Bases teóricas metodológicas de la salud en el trabajo. Propuesta de un programa de pausas activas para las organizaciones.

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to determine the Theoretical and Methodological Basis of Health in the workplace and its relationship with active breaks for the improvement of working life conditions. For which a comparative s tudy was made to collaborators of a public institution, and of a private company of the city of Guayaquil. The study has a non-experimental methodological design, because the study phenomenon was observed and analyzed in its natural context, with the application of data collection instruments such as surveys and interviews. In the public institution, 105 employees from different areas were surveyed and 4 workers from the Occupational Health and Safety area were interviewed; and in the private company, surveys were carried out with 171 employees from different areas and the person in charge of the Occupational Health area was interviewed. Based on the results obtained, it was possible to demonstrate that employees are aware of the benefits that active pauses bring to health and quality of working life, as well as officials are interested in the implementation of a program of active breaks, in order to avoid risks and physical or mental illnesses. In addition, through the bibliographic review it was possible to determine the existing relationship between Health at Work and Active Pauses.