A participação comunitária no sistema único de saúde: revisão integrativa da literatura

Objective: To review, in the literature, the community participation in the Unified Health System. Methods: The literature search was performed by three independent researchers in the electronic databases Brazilian Nursing Database (BDENF), Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), using the keywords: "community participation", "Unified Health System" and "health". Data was collected from August to October 2016, with the following eligibility criteria: full-text publications released in national journals in the period from 1988 to 2016, with no language restrictions. Results: After applying the eligibility and exclusion criteria, 28 articles remained, which addressed two thematic categories, namely, “Community participation in Primary Health Care” and “The different paths of community participation”. Conclusion: The study gave visibility to the scientific literature about the community participation and it can be inferred that it showed increased practical incorporation into different fields of collective health, with emphasis on the Family Health Units and Municipal Health Councils.