Representações sociais sobre o trabalho em tempos de pandemia de Covid-19: implicações para a saúde dos trabalhadores do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

• Ano de defesa: 2024
• Autor(a) principal: Caldas, Danielle Leal
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Brasil; Psicologia Social; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Representações sociais - Covid-19; Trabalhadores da saúde - Covid-19; Profissionais de saúde; Social representations; Work; Professionals of health; Representaciones sociales; Trabajo; Profesionales de salud; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/36627

This work aims to understand social representations about the work to confronting covid-19 pandemic to professionals of health from Rio Grande do Norte and its implications to the health of workers. It consists of two studies based on a multicenter study realized in Northeast region. The first one is a descriptive and transversal study, in a comprehensive type, with sample by convenience, and it used eight in-depth individual interviews with a semi-structured route. Results showed that “death, fear, suffering, precarious working, and sickness” are significances showed on workers social representations. Social representations of work during pandemic have as base the category of significance related to the war, becoming workers as “soldiers” in the front. This aspect is different from ideological imagery from Media that brings to the workers status of heroes. The second is a descriptive study with data collection, with a proportional stratified sample, in a quantitative approach, with categorical variables and transversal design. It uses a questionnaire with 26 questions, self-applicable in a remote and in-person ways. It investigates health and security conditions of the workers during confronting covid-19 pandemic. This study has the participation of 88 workers from Sistema Único de Saúde. Results showed 19.3% of participants said they feel sickness; 65.7% of workers showed mental sickness, sleeplessness or tiredness; around 50% had self-medication during pandemic time; 39.8% said the work of confront pandemic had often affected their familiar and social relationships; 51% had not any training and to 49% that had training, 38.6% said it brought few contributions to the practice.