Análise do trabalho do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Curitiba

Abstract

This monograph offers a look at the control of ethics in research projects carried out in the area of Health in places not linked to academic institutions, analyzing the functioning of a Research Ethics Committee of a Municipal Health Secretariat, in respect to its composition, internal regiment, establishment and appreciated projects. Based on the SWOT (Strengths,Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) tool, it highlights its strengths and improvement opportunities, regarding its opportunities and threats. This work of exploratory and descriptive nature is based on a bibliographical research and a document research (the meeting minutes available digitally from the meetings of the Research Ethics Committee of Curitiba). A quantitative survey of the evaluated research projects was appreciated in the period of 2016 and 2017. With the analysis of this period of 02 years, it is noted that the CEP has an intense and essential activity within the Municipal Health Secretariat of Curitiba. Through the SWOT tool, the strengths (strengths and opportunities) are seen as a result of Brazil's policy on research ethics in Brazil, especially in research involving human beings, but also on the efforts of mentioned committee members. The weaknesses pointed out (Weaknesses and threats) can be considered as the personification of the challenges of the area of Research Ethics.