The central theme of the 5th National Congress on Social and Human Sciences in Health held by ABRASCO in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2011 was The Place of Social Sciences in Public Health, fostering a broad process of reflection on the scope and importance of this area's contributions to the field of public health. The article discusses the event's scientific output, seeking to outline contemporary trends and perspectives in the area. Within the event's scientific program, the author focuses on the work produced by the Thematic Groups, a methodology tested for the first time in ABRASCO congresses and which has become the program's central thrust. The principal methodological strategy was document analysis, drawing on the proceedings of the 5th National Congress on Social and Human Sciences in Health and the event's final report. A comparison with the findings of a recent review on the field's output showed that the predominant themes remained the same. There was also a significant increase in microanalyses.
Scientific and Technical Publications; Scientific and Educational Events; Social Sciences
