COVID-19 na Estratégia Saúde da Família: uma análise de como a população percebe e adota as medidas de prevenção

Abstract

Strategies to fight Covid-19 in Primary Health Care (PHC) encompass users and professionals, requiring the adoption of measures to reduce the spread of the virus and reorganize services in the context of the current pandemic. This study sought to analyze how the population enrolled in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) perceived and adopted the Covid-19 prevention measures. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study with users of the FHS in Rondonópolis, MT. The data was collected at family health units through the application of a structured questionnaire with questions that addressed the sociodemographic aspects, perception, practices and prevention for COVID-19. Seventy users participated in this survey. A frequency of 85.71% considers COVID-19 to be severe or very severe. The most adopted prevention measure were the use of masks (68.57%), frequent hand washing (37.14%), the use of hand sanitizers (37.14%) and partial social isolation (37.14%). A total of 39 (55.71%) users reported that the FHS team did not carry out actions aimed at preventing the new coronavirus. Most of the FHS population realizes the severity of COVID-19, however, does not adopt all protective measures. It is necessary to expand prevention strategies against COVID-19 by health services in the territories of PHC.