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ReviewFrontiers in sociology2024

Alignment and specifics of Brazilian health agencies in relation to the international premises for the implementation of digital health in primary health care: a rhetorical analysis.

Aguinaldo José de Araújo, Ísis de Siqueira Silva, Renan Cabral de Figueirêdo, Rayssa Horácio Lopes, Cícera Renata Diniz Vieira Silva, Osvaldo de Goes Bay Junior, Richard T Lester, Severina Alice da Costa Uchôa

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  1. Digital Health and Primary Health Care Quality: A Survey Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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Aguinaldo José de AraújoCollective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Ísis de Siqueira SilvaCollective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Renan Cabral de FigueirêdoFamily Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Rayssa Horácio LopesCollective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Cícera Renata Diniz Vieira SilvaTechnical School of Health of Cajazeiras, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil.
Osvaldo de Goes Bay JuniorFaculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Richard T LesterDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Severina Alice da Costa UchôaPublic Health Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health and sustainable development goals have had strong impacts with the COVID-19 pandemic. In Brazil, the health crisis scenario required changes in social welfare programs and policies, based on recommendations from international agencies, such as the UN and WHO. This study aims to analyze the alignment of the arguments of Brazilian and international organizations for the adoption of digital health in Primary Health Care based on the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative documentary study of the rhetorical analysis type, based on Perelman and Obrechts-Tyteca's Theory of Argumentation. The search for documents was carried out by two independent researchers, between December 2021 and June 2022, through the websites of the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and the Federal Councils of Medicine and Brazilian nursing, with the terms "digital health," "telehealth," "telemedicine," "e-health," "telehealth," "telenursing," "telemedicine," and "digital health." Twenty official documents were analyzed and identified in terms of context, authorship, authenticity, reliability, nature, and key concepts. The international and Brazilian arguments emphasize the applicability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the health field. In logical arguments, based on the structure of reality, international agencies emphasize the overlap between health needs and the conditions for the applicability of ICTs. In Brazil, however, there was a need to regulate the digital practices of health professionals. In the international discourse, in the structuring of reality, there are illustrations of the relationship between the context of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 and the concrete conditions for the applicability of digital health; while in the Brazilian discourse, the need to strengthen an environment conducive to digital health is explicit. The Brazilian alignment in relation to the international premises is evident. Yet, there is a need, socially and economically sustainable, to strengthen the inclusion of digital health in PHC policy.

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COVID-19digital healthprimary health carepublic healthtelehealthtelemedicine

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