Social Networks in the scientific production on public health administration in Brazil/Redes sociais na producao cientifica em administracao publica da saude no Brasil/Redes sociales en la produccion cientifica en administracion publica de la salud en Brasil

• Published in: Revista de administração pública (Rio de Janeiro) Vol. 52; no. 4; p. 571
• Main Authors: Allegretti, Ana Cristina Vidal, Moyses, Simone Tetu, Werneck, Renata Iani, Quandt, Carlos Olavo, Moyses, Samuel Jorge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fundacao Getulio Vargas 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Brasil
• ISSN: 0034-7612; 1982-3134
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7612162930

The Brazilian administrative reform was included in the 1988 Constitution, and it has promoted decentralized policies, including the municipalization of health and popular participation. The objective of this article is to understand how the implementation of these democratic changes were studied in the international literature. The scientific production on Brazilian public health administration was analyzed by studying social networks. The search was conducted in the Web of Science database, using administration terms, delimited by "Brazil" and "health," and using BibExcel and Ucinet software. The network of publications in administration was cohesive, containing practices of deliberative democracy and social participation. By including the term "health," more variations were found, particularly on the Brazilian Health Reform and on the decentralization of the National Health System, with a more critical and reflexive focus, albeit with a clear gap on social accountability. Keywords: public administration; health; social network analysis. A reforma administrativa no Brasil, iniciada com a Constituicao de 1988, permitiu a efetivacao de politicas publicas descentralizadas, incluindo a municipalizacao do setor saude e participacao popular. Objetivando apreender como essas mudancas democraticas ecoaram na literatura internacional, o artigo analisou a producao cientifica da administracao publica da saude no Brasil, adotando o estudo de redes sociais. A pesquisa foi feita na base do Web of Science, utilizando termos relacionados com administracao, delimitada por "Brazil" e "health", e softwares auxiliares BibExcel e Ucinet. A rede de publicacoes da administracao se mostrou coesa, com praticas de democracia deliberativa e participacao social. Ao incluir o termo "saude", houve maior variacao de temas, com destaque para a Reforma Sanitaria e descentralizacao do Sistema Unico de Saude, de forma critica e reflexiva, e notada ausencia do controle social. Palavras-chave: administracao publica; saude; analise de redes sociais. La reforma administrativa en Brasil, iniciada con la Constitucion de 1988, permitio la efectuacion de politicas publicas descentralizadas, tales como la municipalizacion del area de salud previendo mayor abertura para la participacion popular. Objetivando aprehender como la efectuacion de esos cambios tuvo eco en la literatura internacional, el presente articulo analizo la produccion cientifica a respecto de la administracion publica de la salud en Brasil, adoptando el estudio de redes sociales. La investigacion se realizo con base en la Web of Science, utilizando los terminos relacionados a la administracion, delimitada por "Brazil" y "health", y los programas BibExcel e Ucinet. La red de publicaciones de la administracion se mostro coherente, conteniendo practicas de democracia deliberativa y participacion social. Al incluir el termino "salud", hubo una mayor variacion de temas, con destaque para la Reforma Sanitaria Brasilena y la descentralizacion del Sistema Unico de Salud, con enfoque mas critico y reflexivo, e importante laguna relativa al control social. Palabras clave: administracion publica; salud; analisis de las redes sociales.