Characterization of response to Covid-19 in IPRESS of the first level of care in Huancavelica

Abstract

The presence of the pandemic by Covid-19 aroused the interest of the health system which is facing the difficulty of providing access, coverage and timely response to the needs of the population in the first level of care-PNA, the latter, For many years it was focused and designed to solve maternal and child health problems, thus not reaching the great deployment in times of pandemic.

Objective To determine the health response capacity to the SarsCov2 (Covid-19) pandemic in first level health care provider institutions (IPRESS) as a public health measure.

Materials and Methods A cross-sectional quantitative approach study was carried out, the level of research achieved is descriptive, the method used is inductive and the design that guided the statistical process is non-experimental, cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 79 health workers from the Health Service Provider Institutions-IPRESS of first level of attention, the technique used was the survey and the instrument the questionnaire.

Results The results found on the characterization of the response capacity of the first level IPRESS were observed that 62.5% of the health personnel of the C.S. San Cristobel perceive that the response capacity against the pandemic by Sars-CoV-2 (Covid-19) is regular, 57.1% of the health personnel of the C.S Ascension, is regular and 55.6% of the health personnel from C.S Santa Ana, is regular; 51.9% indicate regular leadership response capacity, 69.6% indicate better coordination response capacity, 78.5% of health personnel indicate better accessibility response capacity, 64.6% indicate availability response capacity in logistics and operations it is regular, 89.9% indicate better responsiveness in administration and finance, 70.9% indicate better responsiveness in the process of rapid identification of cases, 64.6% indicate responsiveness in diagnosis is better, 63.3% indicates response capacity in isolation is better, 54.4% indicates response capacity in case management is better, 58.2% indicates response capacity in infection prevention and control is regular

Conclusions The response capacity was regular in general terms, which indicates that the institutions providing health care at the first level of care still do not guarantee a good capacity for comprehensive management of the response to pandemic situations due to the fact that there is no improvement in health mechanisms. and trained operational response personnel.