2017-01-132014-11-05PIRES, J. E. Participação de cidadãos residentes em municípios de pequeno porte do Estado de Goiás na ouvidoria do SUS no ano de 2013. 2014. 63 f. Dissertação (Mestrado Profissional em Saúde Coletiva) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2014.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/6725In Brazil, the expansion of public policies and forms of social participation have contributed to democratization of management. During 25 years of construction and consolidation of SUS, several laws have treated social participation. Among the forms of participation, we emphasize the Ombudsman of SUS, with the ability to provide the population with a more direct participation in public administration. The ombudsman's Health System is conceptualized as a channel so that the population can communicate with managers of SUS. This form of participation is little known and used by citizens of small municipalities. Actually, the State of Goiás, has 07 ombudsmen SUS established, however, no in municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants. Above all, this work fulfills the main purpose of describing participation of residents in municipalities, the State of Goiás, with less than 20 thousand inhabitants in the Ombudsman of SUS, in the year 2013 This is a quantitative research from information from the database OuvidorSUS System, referring to claims recorded in the Ombudsman of the State of Goiás and the Department of Ombudsman SUS, in 2013. The variables taken into account were: date of record, type of care, classification of service, subject demand, municipality of residence, and the profile of the citizen, through knowledge of the Ombudsman, race / color, age, marital status, exclusive use of the SUS. A total of 3564 records of demands arising from the year 2013 was analyzed, 805 of these relate to claims recorded by citizens of small municipalities and the remaining 2759 records of large municipalities.The phone and internet were the means of contact used by most citizens. In small municipalities complaints and reports relating to matters Management and Family Health and the large municipalities are predominate requests and complaints about the management issues and health care. The demands were mainly recorded by individuals aged 2039 years old, mostly women, married individuals, white and mulatto. 72% of the records of small municipalities exclusively use the SUS. It was concluded that only the decentralization associated with social participation did not materialize democratization of public systems and the county reach this situation, perform actions that strengthen the local government would facilitate the process. Decentralization facilitates knowledge about the Ombudsman service, however, is not sufficient to improve participation, thus requiring actions that intensify the dissemination to the public and to seek improvements by the management.application/pdfAcesso AbertoOuvidoria do SUSMunicípios de pequeno porteParticipação socialGestão democráticaSUS ombudsmanSmall municipalitiesSocial participationDemocratic managementSAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICADissertação