HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Objective: to identify, in the scientific production, constituent elements of a healthy work environment in Primary Health Care for workers' health. Method: integrative literature review, conducted from June to August 2019, according to a search protocol built with eligibility parameters for the definition of a sample of 35 studies, to answer the guiding question: Which elements of the work environment in primary care refer to workers' health? Results: the analysis resulted in the elaboration of categories about illness and stress as repercussions of the subjective experience of work and the protective alternatives, education and transformation of work environments. Conclusion: in the scientific production studied, the constituent elements of a healthy work environment in Primary Health Care, related to workers' health, are generators of illness and stress and are in constant association with the context of this level of care, with the political management and the health work process, and with subjective experiences at work.