LACERDA, Jucilene Francisca de Souza.
Abstract:
The National Policy of Integral Attention to Human Health instituted in 2009 aims to qualify
the health of the male population in the perspective of lines of care that safeguard the
integrality of the attention. Men enter the health system through specialized care, resulting in
the aggravation of morbidity. In the 20-59 age group, men die about twice as long and live 7.3
years shorter than women. The productive processes of labor imply different insertions of the
workers, with consequent diversification of morbidity and mortality patterns. Rural workers
are the ones that carry out the most risky and unhealthy activities, in an environment
conducive to various occupational risk factors. In Brazil, there are approximately 30 million
workers subject to risks and aggravations of agricultural working conditions, equivalent to
about 20% of the economically active population of the country. In this sense, this study
aimed to verify the knowledge about the self-care of rural workers enrolled in basic health
care. This is an exploratory and descriptive study with a quantitative-qualitative approach,
which was developed with rural workers enrolled in a basic health unit in a district of the
municipality of Cajazeiras-PB. Data were collected in August 2017, using a semi-structured
form. The data of the objective questions were presented in tables and the subjective questions
were organized and categorized according to the technique of analysis of Bardin and analyzed
in light of the literature pertinent to the subject. The research was in compliance with the
principles of Resolution 466/2012 of the National Health Council. 13 rural workers, aged
between 26 and 57 years, predominantly married, living in the district of Divinópolis,
participated in the study. The results of this research revealed that rural workers have limited
knowledge of what is self-care. As for the risks to their health, they know of the occurrence of
accidents with working instruments, poisonous animals, use of pesticides and sun exposure.
Regarding preventive actions for self-care, they stated that PPE is the form of prevention,
even though they do not use it. Thus, it is considered necessary to implement the guidelines
contained in the National Health Policy for Man, aiming at promoting self-care and protection
of workers' health, reducing morbidity and mortality resulting from productive processes.
