Working conditions in primary health care in the Covid-19 pandemic

An overview of Brazil and Portugal

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ID16826792
AuthorsRenato Penha De Oliveira Santos (0000-0001-5206-6392, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil; Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal), João Arriscado Nunes (0000-0003-0109-8268, University of Coimbra), Nicole Geovana Dias (0000-0002-8095-6664, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia), Alisson Sampaio Lisboa (0000-0001-9188-9092, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Valeska Holst Antunes (0000-0001-6880-2702, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Everson Justino Pereira (0000-0002-4389-306X, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Swedenberger do Nascimento Barbosa (0000-0002-6231-2291, Secretaria Executiva do Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, Brasil; Universidade de Brasília, Brazil)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue10
Pages2979-2992
Publication date2023-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-812320232810.10002023en
OpenAlexW4387881749
LanguageEN
References cited14

The COVID-19 pandemic has put pressure on public health systems worldwide since 2020. This article aims to discuss working conditions in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Brazil, while dialoguing with primary health care (CSP, Cuidados de Saúde Primários) in Portugal in the pandemic scenario. For that purpose, data from the study “Working conditions of health professionals in the context of COVID-19 in Brazil” are presented, for further discussion with the report produced by “Family Health Units - National Association (USF-AN, Unidades de Saúde Familiar - Associação Nacional)” on the CSP in Portugal. In Brazil, regarding the sample of 3,895 PHC health professionals, it was observed: multiple employment relationships, lack of institutional support and specific training, living with fake news and the lack of political cohesion between health authorities, with significant changes in these workers’ mental health. In Portugal, the increase in the workload and the presence of Burnout Syndrome among FHU professionals was emphasized. The pandemic had a significant impact on the health and daily work of health professionals in PHC and CSP. However, the Brazilian context was more adverse due to fake news and divergences regarding conducts related to the fight against the pandemic, due to the actions and denialism by the federal government

Economic growth · Geography · Health care · Management · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Primary health care · Public health · Workload · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Occupational Health and Burnout

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