To get closer to an answer to the questions of how the pandemic affected one's mental health after the pandemic, but also how it affected one's church involvement and one's own faith in God, interviews were conducted with five young women, aged 19–25 years. I used a mixed method, namely three short questionnaires where the informants had to assess their mental, existential, physical, and social health, as well as describe their church involvement, before, during and after the pandemic. These questionnaires were then the basis for the interviews, where they had to nuance their answers even more. In this way, the study's material and empirical data were collected. This was then analyzed based on selected theories dealing with coping, religious coping, meaning-based coping, and spirituality processes. The results of the study show that the pandemic affected the informants in different ways and to different extents. What one brought into the pandemic when it comes to one's mental, existential, physical, and social health tends to influence how one coped with it and what consequences the pandemic created for one's well-being. On the other hand, most of the informants expressed that they take with them new perspectives and lessons learned from the pandemic that they did not have in the same way before. Much of what they mention is that you learned how the body works and that your well-being is better from physical activity, or that now, after the pandemic, you can choose in a different way what you want to be involved in when it comes to the social aspect, but also concrete social interactions and relationships. They prioritize their well-being and well-being in a different way.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:32:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Milena Silva Lisboa.pdf: 1166144 bytes, checksum: 2ffcf0443932a31cced2f59a29c24124 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-05 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Labeling a person as mentally ill is an extremely complex and controversial process, involving social concepts and psychiatric knowledge about mental illness . The analysis of the process through which Psychiatry captured, historically, the notion of madness and still grasps and encloses it allows us to comprehend the related and social nature of mental illness . Labeling Theory considers mental illness as a historically constructed label, imputed to those who present deviant behavior, whose performances violate established patterns of sociability. Through psycho-sociological reflections about the recognition process of deviations such as mental illness , this research proposes to analyze the ways in which family members conversationally negotiate meaning faced with social rule-breaking and the later labeling process. Labeling Theory and Conversational Analysis offer theoretical and methodological tools to approach daily family conversations, considering how important moments of the social labeling process are dealt with conversationally. Interviews and free form meetings were carried out with the family of a person who had recently initiated the labeling process of mental illness . The family s ethno-methods were stressed, pointing out the different patterns of interaction constructed dialogically by the participants when referring to different moments of the labeling process. The results suggest that the social labeling of the participant was still taking place and, within this process, new meanings were elaborated daily by the family in its interactions. Despite resistance to labeling which emerged in defense of macumba (Afro-Brazilian witchcraft) as an alternative label, the family s comprehension about his suffering started to be referred to by the label of depression , in an approximation of psychiatric comprehension. These a posteriori re-elaborations suggest that social actors converse retroactively about social labeling moments, reconstructing meaning at each interaction. Such gradual and dynamic construction points to the importance of conversation in elaborating a self marked by the stigma involved in the label of mentally ill or, alternatively, to the elaboration of new comprehensions based on the acceptance of differences and care / A rotulação social de uma pessoa como doente mental é um processo extremamente complexo e controverso que envolve conhecimentos psiquiátricos e concepções sociais acerca do adoecimento psíquico. A história da captura do fenômeno conhecido como loucura pela Psiquiatria, junto à análise dos modos como atualmente ainda o abarca e o contém, oferecem subsídios ao exercício proposto por esse trabalho de compreensão da natureza relacional e social do fenômeno nomeado doença mental . A Teoria da Rotulação Social considera a doença mental como um rótulo construído historicamente, atribuído à pessoa que apresenta comportamentos desviantes, cujas performances rompem com os padrões vigentes de sociabilidade. Por meio de reflexões psico-sociológicas quanto ao processo de identificação de um desvio como doença mental , esta pesquisa propõe a análise dos modos como o entorno familiar negocia conversacionalmente sentidos frente aos rompimentos de normas sociais e sua posterior rotulação como doença mental . A Teoria da Rotulação Social e a Análise de Conversação oferecem ferramentas teórico-metodológicas para uma abordagem da conversação cotidiana no âmbito da família que atenta para os modos como momentos importantes do processo de rotulação social são tratados conversacionalmente. Foram realizadas entrevistas e encontros livres com a família de uma pessoa que havia iniciado há pouco tempo o processo de rotulação social como doente mental . A análise destacou os etnométodos utilizados pela família, atentando para os diferentes padrões interacionais construídos dialogicamente pelos participantes da pesquisa quando se referiam aos momentos vividos no processo de rotulação. Os resultados da pesquisa sugeriram que a rotulação social do participante ainda estava em andamento, e, neste processo, a cada dia, novas construções de sentido iam sendo elaboradas pela família em suas interações. Apesar de resistências à rotulação aparecerem com a defesa da macumba como rótulo alternativo, processos de patologização de seu sofrimento começaram a ser engendrados a partir de sua aproximação com o rótulo de depressão . Essas re-elaborações realizadas a posteriori permitiram sugerir que os atores sociais discorrem retroativamente em suas conversações sobre os momentos da rotulação social, reconstruindo-os a cada interação. Tal construção, paulatina e dinâmica, aponta para a importância da conversação para a elaboração de um self marcado pelo estigma envolvido com o rótulo de doente mental ou, alternativamente, para a elaboração de novas compreensões baseadas na aceitação da diferença e no cuidado

RODRIGUES , Dayane Silva. Sentidos sobre saúde-doença mental: uma interlocução com usuários que participam de um grupo terapêutico do CAPS. 2011. 109 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Psicologia) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Psicologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Fortaleza-CE, 2011. / Submitted by moises gomes (celtinha_malvado@hotmail.com) on 2012-01-05T13:50:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_dis_DSRodrigues.PDF: 867477 bytes, checksum: 2b8f5120e3eb9c9ad8c3dc4a503c8bb4 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2012-03-08T13:27:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_dis_DSRodrigues.PDF: 867477 bytes, checksum: 2b8f5120e3eb9c9ad8c3dc4a503c8bb4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-08T13:27:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_dis_DSRodrigues.PDF: 867477 bytes, checksum: 2b8f5120e3eb9c9ad8c3dc4a503c8bb4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-15 / This paper aimed to analyze the constructed meanings of health-mental illness participating in a therapeutic group of CAPS and its implications to the process of institutionalization of madness. To do so, was referenced in the contributions of Public Health, regarding the social production of health-disease process and also on the theoretical contributions of the field of Mental Health on the proposal of de-institutionalization of madness in the daily practice of care and attention to users. In addition to these bases, the study also has the frame of the Cultural-Historical Theory of Mind, with regard to their elaborations around the theme of the senses. Methodologically, the research was configured as a qualitative research. The study was conducted at the General CAPS II, Fortaleza-Ce, through contact with an institution of the therapy groups, the group of human flourishing. Contact with this group began in July 2010, primarily through the methodology of participant observation, in order to understand the mode of operation of the proposed therapy. Subsequently, we performed an Individual Semi-Structured Interview with one of the participants. Finally, a questionnaire was written in twelve people in the group, which also participated in a Culture Circle on the subject of this research. Material from these methodologies was recorded by audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. As a result of this proposed analysis, three themes were categorized that stood out the speech of the participants, namely: the concept of madness and mental health-disease process, the stories and "stories" that explain the stock-suffering and production mental health, the construction of meanings and deinstitutionalization. The findings of this survey indicate that the madness and the health-mental illness find themselves immersed in a framework of great scientific uncertainty, which generates many possible meanings around the issue. The meanings of health and mental illness produced with participants circulated around opposing adjectives that indicated the presence of a remarkable notion of mental health as something unattainable, because it signifies the absence of disease. Since mental illness was perceived as a misfit, error, imbalance and accumulation of problems. On the other hand, participants also highlighted the existence of different modes of being and existence in the world as marks of singularities, which are often diagnosed as insane. They pointed out the need to trim live with these differences and their grieving process. As a result of the study, it is pointed towards the category as an essential tool to be valued and worked in the proposed institutionalization of madness in everyday mental health services. / Esta dissertação objetivou analisar os sentidos construídos sobre saúde-doença mental por participantes de um grupo terapêutico do CAPS e suas implicações ao processo de desinstitucionalização da loucura. Para tanto, esteve referenciada nos aportes da Saúde Coletiva, no tocante a produção social do processo saúde-doença e ainda nas contribuições teóricas do campo da Saúde Mental sobre a proposta de desinstitucionalização da loucura no cotidiano das práticas de cuidado e atenção aos usuários. Além dessas bases, o estudo conta também com o referencial da Teoria Histórico-Cultural da Mente, no que se refere às suas elaborações em torno da temática dos sentidos. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa se configurou como uma investigação de caráter qualitativo. A pesquisa foi realizado no CAPS Geral da SER II de Fortaleza, por meio do contato com um dos grupos terapêuticos dessa instituição, o Grupo de Florescimento Humano. O contato com esse grupo iniciou-se em julho de 2010, primeiramente, por meio da metodologia da Observação Participante, com intuito de conhecer o modo de funcionamento dessa proposta terapêutica. Posteriormente, foi realizada uma Entrevista Individual Semi-Estruturada com uma das participantes. Por fim, foi aplicado um questionário escrito com doze pessoas do grupo, as quais também participaram de um Círculo de Cultura sobre o tema desta pesquisa. O material oriundo desses procedimentos foi registrado com o auxílio de um gravador de voz, em seguida, foi transcrito e analisado com base na metodologia da Análise Temática. Como resultado de tal proposta de análise, foram categorizados três temas que mais se destacaram do discurso dos participantes, quais sejam: a conceituação da loucura e do processo saúde-doença mental; as histórias e “estórias” que explicam as existências-sofrimento e a produção da saúde mental; a construção de sentidos e desinstitucionalização. Os achados desta pesquisa apontam que a loucura e o processo saúde-doença mental encontram-se imersos em um quadro de grande indefinição científica, que gera muitas possibilidades de significações em torno da questão. Os sentidos de saúde e doença mental produzidos com os participantes circularam em torno de adjetivos antagônicos que indicaram a presença marcante de uma noção de saúde mental como algo inalcançável, por significar a ausência de doenças. Já a doença mental foi percebida como desajuste, erro, desequilíbrio e acúmulo de problemas. Por outro lado, os participantes também destacaram a existência de diferentes modos de ser e existir no mundo como marcas de singularidades, que, frequentemente são diagnosticadas como loucura. Eles apontaram apara a necessidade de convivência com essas diferenças e com seu processo de sofrimento. Como mais um resultado do estudo, foi discutida a importância da categoria sentido, como ferramenta essencial a ser valorizada e trabalhada na proposta de desinstitucionalização da loucura no cotidiano dos serviços de saúde mental.

<p>This dissertation, broadly, examines how power dynamics manifest during clinical interactions related to vague and gendered medical symptoms, such as pelvic pain. To examine this issue, I approach my research questions through multiple methods including a critical discourse analysis of the medical discourse on pelvic pain, a survey experiment administered to healthcare workers in the US, and a narrative analysis of pelvic pain patient experiences. While the focus of this research is on pelvic pain, the analyses presented here reach far beyond ideas of power dynamics and pelvic pain. Rather, the findings from this research speak to theoretical discussions medical sociologists have been having for decades. Specifically, findings provide new insight on: 1) the limits of evidence-based medicine as a biomedical paradigm, 2) how fundamental causes of health inequality intersect with each other as well as other factors, such as gender, important in predicting health outcomes and 3) how discussions of metamechanisms in fundamental cause theory can inform our understanding of the accumulation of cultural health capital. In providing such insight, this dissertation uses the case of pelvic pain to integrate multiple perspectives and theories in medical sociology to drive the field forward in a way that acknowledges the many ways power is simultaneously constituted in the clinical interaction. From the role of gender, race, and class in power relations, to the ways medical knowledge, discourse, and authority dictate the clinical interaction, this research covers a wide range of sociological theories and concepts. In doing so, this dissertation sheds new light on current understandings of power in the clinical interaction and its relationship to inequitable health outcomes in the US.</p>

This research was stimulated by an indication that members of the Africa Gospel Church do not utilise professional health care services optimally, probably due to religious reasons. This may also be the result of registered nurses&#8217; inability to render culture congruent care. To render culture congruent care, nurses require knowledge of the belief system and the health seeking behaviours of the church members. The qualitative research investigated the religious beliefs and health seeking behaviours of members of the Africa Gospel Church in Francistown, Botswana. An exploratory ethnonursing research method was applied. Semi-structured interviews were held with two purposively selected samples. Qualitative data analysis was done using computer software to reduce data and interpret the research results. The study indicated that members utilise the Church structure for health care purposes and seek health care mainly from priests and prophets. / Advanced Nursing Sciences / M.A. (Nursing Science)

Dans la perspective de faire disparaître la dichotomie existant entre la santé et la maladie, le concept « santé-dans-la-maladie » (health-within-illness) est apparu dans les écrits infirmiers pour étudier la santé chez les personnes vivant avec une maladie chronique. Or, la recherche sur ce phénomène s’est surtout centrée sur l’expérience de santé (wellness) occultant celle de la maladie (illness). À l’heure actuelle, peu d’études ont été réalisées pour comprendre la coexistence de l’expérience de santé (wellness) et celle de maladie (illness) impliquée dans la réalité quotidienne des personnes vivant avec une maladie chronique. De plus, aucune d’entre elles ne s’est adressée à une clientèle vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique. Ainsi, cette étude avait pour but de décrire et de comprendre l’expérience de la sclérodermie systémique et celle de santé-dans-la-maladie dans le contexte d’adultes vivant avec cette maladie chronique. La perspective disciplinaire de la chercheure, en l’occurrence la philosophie du caring humain de Watson (1979, 1988, 1999, 2006, 2008), a soutenu le processus de recherche. En cohérence avec cette auteure, la méthode qualitative de type phénoménologique existentielle herméneutique élaborée par van Manen (1984, 1997, 2002) a été choisie pour encadrer ce processus. La collecte des données repose principalement sur l’expérience d’adultes québécois vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique, recueillie au moyen de 34 entretiens en profondeur réalisés auprès de 17 participants (14 femmes et trois hommes). Les résultats ont permis d’identifier quatre thèmes pour décrire d’une part, l’essence de l’expérience de la sclérodermie systémique, soit : (a) la souffrance interminable d’un corps malade; (b) la dysharmonie intérieure et relationnelle du soi; (c) le processus d’accommodation et (d) l’heuristique d’accommodation. D’autre part, les deux thèmes suivants ont émergé pour exposer l’essence de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie: (a) la prise de pouvoir d’un nouveau soi et (b) l’harmonie avec l’existence. Un travail de mise en relation de ces deux essences a été effectué afin de développer une conceptualisation de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie dans le contexte d’adultes québécois vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique. Ainsi, elle se conçoit comme « une dialectique dans laquelle le nouveau soi mobilise son pouvoir pour vivre en harmonie avec l’existence et pour s’accommoder à la souffrance interminable, où une dysharmonie intérieure et relationnelle est vécue dans le corps malade ». Les résultats de cette étude permettent de mieux comprendre la souffrance vécue par les personnes ayant la sclérodermie systémique de même que le processus et les stratégies d’accommodation à cette souffrance. Ils mettent également en évidence les moyens utilisés pour exercer un nouveau pouvoir sur leur vie et pour vivre en harmonie dans tous les aspects de leur existence. Enfin, la dialectique de santé-dans-la-maladie proposée dans cette étude souligne le caractère dynamique, continu et subjectif du processus d’intégration impliquant les expériences indissociables de la santé (wellness) et de la maladie (illness). Cette nouvelle conceptualisation de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie, pouvant contribuer au renouvellement des pratiques de soins, suggère également une manière inédite d’exister lorsque la maladie chronique survient, soit celle d’ « être ni en santé, ni malade ». / With a view towards eliminating the existing dichotomy between illness and health, the concept of health-within-illness appeared in nursing research on health in persons living with chronic disease. Presently, research on this phenomenon is mainly centred on the experience of wellness not revealing that of illness. At the same time, few studies have been aimed at understanding the coexistence of the experience of wellness and illness involved in the daily lives of persons with chronic disease. Furthermore, none have addressed a population living with systemic sclerosis. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to describe and understand the experience of systemic sclerosis as well as that of heath-within-illness in adults living with this chronic disease. The disciplinary perspective of the researcher, in this case, Watson’s human caring philosophy (1979, 1988, 2006, 2008), supported the research process. In accordance with this author, van Manen’s (1984, 1987, 2002) hermeneutic existential phenomenological method was chosen as the basis of the research process. Data was mainly collected from the experience of adult Quebeckers living with systemic sclerosis, through 34 in-depth interviews with 17 participants (14 women and three men). The results allowed the identification of four themes that describe, on the one hand, the essence of the experience of systemic sclerosis, that is: (a) endless suffering of a diseased body; (b) the inner and relational disharmony of the self; (c) the process of adjustment and (d) adjustment heuristics. On the other hand, the following two themes emerged showing the essence of the experience of health-within-illness: (a) empowerment of a new self and (b) harmony with life. The two essences were interrelated in order to develop a conceptualisation of the experience of health-within-illness in adult Quebeckers living with systemic sclerosis. Thus, it is conceived as a “dialectic in which the new self shifts his or her power to live in harmony with life and to adjust to endless suffering while being in a diseased body that experiences inner and relational disharmony.” The results of this study allow a better understanding of the suffering experienced by persons with systemic sclerosis as well as of the process and strategies conceived to adjust to this suffering. They also highlight the means used to exert a new power on their lives and live in harmony with every aspect of their existence. Finally, the dialectic of health-within-illness that emerged from this study underlines the dynamic, continuous, and subjective character of the integrative process involving the inseparable experiences of wellness and illness. This new conceptualisation of the experience of health-within-illness, that can contribute to a renewal of health care practice, also suggests a novel way of living with chronic disease, that of “being neither in health nor in illness”.

Dans la perspective de faire disparaître la dichotomie existant entre la santé et la maladie, le concept « santé-dans-la-maladie » (health-within-illness) est apparu dans les écrits infirmiers pour étudier la santé chez les personnes vivant avec une maladie chronique. Or, la recherche sur ce phénomène s’est surtout centrée sur l’expérience de santé (wellness) occultant celle de la maladie (illness). À l’heure actuelle, peu d’études ont été réalisées pour comprendre la coexistence de l’expérience de santé (wellness) et celle de maladie (illness) impliquée dans la réalité quotidienne des personnes vivant avec une maladie chronique. De plus, aucune d’entre elles ne s’est adressée à une clientèle vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique. Ainsi, cette étude avait pour but de décrire et de comprendre l’expérience de la sclérodermie systémique et celle de santé-dans-la-maladie dans le contexte d’adultes vivant avec cette maladie chronique. La perspective disciplinaire de la chercheure, en l’occurrence la philosophie du caring humain de Watson (1979, 1988, 1999, 2006, 2008), a soutenu le processus de recherche. En cohérence avec cette auteure, la méthode qualitative de type phénoménologique existentielle herméneutique élaborée par van Manen (1984, 1997, 2002) a été choisie pour encadrer ce processus. La collecte des données repose principalement sur l’expérience d’adultes québécois vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique, recueillie au moyen de 34 entretiens en profondeur réalisés auprès de 17 participants (14 femmes et trois hommes). Les résultats ont permis d’identifier quatre thèmes pour décrire d’une part, l’essence de l’expérience de la sclérodermie systémique, soit : (a) la souffrance interminable d’un corps malade; (b) la dysharmonie intérieure et relationnelle du soi; (c) le processus d’accommodation et (d) l’heuristique d’accommodation. D’autre part, les deux thèmes suivants ont émergé pour exposer l’essence de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie: (a) la prise de pouvoir d’un nouveau soi et (b) l’harmonie avec l’existence. Un travail de mise en relation de ces deux essences a été effectué afin de développer une conceptualisation de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie dans le contexte d’adultes québécois vivant avec la sclérodermie systémique. Ainsi, elle se conçoit comme « une dialectique dans laquelle le nouveau soi mobilise son pouvoir pour vivre en harmonie avec l’existence et pour s’accommoder à la souffrance interminable, où une dysharmonie intérieure et relationnelle est vécue dans le corps malade ». Les résultats de cette étude permettent de mieux comprendre la souffrance vécue par les personnes ayant la sclérodermie systémique de même que le processus et les stratégies d’accommodation à cette souffrance. Ils mettent également en évidence les moyens utilisés pour exercer un nouveau pouvoir sur leur vie et pour vivre en harmonie dans tous les aspects de leur existence. Enfin, la dialectique de santé-dans-la-maladie proposée dans cette étude souligne le caractère dynamique, continu et subjectif du processus d’intégration impliquant les expériences indissociables de la santé (wellness) et de la maladie (illness). Cette nouvelle conceptualisation de l’expérience de santé-dans-la-maladie, pouvant contribuer au renouvellement des pratiques de soins, suggère également une manière inédite d’exister lorsque la maladie chronique survient, soit celle d’ « être ni en santé, ni malade ». / With a view towards eliminating the existing dichotomy between illness and health, the concept of health-within-illness appeared in nursing research on health in persons living with chronic disease. Presently, research on this phenomenon is mainly centred on the experience of wellness not revealing that of illness. At the same time, few studies have been aimed at understanding the coexistence of the experience of wellness and illness involved in the daily lives of persons with chronic disease. Furthermore, none have addressed a population living with systemic sclerosis. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to describe and understand the experience of systemic sclerosis as well as that of heath-within-illness in adults living with this chronic disease. The disciplinary perspective of the researcher, in this case, Watson’s human caring philosophy (1979, 1988, 2006, 2008), supported the research process. In accordance with this author, van Manen’s (1984, 1987, 2002) hermeneutic existential phenomenological method was chosen as the basis of the research process. Data was mainly collected from the experience of adult Quebeckers living with systemic sclerosis, through 34 in-depth interviews with 17 participants (14 women and three men). The results allowed the identification of four themes that describe, on the one hand, the essence of the experience of systemic sclerosis, that is: (a) endless suffering of a diseased body; (b) the inner and relational disharmony of the self; (c) the process of adjustment and (d) adjustment heuristics. On the other hand, the following two themes emerged showing the essence of the experience of health-within-illness: (a) empowerment of a new self and (b) harmony with life. The two essences were interrelated in order to develop a conceptualisation of the experience of health-within-illness in adult Quebeckers living with systemic sclerosis. Thus, it is conceived as a “dialectic in which the new self shifts his or her power to live in harmony with life and to adjust to endless suffering while being in a diseased body that experiences inner and relational disharmony.” The results of this study allow a better understanding of the suffering experienced by persons with systemic sclerosis as well as of the process and strategies conceived to adjust to this suffering. They also highlight the means used to exert a new power on their lives and live in harmony with every aspect of their existence. Finally, the dialectic of health-within-illness that emerged from this study underlines the dynamic, continuous, and subjective character of the integrative process involving the inseparable experiences of wellness and illness. This new conceptualisation of the experience of health-within-illness, that can contribute to a renewal of health care practice, also suggests a novel way of living with chronic disease, that of “being neither in health nor in illness”.

This research was stimulated by an indication that members of the Africa Gospel Church do not utilise professional health care services optimally, probably due to religious reasons. This may also be the result of registered nurses&#8217; inability to render culture congruent care. To render culture congruent care, nurses require knowledge of the belief system and the health seeking behaviours of the church members. The qualitative research investigated the religious beliefs and health seeking behaviours of members of the Africa Gospel Church in Francistown, Botswana. An exploratory ethnonursing research method was applied. Semi-structured interviews were held with two purposively selected samples. Qualitative data analysis was done using computer software to reduce data and interpret the research results. The study indicated that members utilise the Church structure for health care purposes and seek health care mainly from priests and prophets. / Advanced Nursing Sciences / M.A. (Nursing Science)

This thesis deals with the health and quality of life of elementary school teachers. The aim of this thesis is to provide informations on selected aspects of the health and quality of life of teachers. The thesis is divided into theoretical part and research part. For the collection of data of research part was used the questionnaire method. The questionnaire verifies assumptions that have been drawn up on the basis of practical experience from the teacher's work. Some assumptions have been confirmed, others have not. At the end of the research, suggestions for a practice responding to the survey results are presented. The results of this thesis may serve as inspiration or initial evidence for deeper exploration of the phenomena of teaching practice. keywords: teacher, health, quality of life, drinking regime, school noise, teacher stress, teacher illness, teacher position in society, burnout syndrome, communication with parents