A percepção dos gestores públicos municipais sobre as práticas de prevenção às patologias no ambiente de trabalho

Abstract

This article presents the municipal public health managers perception about prevention practicing for diseases caused in the health team work environment. To understand this perception, prevention mechanisms already adopted by the health sectors of the research towns were identified and what challenges they had to face to implement health activities. The study was realized through a qualitative research in descriptive explorer nature, using a semi-structured interview, containing six relevant issues to the research objectives. The data analysis was done by the thematic analysis. The presented results showed the participants are aware that the health workers performance in the work environment may lead to some kind of illness or the health professionals loss, but there is no specific policy that addresses such subject and prioritize it as a main action in the municipal health authorities administrative activities. Thus, there is the necessity to expand the know ledges and the experiences related to the conduct of health managers, leading them to broaden their action horizons, showing the health and illness process as a whole, focusing special attention not only for service user, but for these actions main effectors, the health team workers.