ABSTRACT
Objective
analyze the working process of a Family Health Support Center, and identify its impact on workers' quality of life.
Method
this is an exploratory case study with descriptive and qualitative approach. Twenty Family Health Support Center workers of a social health organization located in São Paulo participated in three focus groups between June and August 2014. The empirical material was subjected to content analysis and analyzed in light of the Psychodynamics of Work.
Results
this study presents the dejourian category pleasure. Despite adversities faced putting the ideals of the Family Health Support Center into practice, the participants derived pleasure and satisfaction from the work process because they identify themselves with the Family Health Support Center's mission, have their work recognized, and also because learning is enabled through teamwork, performed from an interdisciplinary perspective, and permanent health education.
Conclusion
a new sense of life resulting from pleasure, achievement, and identification were present among the workers, indicating that resilience and self-fulfillment consolidate professional performance. Additionally, the establishment of living spaces and ways to show appreciation can increase pleasure, satisfaction, and the quality of working life in the Family Health Support Center.
DESCRIPTORS:
Primary health care; Family health strategy; Work; Pleasure; Quality of life