Cuidamos dos outros, mas quem cuida de nós? entre riscos e incertezas institucionais na gestão de contaminação por Covid-19 nos profissionais de saúde afectos ao Centro de Saúde da Machava II

Abstract

This monograph launches an analysis of the risk management mechanisms adopted by healthcare professionals, nurses and general medicine technicians, in the context of exposure to the Covid-19 virus. We note that discussions at the literature level, despite recognizing the existence of behavioral response mechanisms, do not address how such mechanisms work in concrete situations of Covid-19 contamination management. In this research, we discuss and argue that health professionals have strategies that transform the risk of contamination into a socially acceptable construction. In this research, the risk theory defended by Ulrich Beck (1992) was used. This theoretical framework becomes intelligible through the following central concepts: Risk, Trust, Risk perception and Risk management. This is an exploratory research of a qualitative nature, in which we adopt inductive reasoning, which is processed through the monographic method. For data collection, two data collection techniques were combined, direct observation and semi-structured interviews resulting from a sample consisting of 9 health professionals. The data were discussed through content analysis. It was possible to obtain the following results: sociodemographic characteristics influence risk perception, which is decisive in the management of Covid-19 contamination. The conclusions indicate that the risk is the result of the institutional uncertainty characteristic of societies with an industrial mode of production present in contemporary societies.