Banca de DEFESA: Andrea Ferreira Leite

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Andrea Ferreira Leite
DATE: 30/03/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Sala 47 e Ambiente Virtual (Teams)
TITLE:

University Support for Health Promotion in the Workplace

KEY WORDS:

Work Environment, University Professor, Occupational Health, Health Support Environments, Wellness Promotion.

 

PAGES: 153
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Educação Física
SUMMARY:

Several professional categories have been affected by technological advances, political-economic transformations and ecological and health crises that affect the lives, work and health of people and communities. One of the categories affected is that of professors at Higher Education Institutions, especially in the health area. If we consider the role of universities in quality human and professional training and the institutional responsibility in creating spaces, environments, structures, processes, relationships and health-promoting services, it is necessary to reflect on such themes. The present study aims to reflect on the institutional support for health promotion in the work environment at the University, based on documents and the perception of managers and professors, highlighting potentialities and limitations in the face of the movement of Health Promoting Universities (UPS). The study used the triangulation of methods, with complementary quantitative and qualitative approaches, including: literature review (studies from 2010 to 2020); analysis of institutional documents (from 2016 to 2020); and interviews with managers and questionnaires with teachers (in 2019). Emphasis was placed on the documentation and management of: Personnel Management Deanships (DGP); Community Affairs (DAC); and Planning and Budgeting (DPO); and three Faculties: Health (FS), Physical Education (FEF) and Medicine (FM), due to their approach to the subject studied. The analysis categories were defined a priori in: physical structure; psychosocial environment; health services; and leadership, with the subcategory social participation. Analysis of the 12 documents and responses from four managers (two deans of DAC and DGP and two directors of FEF and FS) indicate positive aspects in the physical structure, psychosocial environment and health services categories. Although managers point out that health promotion policies and services are intended for the entire academic community and that there is social engagement, the subcategory social participation was found in only two documents (in the university ombudsman and in the public consultation to encourage community collaboration) . For the majority of the 114 responding professors, working conditions are precarious; the physical environment is uncomfortable; and with an intense work pace and pressure to meet deadlines. There is also difficulty in relationships with peers; and they do not identify that UnB develops training for managing stress at work and strategies to promote physical activity and mental health. However, for teachers, the Leadership category seems to be the least bad, with positive aspects regarding the existence of a unit to care for health and quality of life, but with the need to advance in institutional policies and allocation of resources to promote well-being and health; although most report that they do not participate in decision-making processes on the subject. The UPS theme came up strongly in the speech of the managers and in two UnB documents. In 2016, FS started the entire process of surveying the initiatives, received the certificate of Member of the Ibero-American Network of Health Promoting Universities (RUIPS), and in 2018, led the movement in partnership with the Rectory of UnB, so that UnB is signatory and member of RUIPS. The UPS movement must create a culture of health and a learning environment that is conducive to improving the health, well-being and sustainability of its community. In short, there are convergences between the results that reinforce that the workplace is an important space for health promotion, although there are divergences and singularities in the perceptions of managers and professors and in what is expressed in documents. It is essential to strengthen policies, programs and actions that favor the promotion of health at the university by expanding empowerment and social participation, since institutional support is directly linked to strategies of co-responsibility and participatory management in health care.

 

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - VANESSA DE ALMEIDA - UFMG
Externa à Instituição - FRANCILENE BATISTA MADEIRA - UESPI
Externa ao Programa - 1510391 - DAIS GONCALVES ROCHA
Interna - 1554667 - JULIA APARECIDA DEVIDE NOGUEIRA
Externa ao Programa - 1239586 - MARIA DA GRACA LUDERITZ HOEFEL