Well-being at work of Psychologists in Public Health Services

The interest of researchers in the well-being at work has grown steadily, as well as the inclusion of psychologists in health teams. Thus, this study aimed to identify the perceptions of psychologists who work in public health services about the factors that contribute and the ones that oppose to their well-being at work. A questionnaire was used to obtain personal and professional data, including two opened questions that investigated the perceptions of the factors related to the well-being at work. The software SPSS was used to analyze quantitative data, and content analysis was used to analyse the opened questions. The participants were 66 psychologists of public health centers of two cities in the Triangulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais, and of four public health sections of the Universidade Federal de Uberlandia. The answers about the factors that promote well-being were grouped in ten categories, among them quality of relationship with staff (30%) and satisfaction and fulfillment at work (22.9%). In the same way, the answers regarding the factors that negatively affect the well-being at work were gathered in ten categories, being more cited: management/ organization problems (28.3%) and problems with staff (24.2%). The results suggest possible interventions to improve the well-being at work of those professionals.

Occupational health; Public health; Psychologist; Group work