Silvia Casas, a nurse and local 'influencer' in the covid era: "We have dedicated many hours to dismantling hoaxes"

The health company presented its work in the recent XIX Work Conference on Quality in Health, where his experience was presented as one of the best in health education in the covid era. Organized by the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences, the Aragonese Health Service and the Aragonese Society of Quality Care, the conference lasted for four days, with the general objective of knowing and, at the same time, recognizing the "commendable" effort carried out by health professionals in this complicated year. In total, they presented 279 communications and 11 videos, where almost half were about health care for covid.

"People were locked up at home, with fear and uncertainty and with difficulties in handling so much information, not knowing what was real and what was not, which led us to get involved. Our objective has always been to inform and raise awareness as well as offer clear messages, purifying and classifying existing information. In fact, we have dedicated many hours to dismantling hoaxes and 'fake news'», explains Casas, main administrator of the blog, which, as she points out, has become a kind of local influencer on health education issues. In fact, along with her blog, the nurse also created a the profile of Instagram, in which to give more weight to images and infographics. "We thought it was the best way to energize the blog itself and reach younger people", Explica.

And they have achieved it. In fact, Casas assures that users have responded, going so far as to send some suggestions or ask questions through social networks or through private messages.

The nurse has been maintaining the blog and Instagram profile in her free hours, almost always from home and after long days of work. Today, she points out that the activity is "more bearable", although she acknowledges having lived through "complicated and highly demanding" moments, which, as she explains, they have overcome "by working together." "We have supported each other, at a work and emotional level. What one did not reach, the other did. We have been very united, which has allowed us to give the best of ourselves and improve ourselves every day".

The union of efforts has also been noticed in the blog, which has had the collaboration of other professionals related to psychology, pediatrics, nutrition or obstetrics. Thus, among others, there are entries entitled 'Playing in times of coronavirus', 'Use of masks in children' or 'Foods that you should avoid in confinement and also after'.

During the initial stages of the pandemic, the blog also served to give instructions on how to make protective suits and masks or how to make homemade disinfection products. Likewise, several texts thanking citizens for their collaboration and behavior were posted and in addition, all types of solidarity initiatives promoted by social groups, institutions or neighbors were disseminated.

Likewise, users of this communication tool have also been able to follow the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the Fraga health area or the changes in the prevention regulations applied by the health authorities. Right now, the blog, which accumulates more than 42.000 visits, adds several entries related to vaccination campaigns, to which are added texts about the covid digital certificate or travel in times of pandemic. And all without forgetting other pathologies or issues related to health promotion.