Abstract
Objective:
to be acquainted with the Worker's Health actions carried out at Primary Care Health Centers in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and to verify if they are incorporated into the routines of the Primary Care Health services.
Methods:
descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interview and content analysis. Ten individuals, coordinators and receptionists, from urban and rural Health Centers, were interviewed in 2014.
Results:
the interviewees reported that, among the Worker's Health actions advocated by the Ministry of Health, the centers only carried out the notifications on work-related injuries (work accidents and occupational diseases).
Conclusions:
the Primary Care Health Centers' routines are focused on attending to users, and contemplate only basic Health Programs. The scarce knowledge on occupational health becomes a strong argument to explain the very lack of Workers' Health actions.
Keywords:
workers health; occupational health; unified health system; primary health care