Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Mining / Inhaling excessive amounts of respirable coal dust will lead to work-related lung disease commonly known as Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP) or black lung. Prevention and control of CWP requires accurate knowledge of the dose-response relationship to set-up and review occupational exposure limits (OELs), which do not exist in SA. Due to historical reasons, poor emphasis of occupational health on the mines resulted in inadequate exposure data in SA. The new Mine Health and Safety Act (1996) overcame the deficiencies of the past and require quantifying the dust exposure and efficiency of dust control measures, and continuous risk assessments for dust exposure. The current method of exposure assessment is expressed using an Air Quality Index (AQI) which is the ratio of the measured dust level and OEL of coal dust. The difficulties with the usage of AQI are poor descriptions of dust problem areas and its magnitude, poor quality of the data leading to “no dust problem situation” and failure to extract information on ‘dose in milligram’ to relate them to the disease rate. Gravimetric size-selective dust sampling was introduced for the first time in 1990 in SA. Due to the lack of critically important coal dust exposure data available, this thesis has set out to examine several critical exposure related parameters and determine dust levels underground. This research study had the objective of the development of a pragmatic diagnostic tool (method) called the Dust Exposure Level Index (DELI) to evaluate the exposure of workers. The DELI incorporates a set of controllable parameters and influential areas and prioritises them to manage and reduce the worker exposure. The DELI model was to provide critical information as an index, i.e., to show whether the environment is dusty, border line or relatively free of dust and effectiveness of administrative and engineering dust control measures. The research work in this thesis has led to very explicit conclusions, which were based on extensive dust measurements in various coal mines over a five year period. Conclusions obtained for the various sets of controllable parameters used in the DELI model are as follows: 1. A previous analysis of the dust data during 1990 indicated that the dust levels have increased with mechanisation. The contamination of coal dust samples due to stone dusting can result in high dust levels giving a “false” indication of the efficiencies of the dust-control systems. 2. The dust exposure levels during coal cutting indicated that a worker positioned inside the cabin of a CM during the cutting of a 24 m coal block is at a higher dust exposure risk than the worker when cutting a 12 m coal block. Also, the miner who is operating in a heading is exposed to higher dust exposure risk than in a split. 3. The analyses of measured real-time dust data showed a clear relationship between the average dust levels and the frequency of occurrence of “peak” dust levels. The study demonstrated a clear method of using real-time dust data for assessing exposure. 4. The average measured section intake dust level was 0.80 mg/m3 and 60 % of the collected data exceeded the 0.5 mg/m3 limit indicating that this is a base dust level to which the worker is exposed without carrying out any additional work in the section. 5. The average measured section return dust level was greater than 2.0 mg/m3 indicating the high exposure levels of workers, and ineffectiveness of the ventilation and dustcontrol systems. 6. The results of this research study indicated that there is no conclusive relationship between the rate of coal production and respirable dust levels. Also, the type of dust control system used has pronounced effect on dust levels in the sections. The capture efficiency of any dust control system is not one hundred percent at any given time. During any cutting process for a given time and dust control type, part of the escaped respirable dust is added to the coal face atmosphere through air re-circulation. Therefore, respirable dust levels can be expected to increase with time during the shift, even at constant production levels. 7. A limited number of particle size analyses have indicated that there is no clear relationship between the dust concentration in mg/m3 and total surface area (m2) of the respirable dust sample. 8. For the first time, a clear delineation of coal types (semi-bituminous and semianthracite) that possess the most inherent respirable dust generation potential (IRDGP) was possible (p = 0.000). Also, there was no conclusive relationship (p = 0.373) between different semi-bituminous coal seams (1, 2, 4 and 5) and IRDGP. 9. The laboratory roll-crusher test results of South African coal types indicated that average inherent silica for the test coals was 3.54 %. The DELI model took into account, the merits of personal exposure data in exposure assessment, but the limitations and quality of data one obtains in the South African situation overweighed use of the fixed-point sampling. The “limits of acceptability” used in DELI are based upon acceptable guidelines prescribed by the authorities such as National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), South African Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs (DME) and latest information on epidemiological studies. The DELI model gives the visual “colour” coding and descriptive categories for easy interpretation and understanding of exposed dust level to uneducated workforce. This type of DELI index representation gives a clear and concise picture of the mine or various section dust conditions. The DELI model exposure assessment technique gives accurate feedback because it was based on latest recommended size-selective sampling methods and instrument and vast amount of measured data, which was not previously available. The application of the developed DELI model for exposure assessment and its comparison with AQI were evaluated for coal mine dust data. The study demonstrated that the DELI model is a practical diagnostic tool that gives a fair reflection and information on dust levels and is an exposure assessment tool for the coal mining industry that will assist in reduction of CWP in South Africa.

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil / In the South African employment context, temporary employment service (hereinafter referred as TES), also known as labour broking, is regulated by the Labour Relations Act.1 Under the previous LRA (prior 2014 legislative amendments), employees of TES have been challenged in respect of exercising their labour law rights and that subjected them to exploitation. Such exploitation called for the government of South Africa to effect some amendments on the LRA with a view to protect TES employees. This was done through Labour Relations amendment Act no 06 of 2014, which came into force in August 2014. The relationship in TES involved three parties, such as, client, labour broker and an employee. A labour broker entered into a commercial contract with a client, in terms of which the former would provide employees to the client. An employment contract will then be entered into between labour broker and an employee. The duration of employment contract would mostly be determined by as long as the client requires services of a placed employee. No employment contract was entered into between an employee and the client. This is despite the fact that a client had directly enjoyed services of the employee.

Este estudo procurou investigar como se constituem as práticas da psicologia na interface saúde/trabalho, no contexto do serviço público brasileiro. Procurou-se analisar de que forma os modelos de gestão e as políticas em saúde/trabalho presentes no serviço público influenciam tais práticas. Além disso, buscou-se conhecer as demandas recebidas/produzidas pelo(a)s psicólogo(a)s, assim como as diferentes concepções teóricas que orientam suas práticas. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com quatro psicólogo(a)s que atuam em serviços voltados para a interface saúde/trabalho na Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. Observou-se, entre os principais fatores que determinam as práticas da psicologia na organização, a ausência de uma política em saúde do trabalhador voltada para o servidor municipal, construída por todos os serviços que atuam nessa área. Isso faz com que, no caso pesquisado, as equipes acabem centrando-se em projetos isolados que, na maior parte das vezes, atuam por meio exclusivo de atendimentos individuais ao “servidor-problema”. O(a)s psicólogo(a)s apontaram para o desejo de construírem práticas mais inventivas e voltadas para os coletivos; entretanto, no momento atual, as formas de trabalhar ainda estão longe de constituirem uma proposta em Saúde do Trabalhador. / This study aimed to investigate how the psychologist’s practicies are developed on the health/work interface, specifically in the brazilian public service context. We analysed how the management pattern sand in health/work policies present in the public service influence these practices. Furthermore, the demands received/produced by the psychologists, as well as the different theoretical conceptionsthat guide their practices were explored. We performed semi-structured interviews with four psychologists that act in interface health/work services at the Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. We found, among the main factors that determine the practice of psychology in the organization, the absence of an occupational health policy focused on the municipal employee, built with the participation of all services that work in this area. This means that, in the case studied, the teams end up focusing on individual projects that, in most cases, act through the unique individual assistance for the "employee problem". The psychologists indicated a desire to build the most inventive and practices aimed at the collective; however, at present, ways of working are still far from being a proposal in Work’s Health.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-07-23Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:45:18Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 magagnini_mam_me_botfm.pdf: 799353 bytes, checksum: ab2a1f8d6a820443033187b7b925857d (MD5) / Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Médico e Hospitalar (Famesp) / Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo / O presente estudo teve como objetivos caracterizar os profissionais da equipe de enfermagem que sofreram acidentes com material biológico no período de 2001 a 2006; verificar a ocorrência de soroconversão pelos vírus da hepatite B e C e HIV por meio de exames comprobatórios e compreender o significado dos acidentes de trabalho com material biológico atribuído pelos profissionais. Estudo exploratório e descritivo de caráter retrospectivo, com abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa. No período estudado ocorreram 87 acidentes com material biológico entre os profissionais da equipe de enfermagem. Pela análise quantitativa verificou-se a maior ocorrência de acidentes nos anos de 2003, 2005 e 2006, nas unidades de Clínica médico-Cirúrgica e Pronto Socorro. Ao analisarmos os dados relacionados ao sexo, o feminino, foi o mais acometido, sendo este em maior número na instituição, pela a análise proporcional ao número total de trabalhadores, o masculino destacou-se. Empregando o mesmo cálculo, o enfermeiro foi o que mais se acidentou proporcionalmente ao número de profissionais por categoria. A lesão percutânea predominou nos acidentes, envolvendo o sangue. Em relação aos EPIs a maioria dos profissionais faziam uso no momento da exposição. Ocorreram oito acidentes com pacientes comprovados para hepatite B e C e HIV, após o seguimento desses profissionais não houve soroconversão. Ao indagar esses profissionais sobre o significado dos acidentes, emergiram quatro categorias: situação de risco, percepção de perigo, fatalidade e sentimentos envolvidos após a exposição; que permitiram correlacionar as unidades temáticas ao profissional e a organização de trabalho. Os acidentes constituiram-se em um agravo sério a esses profissionais, e permitiram uma reflexão, por parte destes, no desempenho de suas funções... / This study aimed at characterizing nursing team professionals who had suffered accidents involving biological material in the period ranging from 2001 to 2006; observing the occurrence of serum conversion by the hepatitis-B and hepatitis-C viruses and HIV through confirmatory tests and understanding the meaning of labor accidents involving biological material to such professionals. It is an exploratory, descriptive and retrospective study with a quantitative and qualitative approach. Eighty-seven accidents involving biological material occurred among nursing team professionals in the period. According to quantitative analysis, it was observed that most accidents took place in 2003, 2005 and 2006 at the medical surgery clinic and emergency units. When analyzing sex-related data, it was found that females were mostly affected as there was a larger number of female staff in the institution. The numbers of males affected was distinctive when a proportional analysis on the total numbers of staff was conducted. By using similar calculation procedures, nurses were mostly victimized by accidents proportionally to the number of professionals in each category. Percutaneous lesions predominated in the accidents involving blood. As regards individual protection equipment (IPE), most professionals were using it at the moment of exposure. Eight accidents involving patients with confirmed diagnoses for B and C hepatitis and HIV occurred. Serum conversion was not observed after the professionals’ follow-up. When the professionals were questioned about the meaning of the accidents, four categories emerged: risk situation, perception of danger, fatality and feelings involved after the exposure, which made it possible to correlate the meaning units to the professionals and the work organization. The accidents constituted a serious damage to these professionals and enabled... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Este estudo procurou investigar como se constituem as práticas da psicologia na interface saúde/trabalho, no contexto do serviço público brasileiro. Procurou-se analisar de que forma os modelos de gestão e as políticas em saúde/trabalho presentes no serviço público influenciam tais práticas. Além disso, buscou-se conhecer as demandas recebidas/produzidas pelo(a)s psicólogo(a)s, assim como as diferentes concepções teóricas que orientam suas práticas. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com quatro psicólogo(a)s que atuam em serviços voltados para a interface saúde/trabalho na Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. Observou-se, entre os principais fatores que determinam as práticas da psicologia na organização, a ausência de uma política em saúde do trabalhador voltada para o servidor municipal, construída por todos os serviços que atuam nessa área. Isso faz com que, no caso pesquisado, as equipes acabem centrando-se em projetos isolados que, na maior parte das vezes, atuam por meio exclusivo de atendimentos individuais ao “servidor-problema”. O(a)s psicólogo(a)s apontaram para o desejo de construírem práticas mais inventivas e voltadas para os coletivos; entretanto, no momento atual, as formas de trabalhar ainda estão longe de constituirem uma proposta em Saúde do Trabalhador. / This study aimed to investigate how the psychologist’s practicies are developed on the health/work interface, specifically in the brazilian public service context. We analysed how the management pattern sand in health/work policies present in the public service influence these practices. Furthermore, the demands received/produced by the psychologists, as well as the different theoretical conceptionsthat guide their practices were explored. We performed semi-structured interviews with four psychologists that act in interface health/work services at the Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. We found, among the main factors that determine the practice of psychology in the organization, the absence of an occupational health policy focused on the municipal employee, built with the participation of all services that work in this area. This means that, in the case studied, the teams end up focusing on individual projects that, in most cases, act through the unique individual assistance for the "employee problem". The psychologists indicated a desire to build the most inventive and practices aimed at the collective; however, at present, ways of working are still far from being a proposal in Work’s Health.

Este estudo procurou investigar como se constituem as práticas da psicologia na interface saúde/trabalho, no contexto do serviço público brasileiro. Procurou-se analisar de que forma os modelos de gestão e as políticas em saúde/trabalho presentes no serviço público influenciam tais práticas. Além disso, buscou-se conhecer as demandas recebidas/produzidas pelo(a)s psicólogo(a)s, assim como as diferentes concepções teóricas que orientam suas práticas. Foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com quatro psicólogo(a)s que atuam em serviços voltados para a interface saúde/trabalho na Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. Observou-se, entre os principais fatores que determinam as práticas da psicologia na organização, a ausência de uma política em saúde do trabalhador voltada para o servidor municipal, construída por todos os serviços que atuam nessa área. Isso faz com que, no caso pesquisado, as equipes acabem centrando-se em projetos isolados que, na maior parte das vezes, atuam por meio exclusivo de atendimentos individuais ao “servidor-problema”. O(a)s psicólogo(a)s apontaram para o desejo de construírem práticas mais inventivas e voltadas para os coletivos; entretanto, no momento atual, as formas de trabalhar ainda estão longe de constituirem uma proposta em Saúde do Trabalhador. / This study aimed to investigate how the psychologist’s practicies are developed on the health/work interface, specifically in the brazilian public service context. We analysed how the management pattern sand in health/work policies present in the public service influence these practices. Furthermore, the demands received/produced by the psychologists, as well as the different theoretical conceptionsthat guide their practices were explored. We performed semi-structured interviews with four psychologists that act in interface health/work services at the Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre. We found, among the main factors that determine the practice of psychology in the organization, the absence of an occupational health policy focused on the municipal employee, built with the participation of all services that work in this area. This means that, in the case studied, the teams end up focusing on individual projects that, in most cases, act through the unique individual assistance for the "employee problem". The psychologists indicated a desire to build the most inventive and practices aimed at the collective; however, at present, ways of working are still far from being a proposal in Work’s Health.

Submitted by Eunice Novais (enovais@uepg.br) on 2018-06-12T18:56:04Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) FLAVIA CARVALHO.pdf: 1923971 bytes, checksum: c1e5d7a5f2731b6ee143e447784fb3c8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-12T18:56:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) FLAVIA CARVALHO.pdf: 1923971 bytes, checksum: c1e5d7a5f2731b6ee143e447784fb3c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-05 / O presente estudo elegeu como foco de investigação o Programa de Reabilitação Profissional operacionalizado pelo Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS), na agência da Previdência Social de Maringá. A pesquisa foi ancorada na teoria social crítica marxiana, a partir da qual a análise é problematizada sob a perspectiva da totalidade, considerando o contexto contemporâneo. As seções versam aspectos metodológicos, o sentido ontológico da categoria trabalho, a perspectiva conceitual e histórica sobre a saúde do trabalhador e o programa de reabilitação profissional. A pesquisa empírica foi contemplada, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturada com os: trabalhadores em processo de reabilitação profissional; trabalhadores reabilitados; equipe de trabalho da reabilitação profissional do INSS e; a rede de representantes dos órgãos públicos que atuam na rede de proteção ao trabalhador. Os resultados das análises indicam que: a reabilitação profissional do INSS choca-se com a lógica do capital, por isso a necessária ruptura com perspectivas neoconservadoras presentes na área; o programa de reabilitação somente pode ser tido como alcançado quando resulta na inserção da pessoa em um trabalho que permita sua integração social plena; a vida dos reabilitandos e reabilitados passa a ser dividida entre a época do trabalho e o momento atual de afastamento com possibilidade para um retorno diferenciado ao mercado de trabalho, as vivências destes dois processos são marcadas por sujeição e resignação; no percurso da reabilitação profissional há ensaios pontuais de uma práxis interdisciplinar e intersetorial, as quais são iniciativas fomentadas potencialmente pelos trabalhadores que atuam no nível de execução das políticas públicas. / The present study focused on investigating the Professional Rehabilitation Program operationalized by the Brazilian National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in the Social Security agency located in the city of Maringá. The research was anchored in the Marxist critical social theory from which the analysis is problematized under the perspective of the totality theory taking into account the contemporary context. The research sections deal with the methodology to be applied; the ontological meaning of the ‘work’ category; as well as the conceptual and historical perspectives on the workers’ health and on the Professional Rehabilitation Program. In order to collect data, an empirical research was made throughout semi-structured interviews applied respectively to workers in the process of professional rehabilitation, to rehabilitated workers, to the INSS agency rehabilitation professionals, and to the representatives of public institutions who work in the worker protection network. The analyses point to some conclusions, as follows: the INSS Professional Rehabilitation Program conflicts with the capital logic and, because of that fact, the rupture with neoconservative perspectives is needed; the rehabilitation program could only be considered as achieved when it results in the insured insertion in a job that will allow his or her full social integration; the lives of the worker in process of rehabilitation and of the rehabilitated worker are divided between the time they spent working and their current time of absence from work with the possibility of a differentiated return to the labor market. The experiences of both the worker in process of rehabilitation and of the rehabilitated worker are marked by subjection and resignation. In the course of professional rehabilitation there are accurate trials of an interdisciplinary and intersectoral praxis which constitute initiatives that are potentially fostered by workers who are employed at the implementation of public policies level. Keywords: Work. Professional Rehabilitation. Worker’s health.

Submitted by Maria Medeiros (maria.dilva1@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-08-07T14:45:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JEFFERSON GUSTAVO LOPES DE ALBUQUERQUE -DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGH) 2018.pdf: 1441598 bytes, checksum: 460fc6b28e8e10bf2cbae427aafd1884 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T14:45:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JEFFERSON GUSTAVO LOPES DE ALBUQUERQUE -DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGH) 2018.pdf: 1441598 bytes, checksum: 460fc6b28e8e10bf2cbae427aafd1884 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-21 / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo demonstrar de que maneira a Revolução Russa impactou a sociedade brasileira em dois eixos principais. O primeiro, demonstrar as ressonâncias na classe trabalhadora brasileira, analisando como fora recepcionado a Revolução na mentalidade dos elementos mais conscientes da classe trabalhadora e, também através das entidades de classe: partido, associações, clubes e sindicatos. Nesse contexto, a Revolução Russa convergiu com o momento de intensa luta de classes no Brasil, marcado pelo um movimento de greve geral, contra a carestia de vida, em 1917. Desse modo, verificamos que a Revolução Outubrina influenciou uma parte do movimento operário anarquista e socialista a adotar a estratégia das greves revolucionárias, objetivando a derrubada do capitalismo. Já o segundo aspecto coaduna com o primeiro, uma vez que a intensificação das mobilizações operárias internas e as dezenas de tentativas de revoltas, motins e revoluções que estavam ocorrendo em várias partes do mundo, serviram de alerta para parte das elites brasileiras que começou a defender uma Legislação Trabalhista, visando amparar a classe trabalhadora, mas também objetivando debelar as ideias de revolução social advinda da Rússia. A partir de então, surgir um grande debate na câmara dos deputados sobre adoção ou não de um projeto chamado Código do Trabalho. Aos que defendiam o projeto, usaram da retórica do perigo revolucionário, que era um problema as democracias liberais Europa estavam enfrentando. Em suma, queremos demonstrar ao longo desta dissertação que o aspecto externo que pressionou para aprovação de uma parte do Código do Trabalho foi a revolução que abalou o mundo, emanada na terra dos sovietes. / This dissertation has the objective of demonstrating the ways in which the Russian Revolution had an impact on the brazilian society, with reference to two main aspects. The first, demonstrating its resonance on the brazilian working class, analyzing how the Revolution was received in the mentality of the most conscious elements of the working class, and also through its class entities: parties, associations, clubs and trade unions. In this context, the Russian Revolution converged with a moment of intense class struggle in Brazil, marked by a general strike movement, against high costs, in 1917. We have, thus, established that the October Revolution influenced a part of the anarchist and socialist workers movement on the adoption of the strategy of revolutionary strikes, aimed at overthrowing capitalism. The second aspect relates to the first, since the intensification of the native worker’s mobilizations and the dozens of attempts of rebellion, riots and revolutions which were occurring in various parts of the world, served as an alert for part of the brazilian elite which started to defend a Worker’s Legislation, directed at supporting the workforce, but also aimed at defusing the ideas of social revolution coming from Russia. Since then, a great discussion emerged in the Chamber of Deputies about the adoption or rejection of a project called the Labor Code. On the part of its supporters, the rhetoric of the revolutionary danger was used, and also that this was a problem that the liberal democracies of Europe were faced with too. In short, we wish to argue that the external aspect which pressured the approval of part of the Labor Code was the revolution that shook the world, originated on the land of the soviets.

Bullying at work is a form of violence which consists in prolonged and repeated exposure of workers to offensive and humiliating situations and may be a trigger of psychological distress in many individuals and groups. Literature in the field identifies support groups as an emergent treatment alternative with positive results. This study aimed to qualitatively describe the development of a support group for people who suffered bullying at work in a public university in the South of Brazil. The group was composed of 5 women who took part in 8 meetings during 2014 and 2015. The main results of this intervention provide information about bullying at work, developing new coping strategies and the development of a framework of mutual support among the participants. / O assédio moral no trabalho remete à exposição prolongada e repetitiva de trabalhadores a situações ofensivas, humilhantes e constrangedoras, que podem desencadear intenso sofri­ mento psicológico às vítimas. A literatura identifica os grupos de apoio aos sujeitos assediados moralmente como alternativas de intervenção emergentes e com resultados positivos aos participantes. Dados os casos identificados em uma universidade pública do sul do Brasil, foi realizado um grupo de apoio psicológico e o artigo descreve qualitativamente o desenvolvi­ mento do mesmo. O grupo foi composto por 5 mulheres, que participaram de 8 encontros nos anos 2014 e 2015. Dentre os principais resultados dessa intervenção, destaca-se um maior esclarecimento sobre o assédio moral, elaboração de novas estratégias de enfrenta­ mento e o desenvolvimento de um contexto de apoio mútuo entre as participantes. Palavras-chave: assédio moral, trabalhadores, grupo de apoio, saúde do trabalhador. / El acoso laboral se refiere a la exposición prolongada y repetida de los trabajadores a situa­ ciones ofensivas, humillantes y vergonzosas, y puede desencadenar un intenso sufrimiento psicológico en las víctimas. La literatura identifica a los grupos de apoyo con trabajadores acosados moralmente como alternativas de intervención emergentes con resultados posi­ tivos para los participantes. Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo describir cualitativamente el desarrollo de un grupo de apoyo que ocurrió en una universidad pública en el sur de Brasil. El grupo estaba compuesto por 5 mujeres que participaron en 8 reuniones en los años 2014 y 2015. Los resultados de esta intervención brindan información sobre el acoso laboral, el desarrollo de nuevas estrategias de afrontamiento y el desarrollo de un contexto con apoyo mutuo entre los participantes.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Thayrene Vieira Ferreira - 2016.pdf: 3610910 bytes, checksum: dce67917d30ef353a7e7184e8631a00a (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-20 / The teaching profession is considered by the International Labor Organization (ILO) as one of the most stressful. Research indicates that there is precariousness in the organization, conditions and professional relationships and link this precarization to the illness that affects these professionals. In view of this, this study sought to analyze the use of medications by teachers of the state education network of Rio Verde / GO and associate it with determining factors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study with a qualitative-quantitative approach, which had 289 teachers. The data were analyzed with the support of the software SPSS® 23.0, in order to verify if any variables were associated with the use of medicines, the Chi-square test or the Student t-test was performed. The prevalence of medication use among teachers in the 15-day recall period was 79.2%. 155 active ingredients were used in a total of 538 pharmaceutical specialties. The mean use was 1.86 medication per person (SD 1.87). Of the teachers surveyed, 88.9% of them reported self-medication. The most commonly used drug was dipyrone (8.55%). The most used drugs were nervous system (29.6%), musculoskeletal system (19.5%) and digestive system and metabolism (17.3%). The female gender was associated with the use of drugs, the perception that the medicine poses a risk to health, self-medication, chronic diseases, not interruption of activities due to health problems, medical consultations in the last three months; no other paid activity, excessive workload and consider that work affects health. The precariousness of teachers' work was revealed in this research by the devaluation of the class, by bad remuneration, by the intensification of teaching activity, by violence in schools and by strenuous journeys. Teachers inserted in this context and in the logic of medication, use medicines as a way to alleviate the suffering that the teaching practice has brought to their health. There are many challenges to be overcome in reaching teachers' health, and they involve intervening in the various stressors related to teaching work, and involve better salaries, valorization, social recognition, improvement in the school infrastructure, support of parents, students, School management, and thus in fact, do not allow medicines to occupy the undue place of health symbols, but that really teachers have decent working conditions and quality of life. / A profissão docente é considerada pela Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) como uma das mais estressantes. Pesquisas apontam que há precariedade na organização, nas condições e nas relações profissionais e vinculam essa precarização ao adoecimento que acomete tais profissionais. Diante disso, este estudo buscou analisar o uso de medicamentos por professores da rede estadual de educação de Rio Verde/GO e associá-lo a fatores determinantes. Trata-se de um estudo transversal descritivo e analítico com abordagem qualiquantitativa, que teve como amostra 289 professores. Os dados foram analisados com apoio do software SPSS® 23.0. Para verificar se alguma variável apresentou associação com o uso de medicamentos, foi realizado o teste Qui Quadrado ou o teste t Student. A prevalência de uso de medicamentos entre professores no período recordatório de quinze dias foi de 79,2%. Foram utilizados 155 princípios ativos num total de 538 especialidades farmacêuticas. A média do uso foi de 1,86 medicamento por pessoa (DP 1,87). Dos professores pesquisados, 88,9% deles relataram realizar automedicação. O medicamento mais utilizado foi a dipirona (8,55%). Os medicamentos mais utilizados atuaram no: sistema nervoso (29,6%), no sistema músculoesquelético (19,5%) e no aparelho digestivo e metabolismo (17,3%). Estiveram associados ao uso de medicamentos o gênero feminino, a percepção de que o medicamento oferece risco à saúde, a realização de automedicação, as doenças crônicas, a não interrupção de atividades por problemas de saúde, as consultas médicas nos últimos três meses, o fato de não possuir outra atividade remunerada, a carga de trabalho excessiva e o trabalho afeta a saúde. A precarização do trabalho dos docentes revelou-se nesta pesquisa pela desvalorização da classe, má remuneração, intensificação da atividade docente, violência nas escolas e jornadas extenuantes. Os professores inseridos nesse contexto recorrem aos medicamentos como forma de atenuar o sofrimento que a prática docente vem gerando à saúde desses trabalhadores. São muitos os desafios a serem superados para o alcance da saúde do professor, que consistem em intervir nos diversos estressores relacionados ao trabalho docente e envolvem melhores salários, valorização, reconhecimento social, melhoria na infraestrutura das escolas, apoio dos pais, dos alunos e da gestão escolar. Para que assim, de fato, os medicamentos possam deixar de ser entendidos como sinônimo de saúde e os professores possam ter condições de trabalho dignas e qualidade de vida.