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Introduction: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) individuals are more tolerant of having negative experiences in the cultural environments of sport. In view of this, LGBT sports teams and teams were created so that their members could find a safe and welcoming leisure space to practice sports. Objective: The study aimed to map and characterize the LGBT sports team in Brazil within the Instagram social network and to analyze the contents published by them in their official profiles. Method: A mapping of LGBT sports teams with a profile on the social network and thematic analysis of the published images were carried out. Results: 103 profiles of LGBT sports teams were mapped, of which 90 were analyzed. Most associations are in the capitals and metropolitan regions of the South and Southeast regions. Regarding the theme of the posted analyses, the data appreciated that the publications of the associations focused on activities of the associations relevant to sport, social events and political activism. Conclusion: LGBT sports teams have a broader repertoire of action than sports. They are spaces for socialization, formation of personal bonds and obedience to promote the health of their members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to characterize people who attend different spaces of participation in Brazil. For this, a study of descriptive statistics was carried out, using data from a larger survey, the National Health Survey (NHS), which had 64,348 respondents. The data were analyzed according to the frequency of participation divided into four blocks of participatory activities: sex, education, income and marital status of the participants. The results showed that the highest frequency of participation was in religious events and cults (69.7%), followed by artistic and sports activities in groups (26.2%), then by meetings of associations of residents or employees, community movements, academic or similar centers (16.1%) and, finally, in unpaid voluntary work (12.1%). It was observed that women had a more intense participation in cults and religious activities (76.4%), while men participated more in artistic and cultural activities (33.5%). As for income and education, the study showed that the higher these two categories were, the higher the frequency of participation. It is evident, from a political and democratic point of view, that participation in Brazil is scarce and marked by elitism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to approach the ruptures and transformations caused in the life of young people who have undergone the experience of psychic suffering accompanied in an Adult Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) in the city of São Paulo. This research was carried out through an ethnography in the accompaniment of a group of young people from the service. Participant observation techniques, records in a field book and individual interviews were used. We observed compromise of sociability, withdrawal from friendships, limitations with the use of medication and difficulty in obtaining a formal job. The consumption of alcohol and other drugs emerged as a matter for care, since it permeates important aspects of socialization. The conception of psychic suffering based on the idea of illness is a reflection of how CAPS and other health services approach the theme. The CAPS has shown itself to be a welcoming and trusting space, especially in times of crisis, but it raises the discussion about what strategies it uses to compose such care to this specific population and how aligned they are with mental health policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case study with a qualitative approach aimed to analyze the meanings of social participation in health among community leaders and professionals of the Family Health Strategy (ESF) in the territory of Vila Uniao in Sobral, Ceara state, Brazil. Data were collected through focus groups and analyzed using content analysis techniques. The results showed that the socially and historically produced meanings of social participation, recognized as a conquest and a right, are associated with engagement, social transformation, commitment to seeking community improvements, action / social intervention, social role, the collective construction and mobilization of community solidarity and liberating education. The research provided information on the meanings of participation in the ESF and on the barriers inherent in political life and are directly related to the construction of Brazilian National Health (SUS). We consider very important building a new model of care grounded in social participation and pointing to a network of commitments and ties of affection with a powerful SUS / ESF that could involve, especially, the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Goiana, in Pernambuco State, marked by problems arising from the dominance of monoculture of sugar cane, has been part in recent years of the "New Economic Development Region of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil", with the implantation of pharmacochemical and automotive centers. It was analyzed how local actors perceive the current development model and problematize their demands, from the identification of social environmental problems and the proposals of coping. This is a qualitative study based on participatory methodologies with data triangulation (document analysis, landscape reading, self-testing communities and thematic workshops). The results point to a negative diagnosis of social and environmental indicators. In sanitation inequalities problems in access to potable water for human consumption and for productive sphere were found. In Health, it was identified the vulnerability of workers and youth, exacerbated by deficiencies in the care network. On environmental issues, the impacts of productive activities were diagnosed, such as carcinoculture, monoculture and mineral extraction, which generate conflicts among social groups. We conclude that, added to existing fragilities, Goiana risks undergoing negative experiences of economic growth without sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to analyze the Local Health Committees (LHC) of the Unified Health System of Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil, as spaces for expansion of democracy in the light of Deliberative Democratic Theory. The survey was conducted from October 2013 to June 2014, with three CLS analysis. The technique of participant observation with the adoption of a field diary was used. As a result of the democratic process, although timid and disorganized, there is a horizontal flow of information, which through discussions allows one to track, monitor on public policy, going beyond the health sector, aimed at reducing social inequalities. When discussing about issues affecting their lives and decide by agreement, the CLS are truly democratic public spaces, for democracy expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to analyse political and social implications of the combination of public and private efforts in primary health care, trying to show combinations and tensions between a democratizing health project and a neoliberal project that waives the State's responsibility in enforcing rights. We chose to study these conflicts from the situation of Heliopolis, favela of São Paulo. To construct the empirical material, instruments and techniques from Ethnography were used. In Heliopolis, as in the rest of the country, the Health Reform is crossed by distinct political-economic projects, to the extent that there was an expansion of supplementary healthcare and distorted implementation of the Health System, with practice and privilege of privatizing logic of productivity. The macroeconomic policies and State Reform led to the "tortuous implementation" of the health system, in the context of "perverse confluence" between distinct projects. Some of the potential to transform that are in political processes and social relations shaped by modes of life built on social bonds of solidarity, which are embedded in the dynamics of political-economic determinations and assertion of autonomy. This places the movement of the Health Reform the urgent need to regain the instituting dimension, to transform the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims at identifying and analyzing possibilities and difficulties of Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) users related to citizenship and the building of life projects, in the perspective of promoting social inclusion. The qualitative approach was used as the research methodology and the Agnes Heller's concept about everyday was used as a philosophical reference. Data was gathered from semi-structured interviews with users and people from their social network. Discourse analysis was used for examining the data. The service users found difficulties to get their rights assured, however, they also found possibilities, especially with CAPS's help. Furthermore, they fight for their rights, engaging in the social movements, promoting their own inclusion processes. The practice of citizenship is the first step towards social inclusion. The next steps are taken from the service user's personal projects and desires, in connection with the possibilities offered by the context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of social networks has been gaining importance in health promotion because of the horizontality and synergy created by aggregating groups seeking improved living conditions. Some results of the investigation "Capela in Action and the integrated and participative management of public policies", which assessed an administrative model of the Capela do Socorro subprefecture, in southern São Paulo city, are presented. The analysis of the data addressed the relationships between local leaders, their integration into networks and how far these relationships facilitate actions seeking improved living conditions. The universe of leaders and entities was not defined a priori, but empirically from references collected in the field by the snowball technique. Semi-structured interviews identified groups, movements and entities and their relationships with local government. The data identified 247 leadership positions, 342 associations and complexities of the administrative model studied, within the perspective of the construction of social and political networks as instruments of popular participation. Analyses showed that in inter-group relationships, presented as a sociogram, diffuse connections characterized an extensive, sparse network. Changes are underway in civil society, both in organization and social transformation. Some facts pointed here provide local administration with information to create new opportunities for participation and facilitate local leaders' involvement in the implementation of public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is aims to examine the experience of social control by the Health Council (HC) in a small city, through the theoretical framework of qualitative research. The research showed that the possibility of a participative management in the SUS is not consolidated as an effective exercise. We observed widespread ignorance about the legal and ideological foundations of social participation in health, which results in a strong influence of local managers on the dynamics and functioning of the HC, mainly in the determination of its members, thus preventing it from being a practical space for users to take ownership of the institutional form and the council's policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the experience of the training course for health counselors in the city of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, from the perspective of awareness of the conscious exercise of social control, thus enabling the construction of a more fair and equitable health system, according to the ideal of the movement of the Brazilian health reform. We perform a qualitative approach on the dynamics presented in the course, which is based on the methodology of active teaching and learning. The participatory methodology and use of strategies that focused on the systematization of content, as well as the reflection on the theoretical frameworks presented from the correlation of topics with practical experiences were essential to broaden and deepen the process of empowerment of the counselors. As a result, it was possible to identify some challenges for the exercise of social control, such as the importance of active participation and the need to seek information and exchange experiences. Thus, it is emphasized that the participation of health counselors in training workshops appears as a possibility of overcoming the difficulties of implementing legal achievements, the awareness of these social actors to implement the position of mere passive spectators into protagonists in the construction of a universal and equitable health care system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]