Abstract
This article aimed to reflect on the conceptual basis of permanent education in health, in the light of the concepts of reproduction, de Bourdieu, and counter-hegemony, of Gramsci. It critically analyzes the interfaces of permanent education in health with the policy, management and organization of health services, as well as the counter-hegemonic processes, in the creation of spaces to promote transformations in health practices. It also seeks to raise a set of hypotheses that enable studies on permanent education in health, its challenges and potentialities within the scope of Brazilian Unified Health System implementation.
permanent education in health; reproduction; counter-hegemony; transformation of health practices