title: Social representations of health councilors regarding the right to health and citizenship.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know the structure of the social representations of right to health and citizenship of health municipal councilors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a qualitative study, based on the central nucleus theory of social representations, carried out in eight municipalities of the Integrated Region for the Development of the Surroundings of the Federal District, Brazil. The intentional sample consisted of municipal health councilors. Between June and December 2012, free recall questionnaires were used, of which 68 were answered with the inducing term health, and 64 with the inducing term citizenship. Data were analyzed using EVOC software and Bardin's content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The representational field of the right to health is associated with the idea of universal law guaranteed by the Constitution and the Unified Health System (SUS), and of citizenship linked to rights and duties.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conceptions of right to health are understood as a condition for reaching citizenship, and citizenship as social protection.
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde (ESCS), Curso de Gradução em Enfermagem. Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana Melo de
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Saúde Coletiva. Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil.
authors.forename: Helena Eri
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D003256:Community Participation; D003249:Constitution and Bylaws; D003469:Culture; D000071296:Government Employees / Q000523:psychology*; D006291:Health Policy; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence