RISK FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN WORKING WITH HOME ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Abstract

It is addressed the laborer who accomplish his economic activity at home, which represents a portion of the worker population less investigated about its health demands. We departed from a reflection about the theoretic and practical fundaments influencing and complying the Brazilian Laborer Health field. The objective in this research was to detect the musculoskeletal disorders arising from risks the laborers in home economic activities were exposed to. Our database departed from the project "Home Economic Activities Mapping", accomplished by Health Communitarian Agents, developed in pilot territory, in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />county of Juiz de Fora – MG, by the Laborer Health Department. It was utilized a structured interview in a sample of 60 laborers. It was noted, according to the studied dimensions, the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in 88% of the laborers, and ergonomic risk in 93,33% of the workstations, showing a correlation between them both, in the territory of UBS Jardim da Lua – Juiz de Fora/MG.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />