Newsletter COVID-19 – health workers: communication and information on labor management in SUS-Bahia

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz, Ana Flávia Barros
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Menezes, Angélica Araújo de, Almeida, Bruno Guimarães de, Bowes, Érica Cristina Silva, Moura, Luciano de Paula, Paim, Marcele Carneiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3487
• topic: Boletim informativo; Coronavírus; Pandemia; Profissionais de saúde; Gestão do trabalho em saúde; Comunicação e Informação em Saúde; Boletín informativo; Coronavirus; Pandemia; Profesionales de la salud; Gestión del trabajo sanitario; comunicación e información en salud; Periodicals as topic; Coronavirus; Pandemics; Health personnel; Health work management; communication and information in health

Health workers have become victims of Coronavirus contamination, reaffirming the propensity of the environment and work processes for the spread of the virus. The systematization of information on this segment is essential, given that workers are directly facing the pandemic. Communication instruments such as newsletters contribute to knowledge of the health situation and the evolution of contamination of workers in the work environment. Reporting the experience of preparing the COVID-19 Information Newsletter for Health Workers in the state of Bahia, Brazil, is configured as a strategy for the dissemination of appropriate and timely information that collaborates for the protection and promotion of workers’ health. The aforementioned Newsletter provides information regarding health care, psychological care and humanization actions developed for workers. Between March 2020 and February 2021, 69,134 tests were conducted to detect COVID-19 in 48,894 workers, which corresponds to 89.1% of the active workforce, with 9,561 positive results detected for Sars-CoV2. Moreover, 2,419 psychological / psychiatric consultations were conducted and numerous actions were taken to value the subjective dimension, to promote group life, to promote self-care, to expand the dialogue and the subjects’ autonomy. Therefore, the newsletter is understood as an essential tool that organizes and publicizes the process of monitoring and accompanying events related to the management of work and workers of Unified Health System of Bahia.