A prestação de contas de contratos de gestão com organizações sociais na área da saúde como um instrumento de controle social.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the contribution of the accountability of management contracts with social organizations in the health area as an instrument of accountability and social control for the social actors involved in the health area of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which in this case research are the members of the State Health Council of Rio de Janeiro (CES-RJ). Its research theme is accountability and, as a theme, the analysis of the topic as a tool for accountability and social control. To this end, the theoretical framework privileges the concepts of social organization, management contracts, accountability, accountability and social control. The methodology applied in this work was descriptive research, using bibliographic, documentary and field research as data collection through semi-structured interviews. Through interviews and presentations of documents relating to accountability to social actors, it was possible to analyze and identify how social control has been exercised, the contribution that the documents presented can provide in the activities performed and the possibilities for advancement and improvement in the regarding the exercise of social control in the view of CES-RJ members. This research generated: academic impact through publication in the book “Investigations and Innovations in Controllership and Public Management: collection of PPGCGP 2019-2023 productions”; practical impact as it was addressed by providing the existence of tools that help carry out inspection work on health actions that were unknown to CES-RJ members; societal impact in impressing society on one of the great challenges that is the issue of public health, the control of public health and the reduction of fraud occurrences, which are aligned with objective 3 – Health and Well-Being, which is one of the Objectives of Sustainable Development; impact on public policies due to the initiative to try to influence the supervisory actions of CES-RJ in relation to government actions in the area of health; and the educational impact, due to the need for training and qualification on the tools presented to CES-RJ members, which will be held in the 1st half of 2024.