Saúde-adoecimento e trabalho no Instituto Federal de Alagoas

Abstract

In this study I aimed to reflect on the relationship between processes and modes of work organization and illness in the context of the Federal Institute of Alagoas (IFAL). We use the theoretical-methodological reference of discursive practices and production of meanings, grounding in social constructionism. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, information on health and illness in the context of the IFAL was built through the data related to the licenses for the treatment of health of the civil servants, which were provided by the unit of the Integrated Subsystem of Attention to Health of the Federal Civil Servants (SIASS). Based on this information, I identified that in the period from 2012 to 2016, 1,833 licenses were granted, which allowed the removal of 1,000 civil servants and represented more than 34,246 days of removal from work activities. I also identified that the main cause of illness is due to those considered to be mental and behavioral disorders (ICD-F). For the discussion of this information I used the studies of Christophe Dejours, which contribute to the debate about the mental health and the psychological suffering experienced by workers, as well as, allow the reflection of how the modes of work organization have repercussions on the health-sickness process. For Dejours the modes of work organization can be a source of pleasure - and therefore can contribute to the health promotion - or, on the other hand, can be configured as a factor that contributes to the production of suffering and / or illness. In this sense, it is understood that the ways in which work is organized can have repercussions on the workers’ living and health conditions.