Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city
This study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.6% were men. The origin of the patients...
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| author | Maria Elena Guariento Maria Virgínia Fernandes Camilo Ana Maria Arruda Camargo |
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| description | This study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.6% were men. The origin of the patients reflected the migratory process occurring among this population. Most of the patients had limited professional skills, while 63.6% had not finished primary school and 21.6% were illiterate. However, 63.6% were regularly employed under duly processed work contracts. Their jobs were mainly in general services (21.6%) and heavy industry (21.2%). Some 55% of the patients reported a monthly income less than or equal to U$100.00, and 40.4% reported having been fired at least once during the last ten years, in 8.9% of the cases because of a diagnosis of Chagas' disease. Of the patients undergoing pre-hiring physical examinations (57.2%), 9.1% were refused, 92.3% of whom due to positive serology for T. cruzi. Finally, 78.4% reported not belonging to a labor union. The study demonstrated the precarious working conditions and discrimination experienced by workers with Chagas' disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11330103675b476eae926e538193f49e2022-12-22T01:40:10ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública1678-4464152381386S0102-311X1999000200022Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian cityMaria Elena Guariento0Maria Virgínia Fernandes Camilo1Ana Maria Arruda Camargo2Universidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasThis study evaluated the working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, focusing on two-hundred-fifty patients with steady employment and treated at the University Hospital (HC-FCM/Unicamp): 98% were working-age and 77.6% were men. The origin of the patients reflected the migratory process occurring among this population. Most of the patients had limited professional skills, while 63.6% had not finished primary school and 21.6% were illiterate. However, 63.6% were regularly employed under duly processed work contracts. Their jobs were mainly in general services (21.6%) and heavy industry (21.2%). Some 55% of the patients reported a monthly income less than or equal to U$100.00, and 40.4% reported having been fired at least once during the last ten years, in 8.9% of the cases because of a diagnosis of Chagas' disease. Of the patients undergoing pre-hiring physical examinations (57.2%), 9.1% were refused, 92.3% of whom due to positive serology for T. cruzi. Finally, 78.4% reported not belonging to a labor union. The study demonstrated the precarious working conditions and discrimination experienced by workers with Chagas' disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000200022&lng=en&tlng=enDoença de ChagasTrypanosoma cruziSaúde UrbanaTrabalhadores |
| spellingShingle | Maria Elena Guariento Maria Virgínia Fernandes Camilo Ana Maria Arruda Camargo Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city Cadernos de Saúde Pública Doença de Chagas Trypanosoma cruzi Saúde Urbana Trabalhadores |
| title | Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city |
| title_full | Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city |
| title_fullStr | Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city |
| title_full_unstemmed | Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city |
| title_short | Working conditions of Chagas' disease patients in a large Brazilian city |
| title_sort | working conditions of chagas disease patients in a large brazilian city |
| topic | Doença de Chagas Trypanosoma cruzi Saúde Urbana Trabalhadores |
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