%0 Journal Article
%T Perception of health¡¯s academics about the unified health system (SUS)
%A Pamela Billig Mello
%A Marina Balzan
%A Marielly de Moraes
%A Sheila Nede
%J Revista Sa¨²de.Com
%D 2012
%I Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
%X The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of health¡¯s students of University of Cruz Alta -RS about the Brazilian Health Public System (SUS). The sample consisted of one hundred and sixteen students, most between 18 and 20 years (53%) who answered a questionnaire with open and closed questions. Among the main results we verified that: 60.8% of students do not have private health plan, being dependent of SUS, the majority (87.9%) identified the SUS as a set of actions and free health services, but other students do confusion between SUS and the brazilian social security system, 27.1% see the SUS as a system focused on low-income people, 95.2% had never attended a meeting of the Municipal Council Health and 44% believe that those who exercise SUS¡¯s social control is the government. We verified realized difficulty that students have to define and insert into your professional practice important concepts of public health; we verify, thus, the importance of implementation of public policies that involve higher education institutions and enable the transformation of these ideas.
%K Health Services
%K Perception
%K Single Health System
%K Students
%K Health Occupations
%K Manpower
%K and Services.
%U http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/v8/v8n1a04.pdf