Aspectos socioeconômicos e de saúde de trabalhadores em carvoarias em Santarém - PA
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2018-12-12Autor
PEDROSO, Mirna Brito Malcher
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The practice of charcoal production for the most diverse purposes is historically reported, a practice that is very common in Amazonia, even though it has suffered major interventions by the competent enforcement agencies. The relation between man and work in turn has been studied for decades and the relation of work to worker health has been gaining prominence in research and mainly governmental action for the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases. In this context, charcoal is described by several authors as an unhealthy environment that favors sickness due to the long working day, exposure to intense heat, smoke and weight loading. Coal man is characterized as a worker with various social, economic and health problems, since the nature of his occupation, besides exposing him to unhealthy conditions in the workplace, generates financial difficulties due to the low cost of coal production. Thus, taking into account such information, the general objective of this study is to identify the socioeconomic aspects and possible changes in the health of the charcoal worker in the city of Santarém, in the State of Pará, and as specific objectives: to outline the socioeconomic profile of the coal man worker ; to identify the main factors related to the health conditions of the charcoal worker and to identify the possible changes in the health of the coal man worker. The study is presented through field research with a bibliographic base based on a qualitative and quantitative exploratory descriptive approach, which was developed in 6 charcoal stores, with a target audience of 21 workers, of both genders and over 18 years. It was approved by the CEP of Instituto Esperança de Ensino Superior - IESPES, with an opinion no. 2,238,660, using the TCLE with all participants. For data collection, the semi-structured form was used and blood tests were performed to measure COHb levels, spirometry and chest X-ray with all sample workers. The collected data were tabulated, interpreted and analyzed, being later arranged in tables and graphs. With the accomplishment of this research it was identified that there is a masculine predominance among the workers, low education, the great majority are in the age group over 50 years, they carry out the activity for up to 7 days a week, they do not use individual protection equipment, unsatisfactory vaccination coverage, among the work accidents with the greatest reports are nail biting, no physical activity, hypertensive and diabetic workers, smokers, predominance of complaints of pain in the spine, as well as important radiological alterations such as fibrosis and nodule pulmonary.
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