Opening the doors of a family health unit through telehealth: users' experiences

Authors

  • Adolfo Oscar Gigglberger Bareiro Prefeitura Municipal de São José dos Pinhais - PR
  • Deivisson Vianna Dantas dos Santos Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • Paulo Poli Neto Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • Sabrina Stefanello Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02409010esp

Abstract

Introduction: Telehealth is the provision of services by healthcare professionals using Information and Communication Technologies, where the distance between the user and the doctor is a critical factor. Objective: To describe the perceptions of users receiving care via telemehealth from a Rural Health Unit, as well as to identify suggestions, criticisms and expectations. Methodology: This is a descriptive qualitative study conducted using audio and/or video recordings of interviews that were fully transcribed, read, re-read and reviewed according to Laurence Bardin's content analysis. Fifteen individuals aged 28 to 65 years who received telehealth care from a rural health facility were interviewed. Results and discussion: Users particularly emphasized the usefulness of telehealth in facilitating people's access to the Rural Health Unit. Conclusion: The pandemic has boosted the telehealth service; the demands were multiple (prescriptions, counseling, requesting and/or reviewing tests); there was an opening for the dissemination of more reliable information. Thus, it is understood that those responsible in the different areas must pay attention to this modality by providing the necessary means for its use and allowing greater participation of the population with a view to the collective construction of the Unified Health System. From the beginning of the study until today, telehealth has been used in this Rural Health Unit, taking into account the suggestions of the users. This text is the result of the stricto sensu postgraduate program Professional Master's Degree in Family Health (PROFSAÚDE).

Keywords: Primary Health Care; Telehealth; Covid-19; Unified Health System.

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Author Biographies

Adolfo Oscar Gigglberger Bareiro , Prefeitura Municipal de São José dos Pinhais - PR

Graduado em Medicina e mestre em Saúde da Família pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Médico em Medicina de Família e Comunidade na Prefeitura Municipal de São José dos Pinhais, PR.  CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9473292643611766 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2533-2274

Deivisson Vianna Dantas dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Médico psiquiatra.  Graduado em Medicina pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), mestre e doutor em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) com período sandwich na Université de Montréal (UnM). Professor adjunto da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2082293854099988 /  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1198-1890

Paulo Poli Neto, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Graduado em Medicina pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), mestre em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) e doutor em Ciências Humanas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), com período sanduíche na Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Espanha). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3817856676959820 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-6583

Sabrina Stefanello , Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Médica Psiquiatra. Graduada em Medicina pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), mestra e doutora em Ciências Médicas pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), com pós-doutorado na Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) e na Universidade de Montreal (Quebéc-Canadá). Professora da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9786403635183487 / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9299-0405

Published

2024-06-19

How to Cite

Bareiro , A. O. G., Santos, D. V. D. dos, Poli Neto, P., & Stefanello , S. (2024). Opening the doors of a family health unit through telehealth: users’ experiences. Revista Portal: Saúde E Sociedade, 9(Especial). https://doi.org/10.28998/rpss.e02409010esp

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