Alignment and specifics of Brazilian health agencies in relation to the international premises for the implementation of digital health in primary health care

A rhetorical analysis

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ID13075838
AuthorsAguinaldo José de Araújo (0000-0002-3697-1269, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, corresponding author), Ísis de Siqueira Silva (0000-0002-2403-2504, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Renan Cabral de Figueirêdo (0000-0001-5172-3733, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Rayssa Horácio Lopes (0000-0001-7041-4792, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Cícera Renata Diniz Vieira Silva (0000-0002-0928-8368, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande), Osvaldo Goes Bay Júnior (0000-0002-1017-2346, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Richard Lester (0000-0003-1759-2236, University of British Columbia), Severina Alice Da Costa Uchoa (0000-0002-2531-9937, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Year2024
Volume9
Pages1303295-1303295
Publication date2024-02-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2024.1303295
PMID38390288
OpenAlexW4391648226
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

Digital health and sustainable development goals have had strong impacts with the COVID-19 pandemic. In Brazil, the health crisis scenario required changes in social welfare programs and policies, based on recommendations from international agencies, such as the UN and WHO. This study aims to analyze the alignment of the arguments of Brazilian and international organizations for the adoption of digital health in Primary Health Care based on the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative documentary study of the rhetorical analysis type, based on Perelman and Obrechts-Tyteca's Theory of Argumentation. The search for documents was carried out by two independent researchers, between December 2021 and June 2022, through the websites of the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and the Federal Councils of Medicine and Brazilian nursing, with the terms "digital health," "telehealth," "telemedicine," "e-health," "telehealth," "telenursing," "telemedicine," and "digital health." Twenty official documents were analyzed and identified in terms of context, authorship, authenticity, reliability, nature, and key concepts. The international and Brazilian arguments emphasize the applicability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the health field. In logical arguments, based on the structure of reality, international agencies emphasize the overlap between health needs and the conditions for the applicability of ICTs. In Brazil, however, there was a need to regulate the digital practices of health professionals. In the international discourse, in the structuring of reality, there are illustrations of the relationship between the context of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 and the concrete conditions for the applicability of digital health; while in the Brazilian discourse, the need to strengthen an environment conducive to digital health is explicit. The Brazilian alignment in relation to the international premises is evident. Yet, there is a need, socially and economically sustainable, to strengthen the inclusion of digital health in PHC policy

Context (archaeology · Digital health · Geography · Global health · Health care · HRHIS · International health · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Telehealth · Telemedicine · Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic · Law · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation · Health Policy

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