PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES FOR COVID-19 IN THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION: A SCOPING REVIEW

Abstract

Objective: To map the scientific production on the preventive strategies used by health services to combat Covid-19 in the indigenous population of the American continent from 2019 to 2022. Materials and Methods: Scoping review carried out in the databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, SCOPUS, EMBASE, WOS and Science
Direct. Controlled and non-controlled descriptors were used following the criteria established by the PCC
mnemonic strategy. Primary studies, experience reports, literature reviews, perspectives, reflections and
editorials, published between December 2019 and March 2022, in Portuguese, English and Spanish were included. Results: 237 studies were identified in the search strategies, and after reading the full texts, six articles were selected for this review. The exploration of studies published in international and national journals allowed
the mapping of preventive strategies used by health services and indigenous communities, which included isolation in the villages, transfer of patients, treatment of diseases not related to Covid-19 in the villages, purchase of personal protective equipment, health education with linguistically appropriate materials and financial support. There were also studies that presented possible suggestions for preventing and combating Covid-19. Conclusion: The preventive strategies were intended to contain the spread of this infectious disease in indigenous communities, but there was also a lack of strategies in the nursing field that respond to the
cultural specificities of the indigenous population.