Trabalho e cárcere: um estudo com agentes penitenciários da Região Metropolitana de Salvador, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Rita de Cássia Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2002
• Outros Autores: Silvany Neto, Annibal Muniz, Sena, Gildélia de Miranda, Leal, Alexandre dos Santos, Carneiro, Carina Amorim Pouillard, Costa, Fernanda Pita Mendes da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1770
• topic: Prisões; Saúde Ocupacional; Saúde Mental; Estudos Tranversais; Psicopatologia

A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify possible associations between working conditions and health among correctional officers in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The study used a stratified proportional random sample of 311 individuals who answered a non-identifiable self-applied questionnaire. The following results were obtained by logistic regression: (a) psychologically inadequate workplace, insufficient basic work conditions, no leisure time, lack of sports practice, ³nine years working in the prison system, excessive work hours, ³48 hours work/week, and inadequate organizational conditions at work were associated with minor psychological disorders; (b) lack of specific training, female gender, ³48 hours work/week, psychologically inadequate workplace, no leisure time, and lack of sports practice were associated with persistent stress, (c) age ³45 years, ³nine years working in the prison system, excessive work hours, lack of sports practice, inadequate basic and organizational work conditions, and minor psychological disorders were associated with health complaints.