Health work in the context of a pandemic: For a research agenda

Abstract

Introduction: The emergence of a pandemic highlights the translational demands regarding science. This communication aims to propose theoretical-methodological elements for research on health work in pandemic context. Methods: This reflective essay sets an framework for a research project on health work in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Results: Three axes or subsidies are presented: the construction of work environments as an analytical component, the approach of ergology as a potential and the centrality of the experiences of the worker-subject. Conclusions: New health care challenges require attention to what workers have to say about their forms of confrontation and translation of knowledge.

Repercussions and Legacy of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Manaus, Brazil: The Health Managers’ Perspective

“…In addition, it accepts the centrality of the worker in the production of care that, in critical scenarios, operates using new elements and processes of capacity reconstruction. From this, we can derive the methodological direction of valuing the narrative as a way of accessing the experience of coping and reinvention, in the face of the unforeseen events and the negotiation of priorities and commitments in real work, which also finds inspiration from the approach of ergology (Ramos et al, 2020).…”