ANÁLISE DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE SAÚDE: REVISÃO NARRATIVA

Analysis of public policies can be understood as the analysis of those activities undertaken by a government with the objective of intervening in a specified context or social problem. The study object is to undertake a narrative review, seeking to identify the concepts and methods used for analysis of policies. The following were adopted as descriptors: Health Policies, Public Health Policies, and Formulation of Policies and Analysis, researched in the following databases: International Literature on Health Sciences, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, PubMed and the Base de Dados de Enfermagem (Nursing Database). The study was undertaken in June 2013 – March 2014. A total of 32 articles was eligible for the extraction of data, published between 2008 and 2012. After application of the exclusion criteria, 05 articles were analyzed, from which three categories emerged: Conceptual Bases; Methodological bases; and Challenges to nursing. The Policy cycle was identified as the instrument used most for analyzing policy.