Children’s (in)visibility in social vulnerability and the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Abstract

<jats:p>ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the impact of the infection by the novel coronavirus on Brazilian children in situation of social vulnerability based on the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals. Method: Reflective study based on discursive formulation in three aspects: principles of the objectives and goals for the millennium sustainable development; impact of the pandemic on the health of children and their families living in social vulnerability; and the role of pediatric nursing in the care provided - limits and challenges. Results: In January 2020, the news of COVID 19 is released as a pandemic. In Brazil, children and families are still without access to basic rights, thereby increasing their risks of social vulnerability because of the quarantine. The nursing field has an important role in monitoring children and their families, offering guidance in search for solutions and preventing contamination. Conclusion: There are still challenges to be overcome by the children and their families in situations of vulnerability against COVID-19.</jats:p>

Repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic from the childrens’ perspective

“…The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has transformed the life and routine of all population segments. With regard to the child population, it is known that the infection rarely develops and, when this happens, the manifestations of symptoms are generally mild (10)(11)(12).…”

Rapid Scoping Review on the Topic of Ensuring Social Protection and Basic Services to Inform the United Nations Framework for the Immediate Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19

“…Investing in efforts to reduce vulnerability through social protection measures can not only reduce immediate human suffering resulting from COVID-19, but building on these efforts will also build resilience for future shocks and reduce global inequities by way of intervening on a variety of social determinants of health. 40 This is important because a key reason for the inequities that we are witnessing associated with the COVID-19 shock are symptomatic of "economic trends that have already been shaping well-being for many years before the COVID-19 pandemic," which, as it happens, the sustainable development goals were intended to address. 34(p3) Thus, one approach for leveraging social protection programs introduced for the COVID-19 response for transformational change (via progress on sustainable development goals) is to begin thinking about the benefits that social protection programs have been providing as minimum standards to which all people are inherently entitled.…”

“…Investing in efforts to reduce vulnerability through social protection measures can not only reduce immediate human suffering resulting from COVID-19, but building on these efforts will also build resilience for future shocks and reduce global inequities by way of intervening on a variety of social determinants of health. 40 …”

Aplicabilidade da Teoria Ambientalista de Florence Nightingale na pandemia do novo Coronavírus / Applicability of Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory in the new Coronavirus pandemic

“…Para tanto, é preciso que conheça as necessidades da população que assiste e, assim, trabalhe seus conhecimentos técnicos e científicos voltados ao empoderamento desta. 29 Nesse sentido, insere-se a educação em saúde, para que as pessoas possam exercer seu autocuidado. No contexto da pandemia COVID-19, esse cuidado relaciona-se, especialmente, ao conhecimento de medidas de prevenção, tais como a lavagem das mãos, o uso de máscaras de proteção, a desinfecção de objetos e ambientes domiciliares.…”

“…Essas medidas, convergem com as de higiene pessoal e ambiental definidas por Nightingale, constituindo-se em alicerces da enfermagem, retomadas agora em meio a COVID-19, mostrando sua atualidade e abrangência. 29…”