Abstract
to reflect on social control in health and the contributions that nursing can make to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. this is a theoretical reflection, elaborated from discussions based on literature and the experience of authors' performance in social control and in Primary Care. It is divided into two topics: the first, related to aspects of institutionalized social control; the second, related to the perspectives for nursing in this space. limits and relevant aspects for nurses' role in social control are presented, contributing to a perspective of praxis in health based on their ethical-political commitment and their technical competence in the coordination and management of care to face the pandemic. nurses' role in social control favors the strengthening of the struggle for the right to life above profits, especially through popular participation in the community context in Primary Care.
Highlights
The epidemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) was considered one of the most challenging health problems in 2020, due to its rapid and high potential for dissemination and the capacity of health systems to respond to severe cases of the disease, with a strong impact on global public health
Faced with the serious health situation, countries around the world have been confronted with the possibilities of action to contain the spread and assistance to the disease caused by the new coronavirus
Some questions are important to think about the limits and potentialities of action from this space: how can social control contribute to face the pandemic? What are the limits and potential of the performance of institutionalized social control? How can nursing strengthen social control and popular participation to face the pandemic from Primary Care?
Summary
The epidemic of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) was considered one of the most challenging health problems in 2020, due to its rapid and high potential for dissemination and the capacity of health systems to respond to severe cases of the disease, with a strong impact on global public health. It is an important space of dispute and political struggle for meeting the social health demands and needs of public health system professionals and users(2) From this perspective, institutionalized social control, through health councils and conferences, is a fundamental resource for strengthening SUS and protecting population’s health in coping with the serious health crisis of COVID-19. It is worth mentioning that nursing has a recognized management capacity in the various health care spaces; when guided by an ethical-political commitment to defend life and involved in the processes of popular participation and social control of public policies, it tends to contribute substantially. It is in Primary Care that the greatest power of popular participation and democracy through social control in SUS resides In this way, some questions are important to think about the limits and potentialities of action from this space: how can social control contribute to face the pandemic? Some questions are important to think about the limits and potentialities of action from this space: how can social control contribute to face the pandemic? What are the limits and potential of the performance of institutionalized social control? How can nursing strengthen social control and popular participation to face the pandemic from Primary Care?
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