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Exploratory study of the impact of workplace harassment and persecution on professionals that provide humanized care, Brazil
1
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Artes- Ciências e Humanidades, São Paulo, Brazil
2
University McMaster, McMaster Midwifery Research Centre, Hamilton, Canada
3
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, São Paulo, Brazil
4
University of Brasília, Público Health Graduate Studies, Brasília, Brazil
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A904
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The research was demanded by professionals who provide humanized and evidence-based care for childbirth and safe abortion, who reported various kinds of violence and persecution for defending this model of care, as identified by ReHuNa (The Brazilian Network for the Humanization of Childbirth).
OBJECTIVES:
To describe quantitatively the persecution of Brazilian professionals working in childbirth and safe abortion care. Persecution is understood as situations of violence, coercion and criminalization. The main objective is to analyze the impacts of this persecution on their personal and professional lives.
METHODS:
Exploratory and descriptive survey. Professionals of various categories (doulas, doctors, nurses, midwives, psychologists, physiotherapists, traditional midwives, social workers and others) in the field of sexual and reproductive health responded an online questionnaire.
RESULTS:
Professionals reported various kinds of persecution, impacting their careers and personal well-being. Professionally, the main complaints were retaliation - punishments or difficulties in the workplace (27%), threats (19%) and formal warnings (14%). Many reported less demand for their services (13%), dismissals, compulsory transfers and even ethical litigations in professional councils. Regarding the impact in their personal lives, 70% of respondents reported feeling insecure in their workplace, which affected the quality of the care they provided. The majority (51%) reported anxiety or panic attacks, while 31% mentioned financial impacts and burnout; 30% depression; 26% social isolation, 22% conflicts in family life and 15% worsening of pre-existing psychiatric illnesses.
CONCLUSIONS:
Persecution of professionals advocating for humanized and evidence-based care affects both their mental health and careers, besides the quality of care provided. Personal and professional implications are interconnected, harming both workers and health system users.
KEY MESSAGE:
Professionals working with evidence-based and humanized care deserve a safe work environment, with no persecution, in order to ensure the rights of childbearing people. Poster session 4 (Group B)
The research was demanded by professionals who provide humanized and evidence-based care for childbirth and safe abortion, who reported various kinds of violence and persecution for defending this model of care, as identified by ReHuNa (The Brazilian Network for the Humanization of Childbirth).
OBJECTIVES:
To describe quantitatively the persecution of Brazilian professionals working in childbirth and safe abortion care. Persecution is understood as situations of violence, coercion and criminalization. The main objective is to analyze the impacts of this persecution on their personal and professional lives.
METHODS:
Exploratory and descriptive survey. Professionals of various categories (doulas, doctors, nurses, midwives, psychologists, physiotherapists, traditional midwives, social workers and others) in the field of sexual and reproductive health responded an online questionnaire.
RESULTS:
Professionals reported various kinds of persecution, impacting their careers and personal well-being. Professionally, the main complaints were retaliation - punishments or difficulties in the workplace (27%), threats (19%) and formal warnings (14%). Many reported less demand for their services (13%), dismissals, compulsory transfers and even ethical litigations in professional councils. Regarding the impact in their personal lives, 70% of respondents reported feeling insecure in their workplace, which affected the quality of the care they provided. The majority (51%) reported anxiety or panic attacks, while 31% mentioned financial impacts and burnout; 30% depression; 26% social isolation, 22% conflicts in family life and 15% worsening of pre-existing psychiatric illnesses.
CONCLUSIONS:
Persecution of professionals advocating for humanized and evidence-based care affects both their mental health and careers, besides the quality of care provided. Personal and professional implications are interconnected, harming both workers and health system users.
KEY MESSAGE:
Professionals working with evidence-based and humanized care deserve a safe work environment, with no persecution, in order to ensure the rights of childbearing people. Poster session 4 (Group B)
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