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Primary health care organization in the Covid-19 pandemic: scoping review

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Author(s):
Breno Ribeiro Gonçalves da Silva [1] ; Ana Paula de Vechi Corrêa [2] ; Sílvia Carla da Silva André Uehara [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Departamento de Enfermagem - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Departamento de Enfermagem - Brasil
[3] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Departamento de Enfermagem - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 56, 2022-11-14.
Abstract

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Mapping available scientific evidence on the organization of primary health care services and professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS This is a scoping review that followed the Joanna Briggs Institute method. Articles published in Portuguese, Spanish, and English from January 2020 to January 2021 in the CINAHL, Lilacs, Medline, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were included. RESULTS We selected 24 articles that presented the reorganization of primary health care services and professionals to care suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases. Coordination measures to tackle this disease in primary health care help to control its infection, especially by the active search for respiratory symptoms, the detection of new cases, and the monitoring of confirmed cases. CONCLUSION This study presents an overview of how primary health care services and professionals organized themselves to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, addressing adjustments in infrastructure and care flows, such as establishing specific Covid-19 care units, separating infected and non-infected patients, using telemedicine as an alternative modality of care, and monitoring cases by applications and phone. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/21219-7 - Influence of social and environmental conditions in the incidence of systemic blood hypertension
Grantee:Ana Cristina Ribeiro
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation