Trabalhadores invisíveis da saúde no contexto da atenção primária à saúde durante a pandemia covid-19

Abstract

This article presents the trajectory of Primary Health Care workers in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic, their challenges and confrontations. Faced with the panic caused by the Coronavirus and amid the health, political, economic and social imbalance, a question arises that led us to the investigation: How did the invisible workers of the Family Health Strategy face the Covid-19 pandemic with regard to their daily work and family life and what implications did they have for their health? The main objective of this study is to analyze, in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, how the invisible workers of the Family Health Strategy faced their daily work and family life and its effects on health. We used a qualitative approach aiming at approaching the phenomenon under study. The research was carried out in three Sanitary Districts (DS) in the city of Salvador - Bahia and in each DS, two Family Health Units (FHU) were selected. Data production took place through remote and face-to-face interviews, carried out in depth. The results revealed that, despite all the difficulties, these workers remained resistant and managed to build strategies to deal with the moment and guarantee the maintenance of assistance.