title: [The evaluation of health programs and services in Brazil as a space for knowledge and practice].
abstract: This social and historical study drew on Bourdieu's genetic sociology to analyze the establishment and development of a specialized space for the production of knowledge and practices in health evaluation in Brazil. The study analyzed the trajectories of 28 researchers and policymakers and the historical conditions that allowed establishing this space, using in-depth interviews, document analysis, and a literature review. The resulting material was analyzed according to Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus, and capital. The results point to the constitution of a sub-space for evaluation within Public Health, resulting from interaction between actors from the administrative and scientific fields, respectively, represented by management institutions in the Brazilian Unified National Health System at its various levels and research groups affiliated with public universities. No common habitus was found between the interviewees and the inherent issues and disputes in this sub-space.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Políticas Públicas e Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Santos, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juarez Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ligia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Vieira-da-Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health; D012961:Sociology