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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/97947, first published .
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Home Visits as a Primary Health Care Strategy During COVID-19: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Home Visits as a Primary Health Care Strategy During COVID-19: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Woska Pires da Costa   1, 2 , MSc ;   Heloísa de Carvalho Torres   3, 4 , PhD ;   Ana Paula Santana Coelho Almeida   3, 4 , PhD ;   Luiz Carlos de Abreu   2, 4, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Ana Cecília Oliveira Costa   3, 4 , BScN ;   Eugênia Aparecida Portes   3, 4 , BScN ;   Anny Tristão Vimercati   4 , BScN ;   Vitória Andrade Rodrigues Moreira   5 , MSc ;   Thiago Dias Sarti   3, 4 , PhD

1 Research Department, Instituto Federal Goiano - Campus Morrinhos, Morrinhos, GO, Brazil

2 Medical School, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

3 Nucleus for Education and Applied Research in Primary Health Care (NEAPS), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil

4 Postgraduate Program in Collective Health, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil

5 Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, ES, Brazil

6 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Fort Myers, FL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Woska Pires da Costa, MSc
  • Research Department
  • Instituto Federal Goiano - Campus Morrinhos
  • BR-153 Highway, Km 633, P.O. Box 92, Rural Area
  • Morrinhos, GO 75658-899
  • Brazil
  • Phone: 55 64992227424
  • Email: woskapc@gmail.com