[Health promotion and community participation in organized local groups].

The study aimed at knowing the articulation of groups locally organized with the team of professionals of Family Health Strategy for promoting socio-environmental health. It was used the recorded semi-structured interview technique with 70 participants of 13 groups investigated, analyzed according to qualitative approach of content. The category consumer participation revealed the professional and collective mobilization for participative management in health. The interest in participating in groups locally organized indicates the individual propositions which increase collectively and can be noticed in the service of psychological basic human and socio-environmental necessities.