Institutional conditions and coping strategies of precarious work conditions for occupational therapists in public hospitals
Introduction: Health policy in Brazil since the 1970 preceded several transformations, passing the conquest of the National Health System in 1988 to the implementation of new management models that in the context of neoliberal policy may impair public health services, resulting in losses to public...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/1108/709 |
| Summary: | Introduction: Health policy in Brazil since the 1970 preceded several transformations, passing the conquest
of the National Health System in 1988 to the implementation of new management models that in the context of
neoliberal policy may impair public health services, resulting in losses to public hospitals and their professionals,
including the occupational therapist. Objective: This research aimed to reveal the precariousness of the impacts of
the Brazilian health policy in the professional practice of occupational therapists in public hospitals in Maceió-AL.
Method: This is a qualitative field study, with data collected with semi-structured interview, and analyzed based on
the content analysis technique. Results: The analysis raised two themes: ‘Difficulties in daily work’ and ‘Professional
coping strategies of precarious work conditions’. It was found that the precariousness affects both work relations and
conditions, thus constituting a continuity process between the different precariousness, impairing interdisciplinary
work and the satisfaction of user’s demands. On the other hand, professionals adopt coping strategies including
resource requests to the institution, buying and getting materials through donation, using adaptation, establishing
limit imposition to the institutions, even though they don’t always solve the problem. Conclusion: Therefore this
study has revealed that the precarious work conditions in public hospital in the city of Maceió has reverberated
directly in the occupational therapists, thus resulting in losses for the users of the public health system, mobilizing
strategies of professional coping. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-4931 2238-2860 |