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Purpose: to relate the communicative strategies adopted in the management of a health institution with the communication perception of the participants. Methods: descriptive-comparative and cross-sectional study with a sample defned by type. 56 subjects from six sectors of the institution were interviewed with a closed questions questionnaire. For this study, we analyzed the questions related to stages of management and perception of communication at work. Results: most of the respondents reported that the meetings in which planning occurs are not exclusive to this activity. The direct supervisors are always present, as opposed to the indirect ones. Regarding the implementation of actions, it was observed that all members of the sector take responsibility for the activities and share information during the process. It was reported that the evaluation occurs in an unsystematic way and the presence of direct and indirect leadership is similar to what occurs in the planning stage. It was found a low degree of correlation between the answers. The perception of the subjects about the communication was adequate, noting that no direct relationship is established between the communication and work process. Conclusion: it is considered that the data obtained in this study were relevant, so that led to discuss the role of communication in the system manager searched. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: to investigate the distribution of speech therapists in the state of Minas Gerais, their inclusion in SUS (Unique Health System) and analyze the geographical variations of this distribution and its inequalities. Method: analyzing Reports in Health Information of 853 municipalities in Minas Gerais, in the year of 2009, which are available at the Health Information System in Brazil, called DATASUS. The indicators: municipal population, total number of speech therapists in SUS and in the private network and the average number of speech therapists (SUS and private network) per thousand inhabitants were examined. Results: data analysis revealed the presence of 1733 speech therapists acting in the state in 2009. Of these, 67.8% attended the SUS system. Of the 853 municipalities, 505 (59%) lacked the professional speech therapist in the investigated period. It was observed that among the 13 state geographical regions, the Centre-South and South regions had the best average of speech therapists per 10,000 inhabitants (1/10.000) and the North of Minas Gerais and Northeast regions, the worst, 0.16 and 0.05 / 10,000, respectively. IWe observed the presence of 0.58 speech therapists/10.000 inhabitants available in SUS and 0.86 speech pathologist/10.000 in the private network and health care system in Brazil. Conclusion: the inclusion of speech therapists in the state health care is poor, being observed a great disparity in the distribution of professionals. The bottleneck in the speech therapy care in SUS in Minas Gerais is notorious, since that for every 17 000 Minas residents there was only one speech therapist in SUS in the state in 2009. It is important to highlight the need for mobilization of professionals and health managers to ensure health care integrity in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]