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- Title
HEALTH COMMUNITY AGENTS: SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, WORK CONDITIONS AND HEALTH HABITS.
- Authors
Batista Andrade, Caio César; Campos Paschoalin, Heloisa; Sousa, Ana Inês; Greco, Rosangela Maria; Brandão Santana Almeida, Geovana
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the sociodemographic profile of Community Health Agents. Method: epidemiological study with 400 workers. Data collection occurred at the workplace. The analysis was performed with the SPSS version 22. Results: the majority of the study population was composed of women (91.2%), with a mean age of 46 years; self-declared whites (46.3%), married/common-law married (57.5%), and with complete secondary education (65.3%). A proportion of 43.6% were considered very active, 89.8% consumed alcohol in low levels and 94.3% had very low levels of tobacco dependence. The professionals had begun their work activities before the age of 20 (83.5%), 87.3% had only one job and 87.8% did not work the night shift. Regarding the time working in Primary Health Care, 41% had worked for 11 to 15 years, and 99.3% received hazard pay for unhealthy work conditions. Conclusion: the inclusion of this new professional category in Primary Health Care (PHC) in Brazil implies that these workers deserve increasing attention due to their work in communities, showing a positive impact on the results obtained.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COMMUNITY health workers; COMMUNITY health services; ALCOHOL drinking; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH behavior; MARITAL status; METROPOLITAN areas; PRIMARY health care; PROFESSIONAL employee training; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL conditions; SMOKING; WORK environment; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; CROSS-sectional method; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; WORK experience (Employment); DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 6, p1648
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/1981-8963-v12i6a231047p1648-1656-2018