The School Health Program in the Federal District, Brazil, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

This exploratory descriptive research aims to analyze the implementation of the School Health Program in the Federal District, in  the period before and during the COVID-19  pandemic. The data were produced from  February to April 2022 through  documentary research and application of an online questionnaire with professionals  from the Primary Health Care (PHC) teams  within the scope of the Primary Care  Qualification Program of the Federal  District-QualisAPS. The databases of the  National Institute of Educational Studies  and Research Anísio Teixeira, the  Information System for Primary Care and  the QualisAPS Platform were accessed on  the actions developed from 2018 to 202, the  structuring of the program, and its inclusion in the action plans of family health and oral  health teams. Through descriptive statistics  and content analysis it was evident an  increase in the adhesion of schools to the PSE and a predominance of records related  to oral health and vaccine verification, in  both periods, with quantitative reduction  due the pandemic period. The reality of the  Federal District reveals that the interrelation of the Program with PHC and the support of  QualisAPS enable a continuous planning  process, bringing prospects for  strengthening the actions.