GROUP OF TEACHERS AND THEIR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.15936423280810

• Palavras-chave: Teachers, stress, occupational health.

• Keywords: Teachers, stress, occupational health.

• Abstract:

  This research is justified by the fact that teaching in Brazil is considered one of the most stressful professional activities among all professional categories. Its general objective is to verify the perceived stress of professors at a federal institution, through Cohen's PSS (Perceived Stress Scale). As a specific objective to verify the conditions that generate stress. It was a research with a qualitative and descriptive approach, carried out with teachers, in a federal teaching institution, in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. way interfere in the work dynamics, provided the understanding of factors related to occupational health. As stress in the occupational environment was identified, an extension project will be built with several proposals to be offered to teachers, since the institution has a Higher Technology Course in Aesthetics and Cosmetics, a Technical Course in Nursing and a physical education teacher, as a strategy for coping to try to alleviate the work stress.