Community health workers and COVID-19 in a Brazilian state capital

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

Sociological Spectrum Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI:10.1080/02732173.2022.2081949

Thamara Jabbour Monreal, Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Maria Elizabeth Araújo Ajalla, Deisy Adania Zanoni, Claudia Du Bocage Santos-Pinto

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Abstract

Abstract Community health workers (CHWs) are the main bridge between health services and the community, and therefore play a vital role in the COVID-19 response. The aim of this study was to determine the COVID-19-related health status of CHWs, their basic knowledge of the disease and the role they played in the pandemic response in 2020. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with CHWs working in Campo Grande between December 2020 and January 2021. The data were collected using an electronic questionnaire. Around 40% of the sample reported at least one risk factor for COVID-19, 44% had experienced at least one COVID-19 symptom, and 76% had experienced symptoms of mental suffering during the first year of the pandemic. Mental suffering was associated with the onset of flu-like symptoms after the start of the pandemic and changes in work processes. Knowledge gaps were observed, mainly related to forms of transmission and disease prevention. In view of the uncertainty about how long this health emergency will last and the vital role CHWs play in the Brazilian Health System, health managers and society need to pay greater attention to these professionals in order to improve the effectiveness of the country’s COVID-19 response.

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巴西州首府的社区卫生工作者和COVID-19

摘要社区卫生工作者是卫生服务与社区之间的主要桥梁，因此在新冠肺炎应对中发挥着至关重要的作用。这项研究的目的是确定CHW与COVID-19相关的健康状况、他们对该疾病的基本知识以及他们在2020年应对疫情中发挥的作用。在2020年12月至2021年1月期间，对在坎波格兰德工作的CHW进行了一项描述性横断面研究。数据是使用电子问卷收集的。大约40%的样本报告了新冠肺炎的至少一个风险因素，44%的样本经历了至少一种新冠肺炎症状，76%的样本在大流行的第一年经历了精神痛苦症状。精神痛苦与大流行开始后出现流感样症状和工作流程的变化有关。观察到知识差距，主要与传播形式和疾病预防有关。鉴于这一卫生紧急情况将持续多久的不确定性以及CHW在巴西卫生系统中发挥的重要作用，卫生管理人员和社会需要更多地关注这些专业人员，以提高该国应对新冠肺炎的有效性。

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Sociological Spectrum SOCIOLOGY-

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3.80

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5.60%

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期刊介绍： Sociological Spectrum publishes papers on theoretical, methodological, quantitative and qualitative research, and applied research in areas of sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science.