Ações de educação em saúde do trabalhador para prevenção de doenças ocupacionais: Uma atividade extensionista.

Occupational diseases are characterized by diseases produced or unleashed by the professional exercise peculiar to a given activity. Even though they are present in work environments, these workers cannot always identify the risk factors or even the diseases to which they are exposed. In this sense, this paper aims to report the experience of a group of researchers during the execution of extension activities through worker health education actions to prevent occupational diseases. To this end, an Instagram account was created, where informative posts and news on topics related to Occupational Medicine were periodically shared. In addition, through the Family Health Strategy (FHS) Units, didactic and interactive lectures were offered to the working population, and distribution folders addressing the central occupational diseases. At the end of the project, the Instagram profile reached 717 followers. Thirty-three publications were made, which were reposted in stories and reached a total of 7544 views. In addition, lectures were given in the waiting room of 24 FHS, reaching 210 people. With this, it was possible to consider that the execution of the extension project was successful because it contributed to the dissemination and expansion of workers' knowledge about occupational diseases resulting from work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]