Absenteeism By Dental Problems In Public Health Service In Brazil
Absenteeism can be understood as the absence of the employee motivated by the state or condition of health, on your person or any of their dependents. The health or welfare of the worker should be directed to the attention of those responsible for policies of a country that has its economy based on labor for workers, and they therefore should be the goal of preservation, conservation of a complete well-being, physical, mental and social. Objectives: To determine the absenteeism by the public service of dental causes in the Health Professionals from two health units in the municipality of Serra-ES, Brazil. Methods: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil (CEP05/08). Validated questionnaires were applied to 75 family health professionals in two Basic Health Units (UBSF) in Serra-ES, Brazil, including medical doctors, nurses and dentists. Results: The results show that 86.6% had missed the service because of dental pain. Although 52% of the sample admitting to accomplish treatment in public service, 22.7% had missed the service to go to the dentist. Conclusions: There is not so much information about the economic burden that these faults may cause, and also the level of dissatisfaction of the employee for breach of health and work. Moreover, absenteeism generates increased costs to public service, because beyond the granting of medical license leads to decreased productivity and efficiency, which compromises the care of the pupulations that needs the Brazilian Health System (SUS).
Division: IADR/LAR General Session
Meeting:2012 IADR/LAR General Session (Iguaçu Falls, Brazil) Location: Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
Year: 2012 Final Presentation ID:2814 Abstract Category|Abstract Category(s):Behavioral, Epidemiologic, and Health Services Research
Authors
Medeiros, Urubatan
( Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, N/A, Brazil
)
Brandao, Rodrigo
( Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, N/A, Brazil
)
Brandao, Tatiana
( UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO, Vitória, N/A, Brazil
)
Carvalho, Raquel
( UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO, Vitõria, N/A, Brazil
)
Motta, Luise
( Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, N/A, Brazil
)
Velmovitsky, Lenise
( Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, N/A, Brazil
)
SESSION INFORMATION
Poster Session
Dental Surveys and Measurement: II
06/22/2012