Práticas, representações e significados sobre as medidas de prevenção e combate a pandemia de Covid-19 na função pública: o caso da Secretaria distrital de Marracuene

Abstract

This paper is the result of ethnographic research into the practices, representations and meanings about the preventive measures adopted by the employees of the Marracuene of the Marracuene District Secretariat to prevent and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was carried out among the employees and state agents of the Marracuene District Secretariat. of Marracuene, between the months of January and March 2021. The research data was observation, semi-structured interviews and informal conversations. conversations. The results reveal that during the period in which COVID-19 prevailed, the Government of government imposed various measures to prevent the pandemic, such as hand washing mandatory use of masks and social distancing. Officials had resistance to implementing the prevention measures, it was possible to see that they didn't believe that the virus had spread in the way that had been publicised in the media. and this led to non-compliance with the prevention measures decreed. The study concludes that the representations and meanings that the employees of the Marracuene Marracuene District Office have constructed about COVID-19 have influenced the determination of the risk factors for contamination, given that their vision of the disease resulted from the experiences they had with the epidemic throughout their daily experiences. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)