THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATIVE TREATMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINE IN FIGHTING COVID-19

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593392331054

• Palavras-chave: complementary therapies; therapeutic touch; chromotherapy; auriculotherapy; aromatherapy.

• Keywords: complementary therapies; therapeutic touch; chromotherapy; auriculotherapy; aromatherapy.

• Abstract:

  Integrative and Complementary Health Practices (PICS) are part of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM) and their origin in public health systems dates back to the late 1970s, with the 1st International Conference on Primary Health Care (Alma Ata, Russia, 1978), together with the diffusion of traditional medicines and complementary practices throughout the world. The 8th National Health Conference (1986) was the pioneering movement in Brazil and is pointed out in several scientific studies as the driving force of PICS in the country and, since 2002, the Municipality of São Paulo has strengthened these integrative actions through public policies.

  In March 2020, following the Covid-19 pandemic decree by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Natural Practices of São Mateus (CPNSM), in partnership with the Technical Health Supervision of São Mateus (STSSM) idealized carrying out integrative care with professionals from the Health Care Networks (RAS) in the territory. This experience report aimed to improve the general well-being of health workers in the territory of São Mateus, a neighborhood located in the East Zone of São Paulo/SP, in addition to training them in PICS, so that they could be multiplied in the units health of the territory. Qualified listening and humanized and integrative treatments were carried out in health workers and at the end of ten consultations, each worker reported in a qualitative questionnaire the evolution of their health conditions and improvements during the treatment period and that contributed to overcoming the daily adversities experienced in coping to Covid-19.