SAÚDE PÚBLICA E ESPIRITUALIDADE NA PANDEMIA DA COVID-19

Abstract

The research reflects on the interface between public health and spirituality, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the light of theoretical-methodological assumptions in the area of health and Science of Religions. It seeks to answer how spirituality can contribute to the health of people affected, in some way, by Covid-19. The Science of Religions is a multidisciplinary field that requires from the researcher a broad knowledge of its integration with other fields of knowledge, in order to promote the intended scientific transformation. Therefore, it presents the relationship between health and spirituality and how this relationship can contribute to the debate, study and proposals for public policies that fully assist people affected by Covid-19. The corollary objective is to identify the relevance of spirituality in different actions in the health service, promoting a more integral view of the human being, that is, of both the patient and the health professional. The work discusses the most relevant aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It defines spirituality from the perspective of care and how it would be inserted in health. Exploit the relationship between health and spirituality to outline proposals for actions aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, including patient care, training and welcoming health professionals and people bereaved by this disease. As a result, there is a need to understand what spirituality is and its importance in the integrality of health care, as well as in raising the standard of quality in public health.