STRENGTHENING WORKERS' HEALTH THROUGH SOCIAL CONTROL AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: A DOCUMENTARY ANALYSIS
Primary Health Care. Occupational Health Surveillance. Occupational Health Policy. Occupational Health.
Introduction: Health work requires organization that prioritizes efficiency and well-being. In Primary Health Care (PHC), preventive actions protect workers exposed to occupational risks, such as biological agents. Standards such as the use of PPE and public policies, such as the PNSST, reinforce safety and quality of life in the workplace, with the SUS as a protagonist in this guarantee. Objectives: To analyze, through documentary research, Workers' Health in the context of Primary Health Care. Methodology: This is a documentary research with a qualitative approach where documents were analyzed on the RENAST Online Platform that permeate the National Policy for Workers' Health for the strengthening of the Workers' Health network through Primary Care actions and services and social control. This study was possible because, as it is a documentary analysis, the necessary protocols were found in an accessible way on the RENAST Online Platform, through specific legislation and also related to Workers' Health. Results: They were divided into three chapters entitled: How is RENAST structured in Brazil; Epidemiological Surveillance in Occupational Health in Primary Health Care; and Analysis of RENAST Online protocols. One of the strategies for implementing the PNSTT is the role of the APS in carrying out assessment, control, and surveillance of occupational risks in companies and establishments, observing the productive activities present in the territory, encouraging participation in monitoring epidemiological, sanitary, and environmental health surveillance actions, in addition to specific VISAT actions, analysis of the productive profile and health status of workers, among other strategies for occupational health safety. Final considerations: In view of the above, the importance of working on this topic is realized in each reference studied and in the search for understanding how health professionals deal with occupational accidents in their work routine and how the notification of injuries to Workers' Health occurs, in addition to knowledge about the Intersectoral Commission for Workers' Health.