Diseño del programa de educación en participación social en salud Secretaría de Salud de San Antero, 2022

Abstract

Introduction: Social, community and citizen participation allows governments to meet the needs of their population and involve them in the decisions that are made, therefore, they are a fundamental part of any process of formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies. Objective: Design the education program in social participation in health for the San Antero Health Department. Methodology: the construction of the aforementioned program was carried out through the following phases: Diagnosis, analysis, population data, environmental data, study of related bibliography, planning, documentation of the program and socialization and/or approval of the designed program. Results: the need felt by the Ministry of Health for the design of a participatory education program that would strengthen the training of community leaders and members of the Committee for Community Participation in Health was fulfilled. They identified training topics of interest in health and the right to health, through pedagogical strategies through social networks, qualifying citizen participation. Conclusion: Citizen participation as a mechanism of social participation becomes a useful tool for analysis of environments that through the adoption of strategies contribute to the benefit of communities.