Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: JOSEFA EUCLIZA CASADO FREIRES DA SILVA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JOSEFA EUCLIZA CASADO FREIRES DA SILVA
DATE: 17/06/2025
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Remoto (meet.google.com/qhe-jctt-edm)
TITLE:

HEALTH OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH DEAD BODIES: EXPERIENCES OF GRAVELLERS IN THE TRAIRI  POTIGUAR REGION

KEY WORDS:

Worker. Burial. Cemetery. Health-Disease Process.

PAGES: 49
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Gravediggers play a fundamental role in the activities carried out in cemeteries, as funeral service assistants. These professionals are responsible for building, cleaning, opening and closing graves, in addition to carrying out the burial, exhumation and cremation of corpses. Objective: To analyze the work experiences of gravediggers in the Trairi Potiguar region and their repercussions on health. Method: This is a qualitative study, with an exploratory approach, carried out in cemeteries in the Borborema Potiguar microregion, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Gravediggers aged 18 or over were included. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire with semi-structured questions regarding the work conditions, health and experiences of gravediggers. For data analysis, content analysis was used with the aid of the IRaMuTEQ® software, which allows the analysis of the textual corpus, with a simple and understandable interface. Preliminary results: The study resulted in a sample composed of 10 gravediggers, with active employment contracts and public tenders, working in municipal cemeteries in the Trairi Potiguar region. In the word cloud representation, the term cemetery is the word most cited by participants, followed by grave and gravedigger. With the analysis of the data, it was possible to generate a Descending Hierarchical Classification (CHD) with the following thematic categories: Class 1 - Recognition, precariousness, professional invisibility and health conditions (32%) points to the field of labor rights and institutional recognition; Class 2 - Operational aspects related to work (24.8%) refers to the manual and technical work of the gravedigger; Class 3 - Daily work and experience lived in the cemetery (43.2%) expresses the concrete and temporal experience of the gravediggers' daily lives. The Similarity Tree highlighted eight interconnected nuclei, namely: cemetery, grave, gravedigger, burial, day, placing, family and glove. The triangulation between the CHD dendrogram and the Silimitude Tree demonstrates consistency between the highlighted nuclei and the thematic classes. Final considerations of the work: The association between the study findings and the thematic categories reveals that gravediggers face a cycle of invisibility at work, suffering in silence and without institutional recognition.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1674532 - DIMITRI TAURINO GUEDES
Interno - 1297190 - ELEAZAR MARINHO DE FREITAS LUCENA
Externa à Instituição - GLENDA AGRA