A socio-psychological perspective on community participation in health during the Unidad Popular government: Santiago de Chile, from 1970 to 1973.
Community participation in health has conventionally been described and analysed from a non-historical perspective, neglecting the central role that disadvantaged communities have played in the construction of health institutions in our societies, alienating collective health from its historical subject. From a socio-psychological perspective, this study explores the experiences of community participation in health during the Unidad Popular government in Santiago de Chile from 1970 to 1973, evidencing a radical pedagogical process inside poor urban settlements, aimed to transform Chilean classist health institutions. These findings contribute to a critical understanding of community participation in health, conceived as a dialectic and transformative action.
Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
Esteban
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Hadjez-Berrios
D000328:Adult; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D002677:Chile; D003256:Community Participation / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history*
Chilean health institutions; Santiago de Chile; Unidad Popular; community health psychology; community participation in health; history