CONDIÇÕES INSTITUCIONAIS E ESTRATÉGIAS DE ENFRENTAMENTO DA PRECARIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO POR TERAPEUTAS OCUPACIONAIS EM HOSPITAIS PÚBLICOS

Health policy in Brazil since the 1970 preceded several transformations, passing the conquest\udof the National Health System in 1988 to the implementation of new management models that in the context of\udneoliberal policy may impair public health services, resulting in losses to public hospitals and their professionals,\udincluding the occupational therapist. Objective: This research aimed to reveal the precariousness of the impacts of\udthe Brazilian health policy in the professional practice of occupational therapists in public hospitals in Maceió-AL.\udMethod: This is a qualitative field study, with data collected with semi-structured interview, and analyzed based on\udthe content analysis technique. Results: The analysis raised two themes: ‘Difficulties in daily work’ and ‘Professional\udcoping strategies of precarious work conditions’. It was found that the precariousness affects both work relations and\udconditions, thus constituting a continuity process between the different precariousness, impairing interdisciplinary\udwork and the satisfaction of user’s demands. On the other hand, professionals adopt coping strategies including\udresource requests to the institution, buying and getting materials through donation, using adaptation, establishing\udlimit imposition to the institutions, even though they don’t always solve the problem. Conclusion: Therefore this\udstudy has revealed that the precarious work conditions in public hospital in the city of Maceió has reverberated\uddirectly in the occupational therapists, thus resulting in losses for the users of the public health system, mobilizing\udstrategies of professional coping