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SOSA LORENZO, Irma et al. Perception level on the health situation in a Popular Council of Centro Habana municipality. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2011, vol.49, n.2, pp.183-190. ISSN 1561-3003.

INTRODUCTION: The analysis of the health situation is a necessary action in the health primary care, whose objective is to identify the socio-psychological, economic, historic, geographic, cultural and environmental characteristics with repercussion on population's health, as well as the health problems of subjects, the families, the groups and the community in general, to develop actions contributing to its solution. OBJECTIVE: To identify the perception level on the analysis of health situation in a Popular Council to develop a participation planning project in health. METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted on 2008 with the application of two techniques: the in depth individual interview to formal leaders of community (not pertaining to the health sector) and the creation of two focal groups (one including formal leaders of such sector and another with informal leaders of the same community). The NVivo 8 Qualitative Software was used codify the information ant to carry out the analysis. RESULTS: The forma leaders had a limited perception of the analysis and the informal ones had not any total information about analysis and the health staff, although believed that it was a essential tool known for everybody, neither performed a complete process of planning not involved to appropriately community in it. The community participation was perceived only as something of cooperation. Participation methods are not implemented in this community, which may to contribute to strength the intersectorial and community leader's presence in the analysis of health situation, despite the cohesion, the continuous work among the different sectors. The formal non-representative leaders of health sector and the informal ones of the same community considered their participation in this project was not necessary. CONCLUSION: The participation of community leaders in the analysis of the health situation is essential.

Palabras clave : Primary health care; analysis of the health situation; community participation; in depth individual interview; focal group.

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