Monitoramento Escolar: A Importância de uma Ferramenta Notificadora para a Detecção Precoce de Doenças Infecciosas.

Abstract

The school constitutes a social space where diseases spread widely. Therefore, this research aims to understand the importance of school monitoring for the early detection of infectious diseases in the municipality of Palmas, Tocantins. For this, a quantitative, descriptive, and retrospective study will be conducted. The population studied will include children and adolescents who attend public and private schools in the municipality of Palmas/TO, registered in school monitoring. Data will be collected from spreadsheets located in the COVID school monitoring drive, which is managed by the Municipal Center for Strategic Information in Health Surveillance. The analysis will be conducted by describing the cases, characterizing the profile of reported disease cases. This research provides benefits by highlighting the importance of school monitoring and its proper completion, as well as demonstrating how school monitoring improves communication between primary care, management, surveillance, and education, enabling decision-making and guidance for the community to prevent future diseases and outbreaks. As a health notification tool, it contributes to and supports the development of health actions and disease control.