Repercussões da COVID-19 e as possibilidades para promover saúde: reflexões com estudantes de enfermagem

Resumo Objetivo Avaliar o conteúdo midiático produzido acerca da vacinação contra a covid-19 direcionada à pessoa idosa no Brasil. Método Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental a partir da análise de 19 matérias veiculadas pelos jornais Estadão, Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo e GAÚCHAZH, publicadas entre dezembro de 2020 e setembro de 2021. Os dados foram submetidos ao Resultados O corpus originou cinco classes temáticas. Nestas, verifica-se a difusão das informações sobre a vacinação contra a covid-19 para idosos como uma medida necessária à saúde dessa população, o que justifica a intensa veiculação de notícias acerca da campanha vacinal. As matérias evidenciaram a organização das políticas de imunização, bem como os benefícios da mesma para o referido público, sobretudo àqueles que se encontravam institucionalizados. Além disso, a vacina emergiu como protagonista na luta para conter a disseminação do coronavírus, aumentando a proteção dos residentes das instituições de longa permanência para idosos e, inegavelmente, diminuindo a mortalidade dos mais velhos. Conclusão Os achados salientam a indispensabilidade de fomentar políticas para promoção da saúde pelos meios de comunicação mais diversos, permitindo o acesso a informações em saúde por todos os públicos e reforçando a urgência de práticas coletivas de cuidado ofertadas às pessoas idosas, incluindo àquelas residentes em instituições.

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Vacinação contra covid-19 em pessoas idosas: informações veiculadas pela mídia jornalística

Vasconcelos,

Silva,

Bezerra

et al. 2023

“…Around 3 months after the first cases were reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the situation a pandemic 1,2 . This triggered the great world health crisis in the last 100 years 3,4 .…”

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Vaccination against covid-19 in older people: information provided by the news media

Vasconcelos,

Silva,

Bezerra

et al. 2023

Objective To evaluate the media content produced about vaccination against covid-19 aimed at the older population in Brazil. Method A desk research study based on the analysis of 19 articles published by the newspapers Estadão, Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo and GAÚCHAZH between December 2020 and September 2021. The data were processed by the Iramuteq software, analyzed using Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC) and interpreted by Content Analysis. Results The corpus yielded five thematic classes. These classes revealed the dissemination of information about vaccination against covid-19 for older people as a necessary measure for the health of this population, justifying the intense reporting of news on the vaccination campaign. The articles highlighted the organization of immunization policies, as well as their benefits for the older population, especially institutionalized individuals. In addition, the vaccine emerged as a key element in the fight to contain the spread of the coronavirus, increasing the protection of older residents of long-term care facilities and, undeniably, reducing the mortality of this population. Conclusion The findings highlight the importance of disseminating health promotion policies across a wide variety of communication channels, allowing access to health information by all audiences and reinforcing the urgency of collective care practices offered to older people, including those residing in institutions.

Cervical human papillomavirus infection in older women

Bessa

Mugnol

Wolf

et al. 2023

Objective To investigate the presence of cervical infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated factors in older women Method A cross-sectional, retrospective descriptive study with a quantitative approach was conducted. The sample comprised 106 women aged 60 years or over, seen at public health services of a city in southern Brazil, who underwent cervical cell collection for cytological analysis and molecular detection of HPV DNA. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected using a standardized questionnaire and from Pap test result Results Patient age was 60-82 years, with a mean of 64.9 ± 5.1 years. HPV was detected in 14 (13.2%) of the study participants and 8 viral types were identified, the majority (n=7; 87.5%) of high oncogenic risk. Chi-square analysis revealed that positive HPV cases were associated with a higher number of sexual partners (p= 0.018). On cytology, most of the women (n=102; 96.2%) had a negative result for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy, and two (1.8%) had abnormal cytology, but neither were positive for HPV infection on molecular testing. Of the 10 women evaluated at two visits, seven (70%) tested negative for HPV infection on both evaluations, two (20%) eliminated the HPV infection, and one (10%) showed conversion to positive infection status. None of the cases had persistent infection. Conclusion Older women are susceptible to HPV infection and to the lesions caused by the virus. This group should therefore continue regular cytological screening.