INFORMATION REGIMES AND THE CHALLENGE OF SANITARY CITIZENSHIP
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN PUBLIC HEALTH LITERATURE
Keywords:
information regimes, health information, informational practices, health citizenship, Information ScienceAbstract
This article analyzes Brazilian scientific production in Information Science on health information, seeking to understand the conceptual matrices that structure the discussion of information regimes in this domain. An exploratory study with a quantitative-qualitative approach was conducted using publications retrieved from BRAPCI. The corpus was organized into a database and examined through three analytical axes: Archival Rationality, Technopolitical Asymmetries, and Territorialized Mediation. The results indicate an uneven growth of scientific production, intensified after 2010. The findings reveal the predominance of the technical-documentary dimension, centered on records, medical records, and information systems, followed by approaches focused on technopolitical asymmetries and territorialized informational practices. It is concluded that health information constitutes a multidimensional and asymmetric domain, structured by documentary infrastructures that operate as devices of power, regulation, and mediation. Advancing this field requires overcoming strictly functionalist and custodial perspectives, integrating technique, governance, and informational practices situated within the territories of the Unified Health System (SUS), in favor of citizenship, care, and informational justice.