ABSTRACT
The indigenous population has suffered from the impacts caused by Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Especially children, who live in a reality of extreme poverty, low level of education and precarious health services close to their communities. Health professionals must look closely at indigenous children so that they can help them deal with the impact that the pandemic has brought with it.
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COVID-19 , Indigenous Peoples , Brazil/epidemiology , Child , Health Services, Indigenous , Humans , Pandemics , Poverty , Vulnerable PopulationsABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To analyze the possibly influencing factors of the beliefs and attitudes towards childhood epilepsy among users of the Family Health Strategy. METHODS: The participants were 300 users from three units of the Family Health Strategy in one city of northeastern Brazil. This primary health care service has a multidisciplinary team and operates close to the community, seeks to provide comprehensive care with actions to promote health, prevention, recovery, rehabilitation of diseases and frequent injuries in the community. Data were collected through a socioeconomic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of The Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitudes Scale - Adult Version, analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation analysis. RESULTS: Various associations were significant (p < 0.05), religion positively influences beliefs and attitudes (ß: 1.040; p: 0.044); an increase in educational level negatively influences beliefs and attitudes (ß: -0.723; p: 0.040); being the parent of a child negatively influences beliefs and attitudes (ß: 1.120; p: 0.043), but also positively influences beliefs (ß: -0.244; p: 0.028). CONCLUSION: This research contributed to identifying that having a religion, an increased educational level and being the parent of a child were factors that influence the beliefs and attitudes towards childhood epilepsy, aiming to contribute to a better implementation of actions directed to education in epilepsy.
