Open AccessRepercussions of the pandemic of COVID-19: care of the pediatric population in Primary Health Care
Author(s) -
Bianca Machado Cruz Shibukawa,
Roberta Tognollo Borotta Uema,
Camila Moraes Garollo Piran,
Beatriz Sousa da Fonseca,
Marcela Demitto Furtado,
Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino,
Ieda Harumi Higarashi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.20222372798
Subject(s) - pandemic , attendance , telehealth , health care , medicine , context (archaeology) , health promotion , primary care , primary health care , telemedicine , nursing , covid-19 , promotion (chess) , population , family medicine , environmental health , public health , political science , disease , geography , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , archaeology , politics
Objective: to describe the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of the pediatric population in Primary Health Care. Methods: qualitative study conducted with 28 primary care coordinators linked to a regional health region. Data were imported into the NVivo Release Program for content analysis. Results: there was a reduction of access to primary care for actions of prevention and promotion of child health, intensifying assistance based on the biomedical model to the detriment of surveillance of child development as well as the need for (re)organization of assistance through new strategies. Conclusion: the pandemic had a negative repercussion on child health care represented by the reduction in demand and pediatric demand in Primary Health Care, however, it was identified that services were reorganized through new appointments and tele-attendance to maintain the principles of primary care and the Brazilian Unified Health System. Contributions to practice: the study enabled the identification of new forms of health organization regarding the care of children in primary care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because, the use of telehealth can contribute to the monitoring of children in other realities.