Health consequences and aggravations evidenced by COVID-19 in Brazilian indigenous populations: an integrative review

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i11.19862

Keywords:

COVID-19; Indigenous population; Health of ethnic minorities; Brazil.

Abstract

This study aimed to carry out an integrative review of studies that identified the influence of the pandemic on the health of Brazilian indigenous peoples, in order to group this information and generate data relevant to a qualitative analysis. Searches were performed in the Scielo, Pubmed and BVS databases, using the descriptors “covid-19”, “indigenous” and “Brazil” connected by the Boolean operator “AND”. Only scientific articles published in the last 05 years, with free access, and whose content was written in Portuguese or English, were considered. In total, 22 articles were found, and 10 of them were considered in the composition of the results. It was observed that the main factors of the indigenous reality evidenced by the pandemic context are associated with the consequences arising from social isolation (failure in the supply of food, threats from land grabbers, and migration from urban centers to villages), geographic barriers (difficulty in medical care due to strict border surveillance), and cultural aspects (refusal in the use of synthetic medicines, performance of ritualistic group ceremonies, and confinement of many people in the same environment). Indigenous ethnic groups have faced several aggravations caused by the pandemic, which has served as obstacles to the implementation of health care that does justice to the specificities of this people, being necessary - in view of the challenges posed by the pandemic - to strengthen specific care sectors, in addition to ensuring the participation of indigenous leaders in the process of building healthy public policies.

Author Biographies

Jefter Haad Ruiz da Silva, Federal University of Amazonas

Master's Student in Collective Oral Health at the Federal University of Amazonas - UFAM

Francisco Ferreira Barcelar Junior, Centro Universitário do Norte

Acadêmico de Fisioterapia do Centro Universitário do Norte - UNINORTE

Jéssica Lourdes de Aguiar Gonçalves, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em odontologia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Râmyla Leitão Resk, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em odontologia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Maria Alice Barbosa da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Bacharel em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE

Yasmin Michelle Tupinambá da Silva, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em odontologia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Elise Costa dos Santos , Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas

Psicóloga formada pela Escola Superior Batista do Amazonas - ESBAM

Juliana Matos Chaves , Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Acadêmica de medicina pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Mylla Cristie Campelo Monteiro, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em odontologia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

Samuel Filipe Santos de Oliveira, Universidade Venda Nova do Imigrante

Especialista em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade Venda Nova do Imigrante - FAVENI

Jessica Karoline Brasil da Silva Santim, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

Bacharel em odontologia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas - UEA

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SILVA, J. H. R. da; BARCELAR JUNIOR, F. F. .; GONÇALVES, J. L. de A. .; RESK, R. L. .; SILVA, . M. A. B. da; SILVA, Y. M. T. da; SANTOS , E. C. dos .; CHAVES , J. M. .; MONTEIRO, M. C. C. .; OLIVEIRA, S. F. S. de .; SANTIM, J. K. B. da S. . Health consequences and aggravations evidenced by COVID-19 in Brazilian indigenous populations: an integrative review. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 11, p. e403101119862, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i11.19862. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/19862. Acesso em: 24 dec. 2024.

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