Abstract
The article addresses the changes taking place in work organization under the Brazilian Oral Health Policy, considering the changes occurring in the organization of labor in the global scenario of productive restructuring. This phenomenon, first observed in the organization of industrial work, has been described also in the service sector, being visible some of its effects in the health field. In Brazil, since the 1995 State Reform, flexible contractual models were implemented, which allowed the legal institution of precarious labor ties in the public and private healthcare services. This study is descriptive, with its own components of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The field study was conducted in 13 Specialized Dental Clinics (SDCs) of the Metropolitan Region of Recife and aimed to investigate the phenomenon of precariousness and its manifestations in oral health care. The material studied evidenced a precarious context of work in investigation services, with repercussions on the quality of care provided to the population user of the centers, a condition that consists one of the challenges to be faced by the National Oral Health Policy.
Keywords
job; precariousness; job market; oral health