Health promotion and prevention actions in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS): evaluation of the temporal trend and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Ana Clara Gomes Lima, Geissiane Felizardo Vivian, José Cleyton de Oliveira Santos, Aquiles Sales Craveiro-Sarmento, Ricardo Barbosa-Lima, Glebson Moura Silva
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: HSJ, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2966-0408
DOI: 10.21876/hsjhci.v14.2024.e1522
Popis: Objective: To evaluate health promotion and prevention in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) between 2008 and 2022. Method: An epidemiological study was conducted, with an ecological approach, as a time series. APPS-related data available in the Outpatient Information System of the SUS (SIA/SUS) over the last 15 years were used, normalized to every 100,000 Brazilian residents, characterizing the incidence. COVID-19 pre- and post-pandemic periods were outlined to verify its impact on productivity. The data were analyzed with a significance level of 5%. Result: Between 2008 and 2022, 6,933,081,931 APPS were carried out in the SUS. The most frequent modality was home visits (56.3%), and the most common health professionals were health and endemic agents (59.8%). For the entire study period, the incidence was 3,407,327 APPS per 100,000 Brazilian residents, with an annual median of 281,999. Furthermore, there was a significant decreasing trend over the last 15 years (p
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