Abstract
Background
The discussions about Health and Territory have drawn attention to the necessary involvement of society regarding the structural changes of the Unified Health System (SUS), including the different relationships between health teams and the population. The reality experienced by the health teams and the population shows that possible problems inherent to the challenges end up compromising not only the relationship between them, but also the proposal of universalization of health.
Objective
Contemplate the discussion about Health and Territory, from the contributions of Norbert Elias and John L. Scotson, authors that, from the perspective of social configurations, bring important contributions for Public Health debates. It is intended to discuss sociological issues in the composition of power relations and sociability within the territory, highlighting the problematic of relationships between individuals in a Community, thus, aiming to identify power relations, dependency and exclusion in a specific territory.
Method
A non-systematic review of the specialized literature was performed, defined according to conceptual approaches that were able to inform the debate around the territory and health binomial. Thus, it is intended to apprehend and understand the existence of groups and subgroups often ignored in the set of effective relationships.
Purpose
consider the discussion on Health and Territory from the contribution of Norbert Elias and John L. Scotson, authors whose, from the perspective of territorial configurations, bring important contributions to the Collective Health debates. It is intended to discuss sociological issues in the composition of relations of power and sociability within the territory, highlighting the problematic of the relations between individuals in a community; thus, aiming to identify the relations of power, dependence and exclusion that exist in a specific territory.
Results
The outcomes point to the need for a reassessment of disparate relationships in the organization of a Society, as well as their effects on the lives of the inhabitants. The answers presented to reveal rigid conceptions of thought and behavior that differentiate and isolate the individual from society. There is an urgent need for tools to better understand the challenges and possibilities for professionals to act in Health Territories, especially regarding the notion of the territory.
Conclusion
There are many obstacles faced both by the management of Primary Health Care, as by care assistance. It is not enough to consider singularly the aspects of behavior or actions of individuals, because it is necessary to reassess the configurations involved in the interdependence established between people within a territory.
Keywords:
health territory; primary health care; social configurations; community; human resources in health