Abstract

CERON SOUZA, Elena  and  CERON SOUZA, Cristina. Characteristics of human and environmental systems as determinants for the development of public policies. Univ. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.2, pp.196-208. ISSN 0124-7107.

Introduction: Public policies are for the design of collective action and the course that is effectively is taken by the action as a result of interactions and, in consequence the real facts that collective action produce. Objective: To introduce a participatory methodology for the construction of municipal public policies in urban locations. Methods: The study was conducted in two phases: a first descriptive to characterize human and environmental systems and a second phase corresponded to research-participation, which let guidelines of public policy were built, upon prioritization of problems with the population and institutions and proposed solutions following the phases that includes the arc approach Maguerez. Results: It was possible to prioritize eight determinants with the participant population and institutions from the individual, family and community: low education, low income, weak community participation and organization, lack of home ownership, health services focused on curative, inappropriate use of free time, poor infrastructure conditions for mobility and undervaluation of natural environments, socialized with government agencies and the community to contribute to the construction of public policies that help to improve the components of the systems studied, from perspective of human development and welfare. Conclusion: The study permitted provide a methodology based on the characteristics of human and environmental systems, that in agreed with the population and local authorities may generate information for the construction of public policies.

Keywords : Public policies; quality of life; welfare; social condition of live.

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