title: [Labor and health conditions of private school teachers in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil].
abstract: The scientific literature on teachers' health is scarce, recent, and focuses predominantly on stress and burnout. This study describes the labor conditions of private school teachers in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia State, Brazil. Information on 250 teachers from the ten largest schools in the municipality was collected through a self-applied questionnaire. The most relevant characteristics of teachers' work, evaluated by the Job Content Questionnaire were: speed of work, creativity at work, and relations with colleagues. The most frequent complaints related to posture, mental strain, and voice problems. Prevalence of minor psychological disorders according to the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 was 41.5%, strongly associated with long periods of intense concentration on the same job and excessive work. Results suggest an association between the prevalence of minor psychological disorders and certain characteristics of teaching work, emphasizing teachers' exposure to stress.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Núria Serre
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Delcor
authors.forename: Tania M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Eduardo J F B
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Lauro A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Fernando M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oliveira e Silva
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbalho
authors.forename: Jonathan Moura
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Andrade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health; D016272:Occupational Health; D015995:Prevalence; D017149:Private Sector; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires