Gestão municipal e pandemia da Covid-19: ações da prefeitura de Palmas entre março de 2020 à março de 2021

Abstract

Coronavirus (COVID-19), identified in China at the end of 2019, has a high potential for contagion, and its incidence has increased exponentially. Its wide transmission was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has crossed the entire social fabric, sparing virtually no area of collective or individual life, with peculiar repercussions for mental health. The work sought to investigate: What are the actions of the city of Palmas to confront COVID 19 in the period between March 2020 and March 2021. As a methodology in carrying out the work, an integrative literature review was performed, which enabled the identification, synthesis and performance of an analysis in the literature on the specific theme, dialoguing, quantitatively and documentally with the reality of the pandemic. A questionnaire was applied to professionals from the UPA (Emergency Care Unit) SOUTH and NORTH, SAMU (Mobile Emergency Care Service) and the CSC (Community Health Center) in the city of Palmas - Tocantins in order to identify the perception of employees regarding the actions of the city of Palmas to confront Covid-19. As a final product of this research was developed a mental health protocol, which will be applied to front-line professionals in combating the pandemic Covid-19, in order to identify the potential impacts on their mental health. Since there is a high prevalence of anxiety, stress and possible cases of depression among professionals from the city of Palmas, who treat patients with Covid 19, it is essential that the responsible agencies invest in public policies to promote the well being of the mental health of these professionals who are working on the front lines. Furthermore, for a better understanding of the psychological and psychiatric repercussions of a pandemic, it is necessary to take into account the main implications and emotions involved before, during and after the event.