Commitment and community participation towards health: knowledge creation from the systematization of social experiences ; Compromiso y participación comunitaria en salud: aprendizajes desde la sistematización de experiencias sociales

Objective. To reflect on the process of committing to participation in the implementation of a health strategic plan, using Participative Systematization of Social Experiences as a tool. Materials and methods. Our study was a qualitative research-intervention study, based on the Dialectical Methodological Conception approach. We designed and implemented a two-day workshop, six hours daily, using Systematization methodology with a Community Work Group (CWG). During the workshop, women systematized their experience, with compromise as axis of the process. Using Grounded Theory techniques, we applied micro-analysis to data in order to identify and strengthen categories that emerged during the systematization process. We completed open and axial coding. Results. The CWG identified that commitment and participation itself is influenced by group dynamics and structural determinants. They also reconsidered the way they understood and exercised commitment and participation, and generated knowledge, empowering them to improve their future practice. Conclusions. Commitment and participation were determined by group dynamics and structural factors such as socioeconomic conditions and gender roles. These determinants must be visible and understood in order to generate proposals that are aimed at strengthening the participation and organization of groups. ; Objetivo. Reflexionar sobre el compromiso en el proceso de participación en salud empleando la herramienta de siste­matización participativa de experiencias sociales. Material y métodos. Investigación-intervención de corte cualitativo, desde la concepción metodológica dialéctica. Las mujeres per­tenecientes a un grupo de trabajo comunitario en Xoxocotla, Morelos, México, sistematizaron su experiencia utilizando como eje el compromiso. Con base en técnicas derivadas de la teoría fundamentada, se realizó un microanálisis para identificar y robustecer las categorías del contenido corres­pondiente al proceso de sistematización. Resultados. Las participantes identificaron los ...