Monitoramento do impacto da COVID-19 na estratégia saúde da família

Abstract

Objective: To identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of Brazilian Primary Health Care according to the perception of doctors specializing in the SUS Permanent Education Program (PEPSUS). Methodology: This is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach developed from the platform of the Virtual Learning Environment of the Unified Health System (AVASUS) carried out with the aid of a virtual questionnaire. Results: The sample is composed of 296 students from classes 3 and 4 of the specialization course in Family Health (PEPSUS). Most professionals were newly graduated and had worked in the service for less than 3 years in workplaces that had difficulties in providing care to the sick population in the midst of the pandemic. It was also observed a precariousness of work and an eventual increase in the working day after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The data exposed in this study were collected in the period of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and present situations and problems much debated at the time, however, even at that time it was possible to identify the great impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of Primary Health Care.