THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A STRESS ENHANCER IN THE HEALTH WORK PROCESS IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
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Stress, Work process, Penitentiary, COVID-19Abstract
Introduction: the work of prison health teams is among the most damaging, making their workers vulnerable to stress. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stress in the work process of these teams has been increased. Objective: to demonstrate how the COVID-19 pandemic potentiates stress in the work process from the perspective of the health team of a penitentiary in the state of Bahia. Methods: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study conducted with 14 workers from a prison health team in the state of Bahia. The semi-structured interview was used, whose data were submitted to content analysis. The study was approved by Opinion nº. 4.032.879/2020. Results and discussion: the study signals the COVID-19 pandemic as destabilizing the prison health team's work process by causing psychological distress in the face of poor working conditions, lack of training and adequate personal protective equipment, making its workers vulnerable by direct contact with a high-risk population. Conclusion: the COVID-19 pandemic presents a scenario marked by contradictions in which prison units are considered epicenters for infectious diseases, which generates stress in the development of the prison health team's work process in an unsafe and highly dangerous work environment, causing impacts on the health and general satisfaction of workers. It is recommended to implement strategies to cope with stress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, to promote quality of life and mitigate the psychosocial impact on prison health team workers.
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