Dynamics for the containment of COVID-19 transmission in a city in the interior of Amazonas State

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Yury Bitencourt da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Azevedo, Julie Anne Campos de, Melo, Giane Zupellari dos Santos, Mattos, Thaysa Cristina Batista de, Costa, Sueny Evangelista da Silva, Oliveira, Ana Rita Peixoto de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/3160
• topic: Coronavirus infections; Containment of biological risks; Disease prevention.; Infecções por coronavírus; Contenção de riscos biológicos; Prevenção de doenças.; Infecciones por coronavirus; Contención de riesgos biológicos; Prevención de enfermedades.

Problem: The COVID-19-CoV pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has become one of the greatest public health challenges of this century. Method: This was an experience report study carried out by final-year students in medicine, nursing and dentistry at Amazonas State University (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, UEA), in the discipline of “Rural Internship in Collective Health,” in the municipality of Itapiranga, state of Amazonas. The experience that prompted the students’ report took place in August and September of 2020. Results: The students were included in the municipality’s family health teams, with which they developed activities such as  visits to riverside communities, consultations, and nursing, medical and dental care. COVID-19 prevention measures in the municipality were implemented with the guidance of health professionals in the management of the disease. The use of masks, social distancing and closing of shops were some measures adopted after the first confirmed case of the virus, which occurred on April 21, 2020. Mass testing was carried out in the population to detect symptomatic and  asymptomatic cases. In addition, more health professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists and nursing technicians were hired to reinforce the health team. Conclusion: The Rural Internship in Collective Health in Itapiranga represented a unique opportunity for interaction between students and the health teams in the municipality, and made it possible for students to have a broader view of the functioning of primary health care, especially in a pandemic period, when the level of care proved to be as important for early diagnosis of the disease as for the effectiveness of containment measures.