Capacidades estatais municipais na macrorregião Triângulo do Norte: A participação popular na promoção da saúde

Abstract

Contextualization: State capacities refer to the contextual power of the State to produce public policies, encompassing technical-administrative and political-relational aspects. In Public Health, governments rely on legislation that mandates public participation, understood as a process of involving society in this management and in public policies, ensuring a convergence between societal demands and the actions planned and executed. Objective: To describe public participation in Health Promotion in municipalities of Minas Gerais, considering state capacities. Method: Documentary research was carried out using a qualitative and descriptive approach. The material was obtained from the websites of the 27 municipalities that form the Triângulo do Norte health macro-region. This access allowed for the characterization and classification of these municipalities based on the availability of information and spaces for social interaction. Considering the dissemination of health management documents and interaction channels on these portals, Uberlândia and Patrocínio were selected to analyze public participation in Health, as manifested in municipal health council meetings, ombudsman offices, and Instagram. Results: The study reveals that municipalities in the Triângulo do Norte macro-region can improve their potential in state capacity in Health, both in technical-administrative and political-relational aspects, thereby fostering increased public participation in Health promotion. By studying Uberlândia and Patrocínio, complaints, requests, suggestions, and even compliments expressed by the population were collected, allowing municipal public management to understand societal demands and identify challenges to be prioritized and addressed by the government. Compliance of the research with the concentration area of the Postgraduate Program in Administration - PPGAdm (Regionality and Management) and with the line of research: The research fits into Regionality and Management by studying municipal public health management in 27 municipalities of the Triângulo Mineiro, the region of greatest influence of PPGAdm. These municipalities form the Triângulo do Norte health macro-region, and Uberlândia, its hub city, stands out in the regional and national scenario. The research aligns with the “Society, Development, and Regionality” line by studying public participation in Health promotion, considering its relationship with municipal public management. Impact and innovative character in intellectual production: The research contributes to the discussion of state capacities in the field of Administration, focusing on municipal public health management, especially in its political-relational dimension. Its final argument is that this dimension guides decisions in the technical-administrative dimension so that the goal of promoting Health can be achieved. Economic, social, and regional impact: As a practical contribution, the research indicates opportunities for municipal public management to expand public participation in Health promotion, ensuring that plans and actions converge with societal demands. Regional implications: The research contributes to the study region by characterizing and classifying it in terms of information and channels for public participation provided by the management, allowing for visualization of measures to expand potential state capacity in health. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) met in the research: Considering the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda, the research fits and contributes to SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-Being, specifically to its targets 3.8 and 3.c.