IMPACTO DA PANDEMIA DO COVID-19 EM COMUNIDADES INDÍGENAS

Doi: 10.47094/978-65-88958-63-6/11-19

PALAVRAS CHAVE: Infecções por Coronavírus. Saúde de Populações Indígenas. Pandemias.

KEYWORDS: Coronavirus Infections. Health of Indigenous Peoples. Pandemics.

ABSTRACT:
ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic revealed several weaknesses that influence the increased vulnerability in the face of the disease in indigenous populations and communities. It is bibliographic, documentary, descriptive, and basic research. Data collection took place on news portals, PUBMED, and official national channels that address the issue, such as the Ministry of Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Pan American Health Organization, and Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil. The terms “COVID-19” were used, “indigenous people”, the information collected contributed, after the analysis of the selected studies, highlighting two thematic categories: “Repercussion of COVID-19 on indigenous communities” and “Measures to combat COVID- 19 communities in the indigenous peoples”. The pandemic harmed sociocultural and economic factors, such as cessation of rituals, reduced social contact, and compromised income in this population. Preventive measures such as social isolation, implementation of sanitary barriers, provision of correct information about the disease, and tests for early detection of the disease are important actions to reduce the number of indigenous people affected by Covid-19. Thus, given the current reality that expands these challenges, it is understood that action must be taken incisively so that these populations and traditional communities do not suffer more damage.

Autores

• Dailon de Araújo Alves

• Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão

• Julianne Duarte de Souza

• Kauanny Vitória dos Santos

• Laís Barreto de Brito Gonçalves

• Luis Fernando Reis Macedo

• Micaelle de Sousa Silva

• Thaís Regina Vieira de Lacerda

• Yasmin Ventura Andrade Carneiro