Category: Special Weeks

The Vector Control Workers from the State of Rio de Janeiro Struggle for Health

Photograph of the Public Hearing at ENSP during the debate on the health of disease control agents.

The struggle for health by vector control workers in the state of Rio de Janeiro highlights the importance of collaboration between workers and researchers to improve working conditions. Read More →

Occupational Therapy Contributes to Rethinking the Centrality of Work in People’s Lives

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Occupational Therapy can help us find balance among the various occupations we undertake throughout life. The centrality of work in adult life occurs in a world marked by mental illness and precarious labor conditions. It is necessary to question this supremacy and make room for other occupations. Read More →

Neoliberal management of work-related psychosocial risks shifts responsibility onto workers

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Addressing psychosocial risks in the workplace may be challenging within the framework of neoliberal capitalist management, which often prioritizes individual solutions and shifts responsibility onto employees instead of implementing systemic changes to improve potentially harmful working conditions. Read More →

Work-Related Diseases List Expands Recognition of Occupational Cancer

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The new Work-Related Diseases List (Lista de Doenças Relacionadas ao Trabalho – LDRT) issued by Brazil’s Ministry of Health expanded from 182 to 347 disease codes and from 14 to 50 types of neoplasms. This represents a major achievement, reported in the Occupational Cancer Dossier of the Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health / Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (RBSO). Read More →

Climate change impacts the health of agricultural workers

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We rarely stop to consider the journey our food takes – from preparing the land for planting to reaching the tables of Brazilian families. At the start of this journey there are the agricultural workers, who carry out a heavy workload and face growing challenges to their well-being, safety, and health – challenges that are being intensified by climate change. Read More →

Performance Evaluation Sets Unattainable Goals for Bank Workers

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In the context of neoliberal expansion, domination over workers shifts from subjection of their bodies to control of their subjectivity. An analysis of a performance evaluation tool used by a private Brazilian bank reveals the prescription of unattainable goals. Read More →

Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health in the SciELO in Perspective Special Week

Image from the podcast episode of the Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health during the Special Week of the SciELO in Perspective blog.

For this Special Week, the Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health/Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (RBSO) presents a selection of recent publications that showcase its multidisciplinary scope and diversity of formats within the field of Occupational Health. These works address relevant and emerging topics that explore the complex contemporary relationships between health and work. Read More →

Taking Stock of Social Media Use in a Social Sciences Journal: The DADOS Experience

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Occupying social networks with qualified scientific debates is fundamental, but we must not forget that science communication is specialized work and that academic careers have demanded more and more from their professionals, many of them subject to precariousness and/or mental health crises, including editors. Read More →

Research on Diversity in Social Sciences: A Reading Guide in DADOS

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Inequalities are a central research theme in social sciences. In this text, we list a series of recent studies published in DADOS, which mobilize rigorous methods and add to the area’s literature. Read More →

The Podcast as a Science Communication Tool: The DADOS Experience

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Transforming articles into accessible and powerful conversations, the DADOS podcast affirms science communication as a critical and inclusive practice. By exploring the backstage of research and valuing diverse voices, each episode expands the reach of social sciences and connects academic knowledge and public debate. Read More →