%0 Journal Article
%T G¨ºnero e qualidade de vida percebida: estudo com professores da ¨¢rea de sa¨²de
%A Oliveira
%A Elizabete Regina Ara¨²jo de
%A Garcia
%A ¨¢tala Lotti
%A Gomes
%A Maria Jos¨¦
%A Bittar
%A Telmo Oliveira
%A Pereira
%A Antonio Carlos
%J Ci¨ºncia & Sa¨²de Coletiva
%D 2012
%I Associa??o Brasileira de P¨®s-Gradua??o em Sa¨²de Coletiva
%R 10.1590/S1413-81232012000300021
%X the rapid process of change in the global economy in recent years and the organization of labor have influenced gender relations in the teaching profession. these transformations have been disadvantageous for women, leaving them in a situation of occupational overload. the scope of this study was to analyze the working conditions of female teachers in higher education in the health education area in the city of vit¨®ria, state esp¨ªrito santo, and their implications on health and quality of life. this is qualitative research into data gathered from interviews upon which bardin content analysis was also employed. this technique revealed three categories: leisure, rest and health; sense of loss of social and family interaction; and perceived quality of life. the results show that insufficient leisure time may lead to sleep disturbances predisposing the individual to psychic illness; overwork; significant alterations in labor organization compromising social and family interaction with repercussions on health and quality of life. the work performed by female professors in the health area contributes to the onset of illness, with pejorative effects on their family, love, social, environmental and professional lives, with consequent loss of quality of life.
%K gender
%K quality of life
%K students.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-81232012000300021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en