title: [The battle for health during the social movement in Aratiba].
abstract: This article is a study about the process of fight and organization for health, developed in Aratiba country in RS/Brasil, on a period between 1985 and 1993. For this we tried to articulate theoretical discussion and empirical data, reflecting about the State as a conflictive space, about the dominant ideology and the counter-ideology mechanisms (reproduced by the social movement), the educational spaces originated in the interior of the social movement and the possibilities of citizenship construction resulting from social participation.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas/RS.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Kantorski
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D012922:Social Change