Luana de Oliveira Severo

Dermatological alterations in women working on dairy farm: a case study

The present study aims to identify dermatological alterations due to the work carried out by women on dairy farms and presents an intervention process on dermatology health with women working in these locations. It is a quasi-experimental study, in an intervention form, in which each subject is independent. It was performed with 20 women working on a dairy farm in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, between July and October 2011. Most (60%) women identified dermatological changes due to the work. During the intervention, dermatological care action was focused on. The knowledge of these results offers valuable information for those who teach and advice people about dermatological care in rural working places, where such rates of occurrence are high.

Risk Communication as a Tool for Training Apprentice Welders: A Study about Risk Perception and Occupational Accidents

The present study has aimed to identify the perceptions of apprentice welders about physical, chemical, biological, and physiological risk factors to which they are exposed; identify types of occupational accidents involving apprentice welders; and report the development of a socioenvironmental education intervention as a tool for risk communication for apprentice welders. A quantitative study was performed with 161 apprentice welders in Southern Brazil in 2011. Data collection was performed via structured interviews with the apprentice welders about risk perception, occupational accidents, and time experienced in welding. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19.0. The participants identified the following risk types: physical (96.9%), chemical (95%), physiological (86.3%), and biological (51.5%). In this sample, 39.7% of apprentice welders reported occupational accidents and 27.3% reported burning. The inferential analysis showed that the frequency of risk perception factors increases with the length of experience, and apprentice welders who have experienced accidents during welding activity perceive a higher amount of risk factors than those who have never experienced them. It is concluded that apprentice welders perceive risks and that they tend to relate risks with the occurrence of occupational accidents as an indicator of the dangerous nature of their activity.

TRASTORNOS MUSCULOESQUELÉTICOS EN PROFESORES: ESTUDIO DE ENFERMERÍA DEL TRABAJO

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar las caracteristicas del trabajo y sus implicaciones en la aparicion de trastornos musculoesqueleticos en profesores. Este es un estudio descriptivo y exploratorio, realizado en el marco del proyecto de investigacion “Salud, Riesgos y Enfermedades Ocupacionales - estudio integrado en diferentes ambientes de trabajo”. Para la recoleccion de los datos se utilizo un cuestionario que contemplo variables relacionadas a la caracterizacion de los sujetos, aspectos ambientales de la escuela y de los trastornos osteomusculares. La poblacion del estudio fue de profesores representantes de 27 escuelas en un municipio de Rio Grande do Sul. El manejo de los datos se realizo a traves de estadisticas descriptivas. Las caracteristicas del entorno de trabajo que mas se destacaron fueron: espacio insuficiente en el aula (59,5%)e inadecuacion de los muebles que se utilizan en el desarrollo del trabajo (51,4 %). Las patologias mas incidentales fueron el dolor lumbar (54,1%) y el dolor dorsal (56,8%). Los resultados permitieron la identificacion de los sintomas y de las patologias entre todos los participantes investigados, sugiriendo, segun el autorreporte de las profesoras, la posible influencia de las caracteristicas y las condiciones del trabajo en la ocurrencia de los trastornos musculoesqueleticos. Se constata el conocimiento adquirido como indicativo de que el/la enfermero/a puede actuar frente a los riesgos y perdidas que afectan a grupos especificos de profesionales, como los profesores.