Atividade física no ambiente de trabalho: análise do projeto musculação para servidores da EEFFTO

Abstract

The School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, offers its employees the "Resistance training" project, which aims to promote the health of its practitioners. However, even offering a free project and occurs in the same location where they conduct their work activities, joining the project is still low. The objective of this study was to search through questionnaires, elements which inform or what reasons lead employees not to participate or abandon the project. A questionnaire for the survey was sent via email to all 82 school staff (teachers and administrative technician) was used. The survey achieved a return of 13 questionnaires and indicated that 61.54% of the sample participates and is satisfied with the project, and that 38.46 % of the sample did not participate, and of these, 15.38 % have participated and left the project. It was concluded that the group studied, the reasons that led these officials to non-adherence or abandonment of the project were: discouragement, lack of available time, medical advice and performing other activities outside the work environment, and these factors that affect the time to join or remain in the project. At the end of the research were suggested strategies for improvement of the project, such as: improving the dissemination of the project (e-mails and posters) and the benefits achieved by practitioners, offering diverse activities besides the resistance training, improving infrastructure, increasing the time available project and seek partnerships with other schools of the university