Saúde e migrações: Metodologias participativas como ferramentas de promoção da cidadania

Abstract

The field of “health and migration” is relatively new, both among health sciences and social sciences, using either traditional quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies. The use of participative methodologies has been an exception although they provide an opportunity for intervention, both with users of health services or with providers. Using an example of research in the field of maternal-child and reproductive health among migrant populations, this paper hopes to contribute to the debate about the use of participative methodologies, their challenges and possibilities as a methodological tool in applying research for social change.