Objective: To identify evidence in the literature about the impacts and challenges that COVID-19 has caused in favelas. Methods: Integrative literature review, which sought publications from the year 2020 in the CAPES/MEC Journal Portal, in SciELO and Pubmed with the descriptors and their combinations in Portuguese and English: “Favelas” and “Covid-19”. Results: The authors point out impacts in several areas in...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a complex phenomenon called the “infodemic” has emerged, compromising coping with the pandemic. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of agreement with misinformation about COVID-19 and to identify associated factors. A web survey was carried out in Portuguese-speaking countries in two stages: 1. the identification of misinformation circulating in the included countrie...