Educação em saúde do trabalhador: uma estratégia para vigilância do trabalho na saúde

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Workers’ health is a global concern that requires an integrated approach. OBJECTIVE: To analyze work in the Unified Health System (SUS) from the perspective of participants in a formative process in surveillance of the Workers health. METHODOLOGY: Qualitative research with documentary analysis of the experience of a Surveillance of the Workers Health course. Were examined course reports, transcripts and recordings of eight workshops, also the participants’ intervention projects. The webQDA software supported the analysis, and Meaning Interpretation Method was adopted for data analyzis. RESULTS: Among 53 participants, 46 were women and 7 were men. Community Health Workers and Nursing Technicians were 24.53% each, while Nurses composed 16.98%. From the data analysis process, four thematic categories emerged: meanings of work; the work process in health; job insecurity; and intervention strategies, all subdivided into subcategories. It is clear that the challenges faced by the participants are linked to the micropolitics and macroprocess of health work. Proposed strategies focus on the microcosm of work, directed at the local level where professionals have influence. The surveillance of the workers health aims to analyze working conditions and requires specific strategies to deal with the challenges, considering physical and psychosocial aspects. Strategies include robust monitoring systems, worker education, and policies to improve working conditions. CONCLUSION: The study reveals the complexity of work in the health sector, emphasinzingg the social relevance of professionals, but also the challenges faced on a daily in workers’ health. The precariousness of work in health, with inadequate conditions and loss of rights, highlights the urgency of actions to strengthen and value these professionals