Confined community health: reflections and experiences from the local public health
Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
; 94(e202010131), 2020.
Article
in Spanish
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1887596
ABSTRACT
This paper aims to share the reflections related to the community actions in which the Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona has been involved during the emergency of COVID-19. The tasks carried out can be arranged in three stages, frequently overlapping detection of needs and problems;contact with key stakeholders to assess what to do and how to do it;adaptation of the interventions to the "new normal" and generation of new responses. The emerging problems included not being able to do the confinement (due to homelessness, material conditions, living in a situation of violence);digital gap (lack of knowledge, devices, access to Wifi);greater exposure to COVID-19 in the essential but precarious, feminized and racialized jobs (care, cleaning, food shops) that are the most frequent in the neighborhoods in where we work;language and cultural barriers that preclude to follow recommendations;to lose employment;insufficient income to cover basic needs;social isolation;and the deterioration of emotional health caused by the situation. During the process, some interventions were adapted to be delivered on-line. Solidarity networks and local resources were key to meet basic needs, but also other needs related to lack of digital knowledge or device. Community action in health, from a critical, intersectional and local perspective, and with intersectoral work and community participation, can contribute to facilitate a contextualized response in the event of a health crisis;mitigate the effects derived from its economic and social crisis.
aggressive behaviour; community action; community health; community involvement; detection; economics; guidelines; health care; homeless people; human behaviour; human diseases; income; internet; neighbourhoods; public health; quarantine; social anthropology; social interaction; social isolation; sociology; stakeholders; unemployment; urban areas; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Spain; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; European Union Countries; high income countries; Mediterranean Region; OECD Countries; Southern Europe; Europe; very high Human Development Index countries; aggressive behavior; behavior; recommendations; human behavior; neighborhoods; SARS-CoV-2; cultural anthropology; social aspects
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GIM
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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