Institutionalization of the National Policy for Permanent Education in Health at the state level, in the Northeast region

Abstract

The study analyzed the interfederative conformation of the National Policy for Permanent Education in Health in the Northeast region, seeking to answer how its management is structured and effective at the state level. The methodological path resorted to documentary research and content analysis of the Permanent Education Plans in Health and Annual Management Reports of the respective FUs. The analysis scrutinized the interfederative relations established from the organization of spaces and instances of interinstitutional coordination. Identifying: a policy that is difficult to monitor; marked by centralization in this sphere; and that directly contributes to strengthening the regionalization of the SUS.