We present the results of a study that focused on local processes of implementation of social agendas - Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities - in the Southeast region of Brazil, relating the effort and its effects on the social determinants of health, especially those who may be understood by considering the relationship between social actors and system. There were 6 case studies to analyze the social experience to implement their agenda. Individual and collective interviews, survey documentation and direct observation of the experiences that produced the data were analyzed according to the previously defined research themes. Results show that values such as participation, collective construction of policies, sustainability and empowerment becomes part of the ideology and experience of those directly involved and is interfering so that positive actions have been adopted in the municipalities where they were developed, promoting health and quality of life of citizens living in these places.
Social Determinants of Health; 21 Agenda; Healthy Cities; Health Promotion; Social participation
