Health Profile Of University Professors Of Public Institutions In Brazil: An Integrative Review
International Journal of Development Research
Health Profile Of University Professors Of Public Institutions In Brazil: An Integrative Review
Received 27th April, 2018 Received in revised form 07th May, 2018 Accepted 29th June, 2018 Published online 30th July, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Elen Villegas Campos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The health of professors interferes in the education process as a factor in social change. Objective: To synthesize and analyze the scientific knowledge already produced about the health of higher education professors of public institutions in Brazil. Method: Integrative review of scientific articles that answered the guiding question "How is the health of the university professor of public institutions in Brazil?". Eight databases with significance for the subject were selected for the search: PubMed - U.S. National Library of Medicine; LILACS - Latin-American and Caribbean health literature index, SciELO - Electronic Library Online, DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals; Academic OneFile, Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science e Dialnet. The review included articles written in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, published between January 2007 and March 2018. Results: The 10 articles that composed the analyzed sample showed that Brazilian university professors are being affected by mental illnesses, with stress being the most cited, which is the main cause of Burnout Syndrome. Studies have reported work overload as a professional risk for stress.
