Entre desafios e conquistas: a história e memória da saúde pública em Terra Roxa–PR (1950-2000)

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze the historical process of implementing the Unified Health System (SUS) in the municipality of Terra Roxa – Paraná. The research addresses the insertion, organization, and provision of health services in the municipality before the creation of the SUS and in the initial years of its constitutionalization, seeking not only to revisit this historical path but also to identify the impasses and challenges faced, as well as to understand the perspectives of the different actors involved – managers, workers, service providers, and users. The analysis also considered social participation in health policy through the Municipal Health Council. To understand the object within the empirical reality, interviews were conducted, guiding data collection and raising new questions, allowing the study to be developed based on oral narratives. The accounts obtained reveal themselves as important records of social memory, expressing recollections about public health before, during, and after the implementation of the SUS (Unified Health System) in the municipality.