PARTICIPAÇÃO SOCIAL - UM DESIDERATO POSSÍVEL NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA POR COVID-19: revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Social Participation is an instrument for strengthening the SUS, standing out as a principle of great social and political relevance, constituted in the guarantee that the population will participate in the process of formulation and control of public health policies at all times, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bearing in mind that Social Participation is legally configured through the deliberative instances - Health Councils, the importance of this social space in the perspective of social control is emphasized. Thus, the study aimed to: Analyze scientific publications and reports of experiences related to the principle of Social Participation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a qualitative, exploratory, historical, secondary, type of integrative literature review, which searched for articles in the database: MEDLINE, SCIELO, FIOCRUZ DATABASES, PUBLISH OF PERISH-POP, Virtual Health Library - VHL, and Webinars, using as descriptors: “social participation”, “pandemic COVID-19”, “sus”, “health councils”; in the English, Spanish and Portuguese languages of recent years (2020 to 2021). Of the 15 articles, 1 interview and 1 webinar found, after using the filters and according to the purpose of the research, 7 articles, 1 interview and 1 webinar were selected, whose results and discussion were structured in two thematic axes: (I ) - (RE) Inventing Social Participation to strengthen SUS in the COVID-19 pandemic; and (II) - Health Councils as potential spaces for the empowerment of Social Participation, necessary for social control at the time of SARS-VOC-2. However, this study made it possible to understand that even in the context of a pandemic context, Social Participation must and can be carried out as a relevant and resignificant form of incidence in decision-making in SUS; being necessary to adapt, create new ways of acting, learn from the experiences undertaken, polish, stimulate and reflect that this principle is fundamental for our health system to be strengthened, through those who use it. And due to this peculiar characteristic, the strengthening of Social Participation in the pandemic of COVID-19 is extremely feasible.