DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This work presents a reflection on local experiences of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus based on dialogues with a community health worker in Conde, a Brazilian coastal town. Initially, we strived for a horizontal dialogue between the authors - including the worker herself - acknowledging and d...

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spelling oai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article-276032021-12-27T20:51:02Z DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DIÁLOGOS SOBRE A “UNIVERSIDADE DA VIDA”: DESCOLONIZANDO SABERES E PRÁTICAS DAS AGENTES COMUNITÁRIAS DE SAÚDE (ACS) NO ENFRENTAMENTO DA COVID-19 Silva, Ana Paula Marcelino da Carvalho, Bruna Carla Cordeiro de Neves, Ednalva Maciel Silva Pedro, Maria José da This work presents a reflection on local experiences of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus based on dialogues with a community health worker in Conde, a Brazilian coastal town. Initially, we strived for a horizontal dialogue between the authors - including the worker herself - acknowledging and drawing on her experience in the production of knowledge. Then, we discussed the difficulties which Community Health Workers (CHW) dealt with while facing the pandemic in the context of Primary Care. From bureaucratic stonewalls faced by those who were not initially considered frontline essential workers, to the difficulties in understanding the virus, the interviews with this CHW threw light on how the authority given to her by the community – and by herself – was a tool to overcome institutional barriers. This externalized her protagonism and her local and prompt response to state inaction when attending to those in greater need, highlighting the contrast between biomedical knowledge and preventive healthcare, the latter of which is the cornerstone of the CHW’s profession. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar, por meio de relato da agente comunitária de saúde, as experiências locais da pandemia do coronavírus (SARS-Cov-2). De início, buscamos a horizontalidade do diálogo entre as autoras, reconhecendo os saberes envolvidos na produção de conhecimento. Em seguida, dialogamos sobre os limites do enfrentamento da pandemia para os Agentes Comunitários de Saúde (ACS) no contexto da Atenção Básica. Desde entraves burocráticos encontrados àqueles que inicialmente não eram considerados como linha de frente ao combate da crise sanitária até as dificuldades encontradas com relação às informações sobre a pandemia, as entrevistas revelaram como a autoridade dada pela comunidade, e por si mesma, atravessou as barreiras institucionais dentro dos próprios órgãos, externalizando a autoridade de Maria José e sua resposta local à inação estatal perante as populações que mais necessitam de atenção. Tudo isso Em contraponto com os ditames dos saberes biomédicos aos saberes preventivos, que são o cerne da profissão de Agente Comunitária de Saúde. Portal de Periódicos Eletrônicos da UFRN 2021-12-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://periodicos.ufrn.br/vivencia/article/view/27603 Vivência: Revista de Antropologia; v. 1 n. 58 (2021) 2238-6009 10.21680/2238-6009.2021v1n58 por https://periodicos.ufrn.br/vivencia/article/view/27603/15179 Copyright (c) 2021 Ana Paula Marcelino da Silva, Bruna Carla Cordeiro de Carvalho, Ednalva Maciel Neves, Maria José da Silva Pedro
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Neves, Ednalva Maciel
Silva Pedro, Maria José da
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Carvalho, Bruna Carla Cordeiro de
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Silva Pedro, Maria José da
DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
author_facet Silva, Ana Paula Marcelino da
Carvalho, Bruna Carla Cordeiro de
Neves, Ednalva Maciel
Silva Pedro, Maria José da
author_sort Silva, Ana Paula Marcelino da
title DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_short DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_fullStr DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full_unstemmed DIALOGUES ON THE “SCHOOL OF LIFE”: DECOLONIZING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW) FACING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_sort dialogues on the “school of life”: decolonizing the knowledge and practice of community health workers (chw) facing the covid-19 pandemic
description This work presents a reflection on local experiences of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus based on dialogues with a community health worker in Conde, a Brazilian coastal town. Initially, we strived for a horizontal dialogue between the authors - including the worker herself - acknowledging and drawing on her experience in the production of knowledge. Then, we discussed the difficulties which Community Health Workers (CHW) dealt with while facing the pandemic in the context of Primary Care. From bureaucratic stonewalls faced by those who were not initially considered frontline essential workers, to the difficulties in understanding the virus, the interviews with this CHW threw light on how the authority given to her by the community – and by herself – was a tool to overcome institutional barriers. This externalized her protagonism and her local and prompt response to state inaction when attending to those in greater need, highlighting the contrast between biomedical knowledge and preventive healthcare, the latter of which is the cornerstone of the CHW’s profession.
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