From information to health education: the CIPA and its educative activity at one enterprise in Ribeirão Preto-SP / "Da informação à educação em saúde: a CIPA e sua atividade educativa em uma empresa de Ribeirão Preto, SP".

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2005

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This research aims to analyze the process of workers health education, by the Internal Committee of Accident Prevention (CIPA), related to development of promotion contents, prevention and recovering of health, at one enterprise, at Ribeirão Preto, SP. To do that, we need to understand the working process of the different sections at the enterprise; to study the assignments, the composition of the CIPA and the contents of the Internal Week of Accident Prevention (SIPAT), through its documents and the actions of health education: as well as their connection with health promotion; yet, identify health education concepts of the CIPA members. Theoretical frameworks were social epidemiology and Paulo Freire’s theory. Therefore, we elected as subjects in this research, a group of professionals who belong to the CIPA, because we understand that the question of health education in the subject of the worker’s health, is an CIPA and SIPAT proper assignment. The methodologie used was the qualitative research, the study of a case. For that reason the research data considered were: notes on the research field diary about CIPA meetings; working process observation; questionnaires duly filled by the participants and documents as the CIPA and SIPAT meetings records. Thematic analysis generated the following categories: the CIPA, according to its members; health education by CIPA members, at the enterprise reality and the relationship between education and work on that company being the last two divided in subcategories. Results of observation show that this is a medium size enterprise; since it has 308 workers who perform intense activities. The CIPA was constituted in 1997. It has 10 effective members, 4 elected by their fellow workers and 6 chosen by the company directors, witch show a back of proportion from the beginning; the CIPA started with periodic and recorded meetings since 2000. We verified that the CIPA members missed the comprehension about their assignments, in relation to health education, as well as about the basic concepts on workers health; the educational practices are characterized by being antidialogical and aim to domesticate other workers, either at their meetings, and at the SIPAT. In spite all that, the CIPA members managed to perform at least a few educative tasks. Those formal and non-formal practices which aimed to contribute to increase the workers knowledge about accidents and about health, did not however, make them more aware making effective, that way, the prevention.

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saúde do trabalhador health promotion health education educação em saúde accident prevention prevenção de acidentes workers health promoção à saúde

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