Reflexões sobre o processo de monitoramento na gestão das ações de vigilância em saúde

Brazilian public health surveillance evolution: conceptual, historical, and institutional aspects

“…The current concept of PHS is the result of a discussion around the work published by Alexander Langmuir in 1963, which suggested the form and purposes of this practice, considering health records and notorious decision-making, such as those of John Graunt, Samuel Pepys, William Petty, Edwin Chadwick, Lemuel Shattuck, and William Farr, considered the founder of modern PHS (CHOI, 2012;PETRINI, 2013;SILVA;SILVA, 2008).…”

“…In the literature DOWELL, 2019;CHIOLERO;BUCKERIDGE, 2020;EDELSTEIN et al, 2018;FRANCO NETTO et al, 2017;GROSECLOSE;BUCKERIDGE, 2017;GUIMARÃES et al, 2017;KLINGLER et al, 2017;VASCONCELOS, 2013;LEE, 2020;LEE;THACKER, 2011;CRUZ, 2015;PETRINI, 2014;SANTIAGO NETA et al, 2018;SILVA;CARVALHO, 2017), there are other definitions for PHS, all emphasizing the same essential elements of continuity, systematization, integrality, social control, and pragmatism.…”

“…Nevertheless, Franco Netto et al (2017) recommend that the PHS may assume the role of the planner in public health systems, promoting policies, evaluating the performance of the whole system and isolated actions, identifying health patterns, intervening in health determinants, regulating services and related sectors, and enabling the process of continuous improvement (GROSECLOSE;BUCKERIDGE, 2017;SILVA;SILVA, 2008). Thus, it would allow the achievement of a "free, fair, and solidary society, guaranteeing national development, eradicating poverty and marginalization, reducing social and regional inequalities, and promoting the wellbeing of all [...]" (SANTOS, 2017, p. 1).…”

“…Several authors (ARREAZA; MORAES, 2010;CHOI, 2012;DECLICH;CARTER, 1994;FRANCO NETTO et al, 2017;GUIMARÃES et al, 2017;SEVALHO, 2016;SILVA;SILVA, 2008;TEIXEIRA et al, 2018) have presented historical milestones on the evolution of public health surveillance (PHS), exploring the surveillance paradigms on people, diseases, and risks.…”

“…However, it is worth noting that the operational practices of PHS and EHS are very similar (FRACOLLI et al, 2008) if not the same -, and according to Arreaza and Moraes (2010) and Silva andSilva (2008, 2013), there are no clear conceptual differences between both approaches, while Santiago Neta et al (2018) consider that in practice it is not possible to discern one paradigm from the other. Indeed, the EHS proposals to value empirical knowledge, territory, intersectionality, integration, and equity to generate actual social changes were discussed since the beginning of risk surveillance, when the 21st World Health Assembly occurred.…”