Educação popular em saúde e Covid-19: análise de experiências para o enfrentamento da pandemia na cidade de João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Popular education is the practical theoretical movement, building structured knowledge based on man's contact with the world and work, which contributes to the construction of critical consciousness among the popular classes. The relevance of popular education and its experiences in the field of health in confronting social inequalities and the search for autonomy of the popular classes in recent decades is undeniable. Currently, with the occurrence of COVID-19, atypical problems are observed in addition to the disease, such as the great structural vulnerability that different communities experience, which show us the importance of collaborative actions, social networks and solidarity so that we can survive collectively. OBJECTIVE: To analyze Popular Health Education experiences developed within the scope of PHC in the city of João Pessoa-PB to combat COVID-19. METHOD: This is a descriptive and exploratory field research with a qualitative approach that was carried out with ten protagonists of popular health education experiences developed within the scope of primary care to help communities face the COVID-19 pandemic . The production of research data was carried out through semi-structured interviews guided by a questionnaire. The interviews were carried out using the Google Meet platform and recorded to later be transcribed and analyzed by the researcher. The material

relating to the research results was analyzed from the perspective of hermeneutic- dialectic analysis founded by Minayo. The research was carried out in accordance with

the ethical principles of Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Center for Medical Sciences –CCM of the Federal University of Paraíba-UFPB, under number CAAE 40491120.5. 0000.8069 and opinion number 4,452,938. RESULTS: The research results present the development of several experiences aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic, such as campaigns to collect masks, groups Integrative and complementary health practices carried out virtually, online working groups to assist combating COVID-19, the “SUS na Rua” movement that brought the experiences of ACS's and other PHC workers, the experience of popular health agents, in addition to movements that focused their actions on collecting and distributing food in the most needy communities and construction of community kitchens. All actions were guided by the principles and bases of popular health education, mainly initiated by social movements, primary health care professionals and extension projects at the Federal University of Paraíba. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: There has been a strong increase in solidarity campaigns, mainly within needy communities in the city of João Pessoa. These initiatives became the main alternative to combat the hunger that was spreading in these locations. In addition, the prevention and health promotion strategies organized together with health professionals and community social movements to combat COVID-19 also stand out. These strategies were organized mainly aiming at prevention, as well as to spread knowledge to the community in a dialogical way, and deconstructing false information that is disseminated daily in the media.