Coping strategies and health promotion through teaching-service integration in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

In the current situation related to 2019-nCoV β-coronavirus, the National Health Authorities have determined the elaboration of contingency plans (CP) that minimize the contagion and allow the functioning of essential activities. The CP presented defines a set of guidelines that allow the adequacy of the response of a public university in Northeast of Brazil linked to the Programa Mais Médicos para o Brasil. Descriptive and qualitative study, type of comment, from the analysis of the data of the CP for the definition of strategies for coping with public health emergencies. The CP consists of ten measures that include assistance via applications/social networks; monitoring of physicians who are at risk; screening of suspected/confirmed cases; production of guides/protocols; 24h psychological/technical assistance to physicians working at primary health care and provision of online courses. The methodology proposed provides different models from those trivially presented in academia and is essential to promote health education.

A Reflection on the Main Ethical Obstacles Related to the Strategic Action “O Brasil Conta Comigo”

“…In this context, it is important to remember that in Brazil, SUS has an important shortage throughout the national territory of personal protective equipment (PPE) (9), of qualified professionals, and services prepared for teaching-learning activities (10). An example of this is that, according to Gonçalves Júnior et al the shortage of professionals with an adequate profile for integral care, coupled with insufficiency and maldistribution, are some of the main barriers to the universalization of access to health in Brazil, where the number of physicians per inhabitant (2.11 doctors/1,000 inhabitants) is small compared to other countries such as France (3.0 physicians/1,000 inhabitants), the United Kingdom (2.7 physicians/1,000 inhabitants), and Sweden (4.0 physicians/1,000 inhabitants) (11).…”