Condiciones de empleo, trabajo y precariedad en una muestra de trabajadores de Salud en Villavicencio - 2019

Abstract

The study of the interaction between the conditions of employment, work and health is a little researched topic that has taken relevance in recent decades, shows that labor flexibility, labor deregulation, and job insecurity act as a determining condition in the health of a population, this is related to worse health outcomes. Objective: to analyze the conditions of employment, work, job insecurity and its relationship with the perceived health of a group of health workers of two IPS in the city of Villavicencio Colombia in 2019. Methodology: descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study, with An intentional sample of 10% of the population studied, the instruments used to collect the information were the Work Conditions, Employment and Health Questionnaire in Latin America and the Caribbean (CTESLAC) and the Labor Precariousness Scale (EPRES) 2010. Results: 80% of respondents are women, 78% have temporary contracts or services; 54% consider them in good health, 25% regular and 19% very good; As for the overall precariousness of the population, it is: 29.4% very high, 48.8% high level, 20.9% moderate level and only 1% have a low level of precariousness or not. Conclusion: the study shows that there is job insecurity in the health sector of the city of Villavicencio, but it does not allow to clearly see the relationship with the state of health.