioning of the Municipal Health Council of the municipality of Lapa, in the state of Paraná, during the years 2018 and 2019. It was possible to describe the objectives of the municipal health councils; describe the current composition and functioning of the municipal health council of Lapa and compare the items of the municipality’s by-laws with the performance of the councilors described in the minutes. In this sense, the minutes of the meetings were read, and the composition of the municipal council was verified, with its purposes, dispositions, attributions and competencies, composition/structure/organization contained in the Internal Municipal Regulation and the performance of the councilors. In this perspective, it was used the bibliographic research in the theoretical reference and methodology, in the search of articles related to the society’s health through the competent organs in the public network destined to health, the electronic and documentary research in the use and organization of data from the minutes of the meetings and the descriptive research in the analysis and comparison of the information registered in the minutes of the council members’ performance with their Internal Regulations. In this circumstance, the research has shown that in the great majority of the attributions and competences that are included in the Regulation, the councilors are fulfilling and executing the functions for the functioning of the council. However, the main one that is not exercised yet is the broad knowledge of the members in the health area, and for that, it is necessary to provide training to these counselors. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the municipal council has great importance in decisions involving the municipality’s health area, and need the support and participation of the society.