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- Title
TEACHERS' VOICE: ANALYSES OF BRAZILIAN LAWS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH PROMOTION.
- Authors
Servilha, Emilse Aparecida Merlin; Ferreira, Léslie Piccolotto; Masson, Maria Lúcia Vaz; de Figueiredo Maciel Reinaldi, Micheline Baldini
- Abstract
Purpose: to analyze the Brazilian policies about teacher's vocal health, from the perspective of health promotion. Methods: 61 documents published between 1998 to 2010 were collected and organized according to the categories: terminology, aim, predicted strategies and support to the teacher. The data received a qualitative and quantitative treatment. Results: the terminology used in the documents was program (88,52%), campaign (6,55%) and vocal health policies (4,91%); as for the aims, the most cited was prevention of dysphonia in teachers (83,60%); the privileged strategy to approach the teacher's voice consisted of an annual theoretical-practical course (80,32%)and the teacher's predicted support was the access to speech-pathology therapy and to a physician case of dysphonia (65,57%). Majority of the documents did not indicated any support available to the teachers' vocal health and limited to the treatment of dysphonia, revealing that the teachers' vocal health is not taken as an object of concern of the State. Conclusion: despite their relevance the analyzed documents present a very incipient and superficial content, especially in terms of promoting vocal teachers' care and health. Mostly, except for the occasional vocal health recommendation concerning the rehabilitation of voice disorders, there is no foundation on a comprehensive teachers' vocal health policy. Speech therapists and related professional entities should play an effective role in the elaboration of documents to assist policy makers in the promotion of teachers' health in an objective and extensive way.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HEALTH promotion; VOICE disorders; TEACHER health; LEGAL status of teachers; OCCUPATIONAL diseases; OCCUPATIONAL hazard laws; PREVENTION; LAW
- Publication
Revista CEFAC, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 6, p1888
- ISSN
1516-1846
- Publication type
Article