Advocacy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: in defense of the rights to health

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Eloá Carneiro
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Farias, Sheila Nascimento Pereira de, Varella, Thereza Christina Mó y Mó Loureiro, Lima, Bruno Soares de, Soares, Samira Silva Santos, Souza, Norma Valéria Dantas de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/7646
• topic: Enfermagem; Infecção por coronavírus; Direito à Saúde; Advocacia em saúde.; Enfermería; Infecciones por coronavirus; Derecho a la Salud; Defensa de la Salud.; Nursing; Coronavirus Infections; Right to Health; Health Advocacy.

Objective: To reflect about the applicability of theoretical constructs of advocacy in nursing care, considering the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Reflective theoretical study performed in the months of May and June 2020, based on national and international scientific literature. We used two theoretical sections for analysis: i) Nursing Work aligned with the principle of human dignity; ii) Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic supported by advocacy and nursing performance. Results: It introduces the principles of human dignity and the right to health; the nursing work performance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; the advocacy for nursing and the challenges and strategies for ensuring the right to health of patients/users and nursing workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Conclusion: In order to ensure fundamental rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the evocation of constitutional principles and advocacy should be highlighted; and, in this context, the nursing professional has an essential role, since he/she can engage in the defense of his/her own health as a worker and citizen, but also in the defense of the health of the patients/users under his/her care, their families and the community at large.