COVID-19 AND THE GREAT PANDEMICS OF HUMANITY: a historical and sociological view

Sociology as an area of knowledge that studies human social relations has been used as a safe way to understand the phenomena that involve human beings in their sociability. Accordingly, this article presents a literature and documentary review, within a socio-historical perspective, about the main...

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Autores: Gasque, Natália de Lima, Dias, Fábio Andrade, Rodrigues, Francielli Gonçalves, Marvulli, Maria Vitória Nogueira, Moraes, Nelson Russo de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT)
Repositorio:Revista Observatório
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revista.uft.edu.br:article/10790
Acceso en línea:https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/observatorio/article/view/10790
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Human and social sciences
Covid-19 pandemic
public health
health sociology
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Sumario:Sociology as an area of knowledge that studies human social relations has been used as a safe way to understand the phenomena that involve human beings in their sociability. Accordingly, this article presents a literature and documentary review, within a socio-historical perspective, about the main pandemics that have plagued humanity in order to discuss the covid-19 pandemic. For this objective to be achieved, a bibliographic and documentary review was carried out based on a qualitative historiographical approach. The review generated a historically organized discussion of the main pandemics that occurred to humanity, which led to the understand of a convergence between the fields of public health, public policies as well as the need to create structures to prevent and fight pandemics. It is concluded that the pandemic cycles faced by humanity interfere strongly in several social issues, slowing down the rhythm of people’s lives, generating structural and political changes in the health and economic systems.