Amanda Aparecida Silva

University of São Paulo | USP · Department of Environmental Health (São Paulo)

Introdução: A Saúde do Trabalhador (ST) introduz a intervenção no mundo do trabalho pelo Sistema Único de Saúde, visando a redução da morbimortalidade da população trabalhadora e promoção do trabalho digno. Os Centros de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador (CEREST) são os serviços responsáveis pelo suporte técnico e científico, intra- e intersetoria...

Resumo Objetivo: analisar a estrutura, o funcionamento das intervenções para prevenção de agravos e a promoção da saúde do trabalhador no Brasil, segundo os critérios de sistematicidade, agência transformativa e transformação. Métodos: foi realizada uma revisão de escopo de estudos empíricos publicados entre 2010 e 2019. Para avaliar e interpretar...

Formative intervention methodologies, such as the Change Laboratory (CL), are increasingly being used in work environments. However, the learning process entailed in the application of these methodologies has received insufficient attention and may be facilitated through the use of learning platforms. We examined the development of learning and tra...

This chapter summarizes the main results of the ten formative interventions presented in this book. We discuss the strategies used by our research group to support the learning process of the key theoretical and methodological tools used in the Change Laboratory method. We continue describing the role of demand, negotiation, the process of data col...

Brazilian higher education institutions are expected to offer teaching research and extension services to the communities they belong to. University of São Paulo (USP), one of the largest educational centers in the country, offers mainly community assistance services as extension programs. However, internal changes at USP, in addition to others inv...

In this chapter, we address the Change Laboratory (CL) conducted at the network of public health-care institutions in charge of working accident-injured workers in a town in the state of São Paulo. According to Engeström’s expansive learning, this activity comprises a network of systems called “boundary crossing,” as different services share aspect...

The present chapter describes an intervention conducted at an elementary school in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil. According to the occupational health and safety service and the Municipal Secretariat of Education, the demand for a Change Laboratory (CL) was triggered by disturbances in the school routine and teacher sickness absenteeism....

Ergonomic Work Analysis is important methodology for understanding the present situations and support recommendations for transforming work. However, more emphasis to the historical analysis of the activity system is needed for understanding the origin of problems so that expansive solutions can be designed. This article shows how a historical anal...

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar se um método de intervenção formativa contribui para que os profissionais de atividades colaborativas formem uma compreensão histórica dos problemas enfrentados em crises interinstitucionais e criem soluções para essas situações. Apresentamos o método Laboratório de Mudança (LM), inspirado na Teoria da Ativ...

RESUMO Neste artigo apresentamos estratégias e ferramentas utilizadas durante uma intervenção do Laboratório de Mudanças (LM) na segunda fase do ciclo de desenvolvimento expansivo: análise do desenvolvimento histórico da atividade. O referencial teórico que embasa o LM e é adotado neste estudo é a Teoria Histórico-Cultural da Atividade. A intervenç...

RESUMO Introdução: As intervenções sobre os determinantes dos riscos de acidentes e outros agravos relacionados ao trabalho que superem as visões e abordagens tradicionais da Saúde Ocupacional e da Segurança e Higiene industrial são desafios para os profissionais que atuam no campo da Vigilância e prevenção de acidentes e doenças. Objetivo: apresen...

The present study evaluates the significance of the process of public school teachers returning to work following sick leave for mental and behavioral disorders. It is a qualitative study conducted with 20 elementary school teachers currently active or undergoing retraining. Data was obtained thru individual interviews, focus groups and a questionn...

This manuscript presents a review of the literature about medical leaves due to mental and behavioral disorders and return to work of teachers. There are scarce published manuscripts. Most articles relate with prevalence of mental disorders and factors associated with the work organization, and did not mention intervention proposals and or changes...

Unlabelled: Shift workers from control centers of electrical systems are a group that has received little attention in Brazil. This study aimed to compare workers' job satisfaction at five control centers of a Brazilian company electrical system, and according to their job titles. Method: The Organization Satisfaction Index (OSI) questionnaire t...

This manuscript presents a review of the literature about medical leaves due to mental and behavioral disorders and return to work of teachers. There are scarce published manuscripts. Most articles relate with prevalence of mental disorders and factors associated with the work organization, and did not mention intervention proposals and or changes...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to analyze the relationship between job satisfaction and work ability and to identify factors associated with job dissatisfaction. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 101 shift workers from electrical systems control centers conducted in 2009. Two procedures were performed for data collection: 1...

To assess factors associated with professional and total hours of work (work + home) among nursing staff. Cross-sectional study conducted in a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, between 2004 and 2005. A total of 696 workers (nurses, nurse technicians and aids), mostly women (87.8%) working day and/or night shifts, pa...

To estimate the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders and to identify associated stressors among truck drivers. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 460 truck drivers from a cargo transportation company of the Southern and Southeastern regions of Brazil, in 2007. Workers completed a questionnaire about sociodemographic, lifestyle and work...

To evaluate working conditions associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) among nursing providers. Cross-sectional study conducted in a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, during 2004-2005. The study sample comprised 696 registered nurses, nurse technicians and nurse assistants, predominantly females (87.8%...