“Thrown into the Unknown”: Uncertainty and the Experiences of HCWs During the Pandemic in Chile, Brazil and Argentina

Brage, Eugenia; Remoriní, Carolina; Sy, Anahí; Montenegro, Cristián; González-Agüero, Marcela; Coelho, Vera Schattan P.; Lotta, Gabriela; Păsărin, Liliana; Moglia, Brenda; Teves, Laura Susana; Kingston, Liz

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-6486-1_5

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“…Consistent with other Latin American countries, during the first wave of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health focused on securing mechanical ventilators and in converting general inpatient beds into intensive care beds. The emphasis on highly specialised care created a sense of uncertainty in other fields, such as primary healthcare [16], which in turn promoted a curative approach to the sanitary crisis instead of implementing preventive measures. During 2021, health authorities focused on the securement of vaccines, placing the country in the world's top for vaccination coverage.…”

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Advancing towards the implementation of patient-centred care in Chile: An opportunity to effectively practice shared decision-making

Bravo¹,

Dois²,

Martínez³

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Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheit

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Section: The Prosperity Challenged By Socio-political and Health Crisesmentioning

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Advancing towards the implementation of patient-centred care in Chile: An opportunity to effectively practice shared decision-making

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Dois²,

Martínez³

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Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheit

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“…The final amendment focused on new strategies for recruitment. This was one of the main challenges faced by the team, as frontline workers were already extremely tired due to their workload, the nature of the disease, and the ever-changing contexts (we have unpacked this in another publication, see Brage et al, 2022 ). Thus, inviting them to take part in an interview was, in a sense, extra work for them, but we believe that it also represented an opportunity to reflect on their everyday routine at work and home, and unpack a deeply emotionally and physically charged experience.…”

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“…The political moment that each of the countries experienced configured different ways of dealing with the pandemic, generating, and exacerbating uncertainties (Brage et al, 2022 ). In that regard, we can ask ourselves about the best alternatives to guarantee the conduct of ethical research globally, considering so many different experiences and contexts.…”

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Rapid qualitative health research from the Global South: Reflections and learnings from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Brage

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The objective of this paper is to provide insights into our experiences undertaking qualitative rapid research in Latin American contexts based on fieldwork from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. We focus on the insights and learning processes that emerged from our research teamwork during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research projects are part of an international collaboration led by the Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal Lab (RREAL) to explore the experiences of COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers. The analyzed experiences not only rely on the local studies but also on our reflections as a group of Latin American researchers collaborating along with an international team. Qualitative research has an important and long-lasting tradition in Latin America. However, healthcare professionals are still reluctant to use these methods. We highlight tensions and dilemmas that have emerged from our own empirical experience: First, the time for research ethics committees to evaluate the protocols; second, the difficulties in accessing funding to undertake research due to the lack of financial opportunities; third, having to decide the language of our publications. That is just the tip of the iceberg that allows us to show inequalities in the conditions under which scientific knowledge is produced between the North and the Global South. Following these points, our text explores the tension between the urgency to conduct rapid research and the multiple difficulties when undertaking it during the pandemic. It is important to point out that the problems we faced already existed before the sanitary emergency, being magnified by the former. At last, our conclusions delve into the reflexive process we, as a team of female researchers, undertook to explore the differences and similarities of our experiences. This analysis allowed us to solve obstacles and dilemmas when doing research. The winding road we describe here serves as an example for other research teams when planning and undertaking rapid qualitative research during future pandemics.

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“Thrown into the Unknown”: Uncertainty and the Experiences of HCWs During the Pandemic in Chile, Brazil and Argentina

Cited by 2 publications

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Advancing towards the implementation of patient-centred care in Chile: An opportunity to effectively practice shared decision-making

Advancing towards the implementation of patient-centred care in Chile: An opportunity to effectively practice shared decision-making

Rapid qualitative health research from the Global South: Reflections and learnings from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic

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