Areas of Concentration in Study Topics

It consists of two concentration areas: "Public Policies, Management, and Health Care" and "Health Surveillance and Evaluation."

Public Policies, Management, and Health Care

This area is divided into seven research lines aimed at strengthening theoretical education and technical training for professionals and public managers in the formulation, implementation, and analysis of public policies and their implications for public health. The focus includes topics such as public policies, planning, management, human rights and health, primary health care and health care networks, health technologies and innovation, health education, and regulation, aiming to promote the dissemination and development of best practices in program analysis, evaluation, and management, especially in the health sector.

Research Lines:

1. Primary Health Care
2. Care, Work Processes, and Health Practices
3. Development, Public Policies, and Health Systems
4. Human Rights and Health
5. Education, Health Communication, and Culture
6. Health Planning and Management
7. Policy and Management of Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) in Health

Health Surveillance and Evaluation

This area is divided into seven research lines aimed at training managers and health professionals in health surveillance, involving planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of policies and programs in Sanitary, Epidemiological, Occupational, and Environmental Surveillance. The focus is on policies, regulation, territory, health education, citizenship, work, and the environment.

Research Lines:

1. Social Determination of Health-Disease Processes: Production, Work, Territory
2. Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Chronic Conditions and Life Cycles
3. Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
4. Information and Health
5. Health Monitoring and Evaluation
6. Health, Work, and Environment
7. Health Surveillance