Line 1: Information on Science, Technology and Innovation in Health

It is dedicated to the investigation of policies, processes and products related to the production, 
organization, access, dissemination, diffusion and use of information and knowledge in the field 
of public health. From a theoretical-methodological approach, the study of:

- Production, regulation and new dynamic research regimes of open scientific research in health,
 science, citizen science and other emerging movements, analysis of collaborative networks, 
science, gender and equity in mobility.

- Infrastructures in the library field, including strategies, health solutions, data and virtual environments, 
standards languages, sharing, FAIR principles and use of Information and Communication Technologies.

- Evaluation in science and innovation (S,T&I) in health, particularly, metric studies, methodologies, 
tools and technology tools, measurement sources, measurement sources, among others.

- Health science, technology and innovation policies, including information policies, open access 
and openness policies, research funding and related data policies.

- Information, science, health and society, particularly data competence, information competence, 
health competence, scientific communication and dissemination and community engagement in health.

- Analysis, organization and synthesis of scientific information, recognition of scientific literature, translation 
of knowledge, implementation research and other support methodologies for E-based health, monitoring 
and information mining in health S,T&I.

Line 2: Communication, Power and Social Processes in Health

With the premise that the right to communication is inseparable from the right to health, this line of research 
studies the relationships between social groups, institutions and health and communication professionals in 
their various forms of organization. It is dedicated to the conceptual discussion, development and application 
of methodologies aimed at understanding cultural mediations and power relations involved in social processes 
of production, circulation and appropriation of meanings related to health.

Its research axes prioritize the study of:

- Public communication, information and health systems and policies, as well as their processes and products.

- Production of meanings about health in the media, in its multiple discursive forms, sociocultural configurations 
and subjectivation processes.

- (Re)configurations of forms of sociability, work, experiences and political actions in health, in their interfaces 
with contemporary information and communication technologies, with emphasis on the study of digital media.

- Relations between communication, intersectionality and the production of social inequalities in health, valuing 
concepts and practices aimed at democratic, decentralized and emancipatory communication.

- Communicational processes in care networks, services, training and practices of health professionals, users 
and managers, with emphasis on the Unified Health System.

Line 3: Information for Analysis, Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation in Health

It is dedicated to the analysis of policies, production, organization and use of information for analysis, surveillance, 
monitoring and evaluation of health systems, the health situation of the Brazilian population and its social and 
environmental determinants. From different theoretical-methodological perspectives, it prioritizes the study of:

- National health surveys and surveys.

- Health information and surveillance.

- Health information and the challenges of the demographic and epidemiological transition.

- Innovation and technology in monitoring and analysis of health information.

- Adequacy of methods that use information from national systems to assess health situations.

- Use of information sources and quantitative methods to assess health systems and services.

- Systematization and analysis of information for the formulation of public policies, monitoring and 
evaluation of the Brazilian health situation and its socio-environmental determinants.

- Production of health information: concepts, processes and instruments.

- Evaluation of health information systems.