Significados discursivos de trabajadoras de organismos públicos chilenos y sus implicancias en la salud mental
Public sector women workers in Chile are the group with the highest prevalence of mental health problems.We examined the perspectives of these women workers on the relationship between working conditions and mental health. The study was descriptive and qualitative, based on a feminist epistemology....
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6335996 |
| Source: | Salud de los Trabajadores, ISSN 1315-0138, Vol. 23, Nº. 1, 2015, pags. 29-37 |
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Public sector women workers in Chile are the group with the highest prevalence of mental health problems.We examined the perspectives of these women workers on the relationship between working conditions and mental health. The study was descriptive and qualitative, based on a feminist epistemology. Open interviews were conducted with 15 middle-class public sector women whose working conditions allowed the incorporation of flexible
modalities. Qualitative content analysis was used and the data were coded using ATLAS.ti. Results where grouped into the following categories : flexible work and job insecurity; uncovered healthcare and labor precariousness; and subjective discomfort. This showed that both hourly and salaried workerswere experiencing uncertainty, linked to on going stress, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, job insecurity and vulnerability, all of which resulted in psychological distress. We conclude that mental health issues among public sector workers are an expression of social unrest associated with the experience and perception of social and gender inequalities. The tendency to individualize this social conflict results from a lack of state regulation in relation to mental health, work and gender. |
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