Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Primary Health Care: an integrative review

Authors

  • Marcelo Nunes da Silva Fernandes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: marcelonsf@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0566-0174
  • Eduarda Boufleuer Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: eduardabou@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-3391
  • Polla Victória Paim Rodrigues Finckler Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: pollavictoriapaim@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-5699
  • Letícia de Lima Trindade Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil. E-mail: letrindade@hotmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7119-0230
  • Juliana Petri Tavares Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: jupetritavares@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-645X
  • Daiane Dal Pai Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. E-mail: daiane.dalpai@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-0415

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v24.70085

Keywords:

Public Health Nursing, Coronavirus, Pandemics, Primary Health Care, Review

Abstract

Objective: To identify in the literature the implications of the 2019 Corona Virus Disease pandemic on Primary Health Care. Method: Integrative literature review performed in April 2021 using the indexed descriptors “Primary Health Care”, “Coronavirus” and “Pandemics”, from Health Sciences Descriptors and Medical Subject Headings. Articles in full with no time frame were included. Duplicate studies, case reports, reflections, manuals, recommendations, reviews and studies on other topics were excluded. Results: Twenty-five studies out of 768 publications were selected. They point to changes in work demands related to materials, logistics, standard of care, social distancing and healthcare surveillance and monitoring strategies used in Primary Health Care in the 2019 Coronavirus Disease pandemic. Conclusions: Initiatives aimed at creating surveillance and monitoring strategies in Primary Health Care for coping with the 2019 Coronavirus Disease pandemic are shown.

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