Physical Education as a workforce of the Brazilian Unified Health System: an analysis of the types of professional bonds

Abstract

Considering the insertion of Physical Education Professionals as a workforce in the Unified Health System, this study aimed to analyze the types of ties and the workload of these professionals in the different levels of health care and regions of Brazil between 2007 and 2021. This is a descriptive study of quantitative approach based on research in the National Register of Health Facilities. It was demonstrated that primary health care is the main level of action, followed by secondary and tertiary care. In primary care, the number of registrations of Physical Education Professionals with precarious employment is higher than those with protected employment, but the reverse occurs in secondary and tertiary care. In the South and Southeast regions, a greater number of records of these professionals with a protected work relationship was revealed, and in the other regions the precarious work relationship prevailed. It was identified that 44.7% of the registrations of Physical Education Professionals have workload greater than or equal to 40 hours per week. In conclusion, attention to health can be impaired by the type of the professional’s work relationship by causing turnover and difficulty in the continuity of care.

Keywords:
physical education and training; human resources; employment; Unified Health System; health management