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- Title
Health risk factors for community health agents in Vila Esperança in São Luís, Maranhão.
- Authors
Fonseca Coelho Galvão, Ana Patrícia; Freitas Carvalho Branco, Maria dos Remedios; Viana Silva, Silvia Cristina; de Lima Sardinha, Ana Hélia; Arruda Aragão, Francisca Bruna; Ribeiro Rodrigues, Zulimar Mãrita
- Abstract
Introduction: Factors linked to working conditions bring significant repercussions, every day, changing scenarios and the very dynamics of the community, affecting health. Objective: To analyze the risk factors associated with the health of Community Health Agents (CHA) of the Family Health Strategy of Vila Esperança in the municipality of São Luís-MA. Method: This is a descriptive and analytical study, linked to the project entitled "Vulnerabilities in the Access to Health Services of the Vila Esperança Sanitary District São Luís-MA" of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA). The EPI-INFO 2008 and STATA® software was used, and was approved by the Consubstantiated Opinion No. 2013.02.17.89-83 and CAAE No. 35845414.3.0000.5086. Results: Sixty CHWs participated, and there was an association between signs and symptoms of occupational disease with risk conditions during the activities developed at work. Conclusion: The data found should not be generalized, since each territory has specific ways of life and work.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL diseases; PUBLIC health; WORK environment; COMPUTER software; DATA analysis
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 71, p9074
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article