The social movements that occurred during the 80s seeking for a democratic State to the health services stimulated the modification of the current model of social control of the time that led to the creation of SUS as of the 1988 Federal Constitution. This text's objective is to perform an analysis of this model of popular participation and social control on SUS, as well as to favor reflections to the involved actors in this scenario, through a narrative review based on relevant publications produced in Brazil on the last 11 years. It is not enough for the social control to be only in law, it is necessary that it takes place in practice. However, the civil society still doesn't effectively occupy these participation spaces.
Popular Participation; Social Control; Health Only System