Perfil sócio-demográfico e epidemiológico dos trabalhadores da atenção básica à saúde nas regiões Sul e Nordeste do Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Tomasi, Elaine
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Facchini, Luiz Augusto, Piccini, Roberto Xavier, Thumé, Elaine, Silveira, Denise Silva da, Siqueira, Fernando Vinholes, Rodrigues, Maria Aparecida, Paniz, Vera Vieira, Teixeira, Vanessa Andina
• 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/3570
• topic: Atenção Básica à Saúde; Saúde da Família; Saúde do Trabalhador; Condições de Trabalho

In order to describe the profile of primary health care teams in 41 municipalities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants each, a total of 4,749 health workers in two States from the South (1,730) and five from the Northeast (3,019) of Brazil were included from a sample of traditional primary care units and the Family Health Program (FHP). After providing informed consent, the health workers answered a self-applied questionnaire with demographic, work-related, and their own health-related data. The principal differences between the two models involved the structuring of the teams, with the FHP including more community health agents, more women, more young workers, fewer hired on the basis of formal admissions exams, more with a single job, more precarious employment arrangements, less employment satisfaction, less time on the job, larger workloads, greater specialization in the area, and better pay. The FHP also showed worse self-perceived health and more medical appointments. Management efforts are needed to support these workers, who form the basis of the health system and are key protagonists in the development and consolidation of primary care.