The National Health Council (CNS) was created in 1937 by law no. 378, which instituted a consultative body where members were nominated by the minister of state. The structure as it is formed today, is intended for, among other matters, acting in the formulation of strategies and in controlling the execution of the National Healthcare Policy in the Federal Government sphere. This includes financial and economic aspects; establishing guidelines to be observed when developing health plans; due to epidemiological characteristics and of the organization of services, elaborating schedules for transferring financial resources to the States, the Federal District and to Municipalities linked to the National Healthcare System; and in proposing criteria for defining assistance standards and parameters.
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The Integration Challenge of Brazil’s Public Policy Networks: The Case of Brazilian Health Councils
Daniela Favaro Garrossini (University of Brasilia, Brazil), Ana Carolina Kalume Maranhão (University of Brasilia, Brazil), and Luis Fernando Ramos Molinaro (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2012
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-168-9.ch043
Abstract
The research developed in this study is an analysis of the National Health Council and the Subnational Councils, formed by the State Councils and Municipal Health Councils. It is a way of understanding the construction process of public policy networks and its role as the main citizen participatory space institutionalized by law in Brazil. This study presents the results obtained from a survey developed between the years 2006 to 2010, at the University of Brasilia. Its objective is to seek a broadening of citizen participation spaces supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), to form an effective network for constructing sectorial policies in Brazilian healthcare. The current work aims to fill in a gap in studies about improving citizen participation in Brazil, in order to establish new ways for expanding the network formed by the councils and the consequent improvement in the collaborative spaces within the decision making process.