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0356/2023 - USE OF WHATSAPP® APLICATTION IN MANEGEMENT, WORKING AND HEALTH CARE IN FIGHTING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
USO DO APLICATIVO WHATSAPP® NA GESTÃO, NO TRABALHO E NO CUIDADO À SAUDE NO ENFRENTAMENTO DA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19

Author:

• Luís Fernando Nogueira Tofani - Tofani, L.F.N. - <luis.tofani@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-2450

Co-author(s):

• André Luiz Bigal - Bigal, A.L - <andre.bigal@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-2629
• Fernando Tureck - Tureck, F. - <fernandotureck@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-1088
• Lumena Almeida Castro Furtado - Furtado, L.A.C - <lumenafurtado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-9739
• Rosemarie Andreazza - Andreazza, R. - <andreazza@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-2183
• Arthur Chioro - Chioro, A. - <arthur.chioro@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-2342


Abstract:

The aim of this study is to analyze the use of the WhatsApp® application in management, the work process and health care in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative research was carried out through multiple case studies, through semi-structured interviews with SUS managers and workers in the period between May and November 2022. The material was transcribed and processed using the ATLAS.ti® software through thematic content analysis, being analyzed in light of the theoretical framework of Institutional Analysis, using the concepts of analyzer, implication and instituted-instituting. The use of WhatsApp® enhanced processes that created new management, work and health care practicesa lively, communicative perspective, produced in action, mainly based on the challenges brought to face the pandemic situation. The results also point to the overcomplication of workers and managers, sometimes configuring situations of exhaustion due to constant and full-time communication through the application, with potential compromise to their own health. They also highlight practices that were already being produced informally and that emerged as an accelerated process of non-formal institutionalization, in response to the practical demands of the health emergency, constituting new communication and access regulation arrangements.

Keywords:

COVID-19; Medical Informatics; Health Management; Comprehensive Health Care; Qualitative Research.

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Tofani, L.F.N., Bigal, A.L, Tureck, F., Furtado, L.A.C, Andreazza, R., Chioro, A.. USE OF WHATSAPP® APLICATTION IN MANEGEMENT, WORKING AND HEALTH CARE IN FIGHTING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Nov). [Citado em 31/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/use-of-whatsapp-aplicattion-in-manegement-working-and-health-care-in-fighting-covid19-pandemic/18982?id=18982&id=18982



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