Banca de DEFESA: JOSEFA EUCLIZA CASADO FREIRES DA SILVA

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STUDENT : JOSEFA EUCLIZA CASADO FREIRES DA SILVA
DATE: 28/08/2025
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Remoto (meet.google.com/ucj-knzv-qwd)
TITLE:

HEALTH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF GRAVE DIGGERS IN THE TRAIRI REGION OF POTIGUAR

KEY WORDS:

Worker. Burial. Cemetery. Health-Disease Process.

PAGES: 76
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Gravediggers play a fundamental role in cemetery activities, as assistants to the funeral service. These professionals are responsible for building, cleaning, opening, and closing graves, as well as performing burials, exhumations, and cremations of corpses. Although this work has deep roots in human history, the field of undertakers remains in need of significant improvements to ensure their rights, social appreciation, and recognition of the complexities involved in their work. Objective: To analyze the work experiences of undertakers in the Trairi Potiguar region and their repercussions on health. Method: This is a qualitative study with an exploratory approach, conducted in cemeteries in the Borborema Potiguar micro-region, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Gravediggers aged 18 years or older were included. The data collection instrument was a semi-structured script with questions regarding the working conditions, health, and experiences of gravediggers. For data analysis, Content Analysis was used with the aid of IRaMuTEQ® software, which enables the analysis of the textual corpus with a simple and understandable interface. Results and discussion: The resulting textual corpus consisted of 10 texts divided into 537 textual segments, of which 461 were processed by the software, with an 85.85% utilization rate. The study resulted in a sample composed of 10 gravediggers, with active employment, between temporary contracts and civil service exams, working in municipal cemeteries in the Trairi Potiguar region. The analysis allowed for the construction of thematic categories according to the Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC), which express dimensions of the gravediggers' experience, namely: Class 1- Precarious employment relationship (27.1%); Class 2- The dead body as an object of work and the symbolic emptying of mourning (21.5%); Class 3 - Invisible routine and excessive working hours (27.6%); and Class 4 - Technical execution and little social recognition (23.9%). The Similarity Tree revealed three main clusters: Cluster 1 - “grave”; Cluster 2 - ‘cemetery’; Cluster 3 - “gravedigger.” The triangulation of the CHD and the Similarity Tree demonstrates consistency between the highlighted clusters and the thematic categories. Final considerations: The association between the study findings and the thematic categories reveals that gravediggers face a cycle of invisibility and precariousness 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
Externo à Instituição - ROBSON DA FONSECA NEVES - UFPB