%0 Journal Article
%T Equidade e inclus£¿o de grupos sociais na pol¨ªtica de sa¨²de: o caso do Recife, Brasil
%A Albuquerque
%A Maria do Socorro Veloso de
%A Costa
%A Andr¨¦ Monteiro
%A Lima
%A Luci Praciano
%A Melo Filho
%A Djalma Agripino de
%J Revista Brasileira de Sa¨²de Materno Infantil
%D 2011
%I Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
%R 10.1590/S1519-38292011000100008
%X objective: to analyze the conception and operationalization of the principle of equity in the municipal health secretary's recognition of the needs of social groups in recife between 2001 and 2008. methods: a case study involving semi-structured interviews and analysis of documents was carried out. the subjects were health service managers. four social groups were selected: working people, people with psychiatric disorders, women, and people living in poverty. thematic content analysis was used to investigate the following categories: social participation, technical and policy rationality, and integration. results: the health secretary's health policy includes various underprivileged groups, allocating resources thatare not restricted to basic care, although there is a lack of communication between the various levels of care. limitations that especially need to be overcome include: the family health program referring an excessive number of patients to specialized care, suggesting problems with the identification/incorporation of users' needs; occupational health policy having failed to consolidate health surveillance; failure to make progress in developing care in the community programs for people with psychiatric disorders; difficulty in meeting the diversity of needs of women, beyond pregnancy and childbirth; patchy training of health professionals in the areas of gender, race, ethnicity and class. conclusion: recife's health authorities have adopted a concept of vertical equity by including diverse social groups with diverse needs, although it has diffi culty in attending these needs in an integrated fashion.
%K equity
%K health policy
%K population groups.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1519-38292011000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en