Trabalho e saúde: a perspectiva dos agentes de combate a endemias de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand the perception of the Endemic Diseases Combat Agents about their work context, mainly focusing the relationship between work and health, within the Municipal Health Department of Belo Horizonte. This is a qualitative study, under the theoretical contribution of the Work Clinics, with emphasis on Psychosociology and Clinic of Activity. The methodological procedures were bibliographic search, document analysis and focus group. The analysis of the data was based on the Bardins content analysis (1977). The study showed that the professionals realize that the zoonosis service is not effectively integrated in health units. This not-belonging is one of the causes of the precarious working conditions, the feeling of invisibility and the symbolic and concrete marginalization reported by the professionals. The Endemic Diseases Combat Agents recognize the risks to which they are exposed, highlighting the various forms of violence and lack of adequate equipment. Given the organization of the work, they use strategies of resistance and build creative alternatives in order to defend the good work and for preservation of health at work.