FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH LEAGUE IN HEALTH PROMOTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRASÍLIA IN COVID-19 TIMES

  • Funded by Decanato de Pesquisa e Inovação - Universidade de Brasilia (DPI)
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Grant number: 1050737

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $4,559.42
  • Funder

    Decanato de Pesquisa e Inovação - Universidade de Brasilia (DPI)
  • Principal Investigator

    Unspecified Josenaide Engracia dos Santos
  • Research Location

    Brazil
  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Approaches to public health interventions

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The rapid spread of the new coronaviruses in Brazil, and especially in the Federal District, caused the government to determine social isolation to prevent the spread of the disease. Isolation produced several situations of suffering in the daily life of the student community, such as fear of COVID, lack of information and excess of information. In this scenario, universities have sought to make contributions to promote and prevent health in times of COVID 19. Contributions come from projects, sectors, teachers and students and civil servants. One of the supports is proposed by the Family and Community Health League (LASFAC) in the following areas, maintaining mental health through integrative health practices, guidance in health education and health communication and innovation of online strategies through application. With the support of these methods, LASFAC will seek to play a positive role in promoting and preventing and in the context of the epidemic. Faced with the new type of coronavirus, universities play their role in research and extension