Workers' Health as a Component of Primary Care

As the centrality of work in people's lives and its importance in the processes of health and illness are recognised, struggles for decent working conditions and greater access to workers' health care are growing. In Brazil, since the creation of the Unified Health System in 1990, workers' health care has been the focus of a specific public policy and must be integrated into primary care services. Primary care stands out for being the main gateway to the public health system and the coordinator of care. The general aim of this study is to analyse the available studies on workers' health care in primary care in Brazil. This is because users' working conditions interfere not only with their own process of being healthy, but can also influence the health of all those who live with them.

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Enfermera. Máster en Políticas Sociales y Dinámicas Regionales por la Universidad Comunitaria de la Región de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ). Especializada en Salud Pública por la Facultad São Fidélis (FSF). Profesora de Introducción a la Enfermería, Primeros Auxilios, Cirugía Clínica y Ética, Bioética y Deontología.

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As the centrality of work in people's lives and its importance in the processes of health and illness are recognised, struggles for decent working conditions and greater access to workers' health care are growing. In Brazil, since the creation of the Unified Health System in 1990, workers' health care has been the focus of a specific public policy and must be integrated into primary care services. Primary care stands out for being the main gateway to the public health system and the coordinator of care. The general aim of this study is to analyse the available studies on workers' health care in primary care in Brazil. This is because users' working conditions interfere not only with their own process of being healthy, but can also influence the health of all those who live with them.