The popular initiative in Health: the participation of society in the National Congress in the period from 2011 to 2015
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Keywords

Public Health
Community Participation
Legislative

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17566/ciads.v6i2.392

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The popular initiative in Health: the participation of society in the National Congress in the period from 2011 to 2015. Cad. Ibero Am. Direito Sanit. [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 29 [cited 2026 Apr. 29];6(2):133-44. Available from: https://www.cadernos.prodisa.fiocruz.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/392

Abstract

Objective: to analyze and discuss ways of community participation in proposing health-related laws in the federal legislative body represented by the House of Representatives and the Federal Senate. Methods: an exploratory research was carried out in the database of the two legislative houses in the bills considered popular initiative in the area of health, to know their material content and procedure. Results: there is a small number of legislative proposals on the initiative of the people on health in view of the lack of knowledge of the citizens and the low interest of parliamentarians on these participation committees. Conclusion: Although guaranteed, the instrument of popular initiative in health is still little used in Brazil and there is no sign of parliamentary support for such initiatives. 

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