Resilience in public health

Precepts, Concepts, Challenges, and Perspectives

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5335391
AutoresAlessandro Jatobá (0000-0002-7059-6546, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, autor de correspondencia), Paulo Victor Rodrigues De Carvalho (0000-0002-9276-8193, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brasil; Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Brasil)
Año2022
Volumen46
Númerospe8
Páginas130-139
Fecha de publicación2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSaúde em Debate (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0103-1104 • E-ISSN: 2358-2898
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0103-11042022e810i
OpenAlexW4367664462
SCIELO_PIDS0103-11042022001200130
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas31

In a health system, resilience is manifested in the ability to adapt to demands or to adverse and disruptive events, such as epidemics and/or disasters, adjusting its functioning to stressful situations, before, during or after these exceptional disturbances, while maintaining the functioning and quality of assistance, thus preserving its regular activities and properties. In this essay, we present some concepts about resilience in complex systems and their applications in health systems and organizations, involving the resilience of individuals, teams, and organizations. Challenges and perspectives for improving the resilient behavior of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) are also highlighted, a topic that has gained enormous attention in the COVID-19 pandemic. We conclude by emphasizing the need for more research on the various topics involving resilience in healthcare to strengthen the capacity of the SUS to cope with both daily challenges and future health crises

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