Barreiras às intervenções relacionadas à saúde do trabalhador do setor saúde no Brasil

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ID14966692
AuthorsÉrica Lui Reinhardt (0000-0002-3042-3675, Vale (Brazil)), Frida Marina Fischer (0000-0001-9403-6300, Vale (Brazil))
Year2009
Volume25
Issue5
Pages411-417
Publication date2009-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892009000500005
PMID19695130
OpenAlexW2150415577
SCIELO_PIDS1020-49892009000500005
LanguagePT
References cited9

OBJECTIVE: To search the literature for circumstances that impede injury and disease prevention and other activities intended to improve the health of the health care worker. METHODS: The SciELO database was searched for articles published in 1967-2008. This was supplemented by a PubMed search for the period 1950-2008. The following key words were used to identify articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish: work, health personnel, occupational, risks, diseases, ergonomics, work ability, quality of life, organization, accidents, work conditions, intervention, and administration. Articles on injury and disease prevention and occupational health in a health care setting in Latin America were selected, along with articles focused on health promotion in the health sector. RESULTS: The following shortcomings were identified: activities lacked a sound theoretical foundation and were not integrated with the health services management; a failure to evaluate the effectiveness of the activity; health surveillance focused solely on a specific disease or injury; management not committed to the proposed activity; miscommunication; inability of workers to participate, or control the work environment; and, programs or efforts that were limited to changing the workers' behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: The literature shows that all the barriers identified by this study affect both the health care workers' health as well as their productivity

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