RESUMO
Research was carried out in Osasco, Greater São Paulo, to know the main health problems perceived by metalworkers' at their workplace and the need actions to prevent it or minimize them. With this objective in mind, 452 workers were interviewed at a metallurgic industry by means of a questionnaire in which they were asked first to mention five health problems perceived at the workplace, and then to select the most important one. They were also asked what they thought managers, supervisors and workers could do to avoid or minimize the main risk each worker had selected. According to their answer, although the chemical risk was the most frequently mentioned, the suggestions to actions to be implemented by supervisors and managers were related to psycho-social factors, that is, human problems of administration and organizational behavior.
Assuntos
Atitude Frente a Saúde , Saúde Ambiental , Metalurgia , Avaliação das Necessidades/organização & administração , Doenças Profissionais/etiologia , Doenças Profissionais/prevenção & controle , Saúde Ocupacional , Medição de Risco/organização & administração , Local de Trabalho , Adolescente , Adulto , Brasil , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
The responsibilities, competencies and subcompetencies of the Health Education Specialists of the State Health Department of S. Paulo are assessed in this study with a view to verifying the agreement, or otherwise, between the proposals for the technical activity of these health professionals in Brazil and in the United States. With this end in view the document entitled "A Framework for the Development of Competency-based Curricula for Entry--level Health Education" was utilized as the basis for the questions included in the questionnaires submitted to health educators. The results describe the degree of importance attributed to the technical responsibilities and the frequency with which these are performed in the service network of the State Health Department of S. Paulo, Brazil.