Percepções de riscos de promoção da saúde na agricultura familiar em seu ambiente de trabalho

Abstract

This study aimed to know the occupational risks that women and men family farmers are exposed to, according to their work experience. Identify prevention and health promotion activities carried out by family farmers, men and women, in their daily context. Also identify the concept of health from the perspective of family farmers. Understand the perceptions of women and men adult family farmers about the concept of health and health promotion, and future prospects in their work environment. This is a descriptive, exploratory research with a qualitative approach, with the participation of men and women family farmers in the city of Santiago do Sul / SC. Data collection occurred through previously scheduled individual interviews, with a semi-structured script, held at the participants' homes. The systematization and data analysis occurred according to the content analysis. The results include perceptions of the expanded concept of health, considering that the practice of work provides some risks such as pesticides manual and heavy work, machinery, work routine among others, but, in view of this scenario, seek to promote health through healthy eating, natural remedies, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at work through awareness of these risks, improving their quality of life. Although this public adult men and women face many risks in their daily work, try to avoid them in some ways such as the use of PPE, healthy eating, use of natural remedies, among others, and the performance of health through a team multiprofessional in an interdisciplinary way, can contribute to the quality of life of these women and men, becoming an important health promotion and prevention tool to improve the quality of life of those who deal with agriculture. Thus, the results between women's and men's health were divided, so we noticed that in the women's article it is noted that they are more preventive in the context of preventive health, while in men's health outcomes it is more difficult to see them seeking preventive health services. Therefore health actions in search of health improvement and quality of life is important to work with this public.