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Dossier • Saude soc. 30 (2) • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902021210008   copy

Social participation of community leaders in a context of social inequality and in the coping of the COVID-19 pandemic: a psychosocial approach6 6 This study is a development of the researches “Care ethics and rights construction: psychosocial reception in family health practices within social exclusion situations” (sponsored by the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp), nº 2016 / 23973-2), “Social inequality and subjectivity: life trajectories and struggles for better living conditions and health in vulnerable territory of Baixada Santista” (supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), nº 407836 / 2016-0), which were approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, opinions 2,198,202 and 2,047,444, and “Care ethics and psychosocial processes of social participation in family health practices within social exclusion situations” (Bolsa Produtividade CNPq nº 308730 / 2019-4).

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Abstract

Our study was conducted within the scope of a broad research-participant project in vulnerable contexts of Baixada Santista, in the coastal region of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, which aims at understanding the psychosocial elements of social participation and the involvement of community leaders in a local peripheral village, by pointing their strengths and weaknesses. Our article updates the reflections based on the actions to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, which has aggravated the consequences of social inequality. It also systematizes information using Atlas.ti software and analyzes them based on the perspective of Qualitative Epistemology and Thompson’s Depth Hermeneutics (DP). The results indicate that social participation happens by social organizations. On one side, the fragmentation of local forces and the strengthening of social bonds make it difficult to strengthen social participation; on the other side, awareness processes are present in the search for a common good.

Keywords:
Social Inequality; Social Vulnerability; Social Participation; Leadership; COVID-19

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