Administrative Technicians Research Articles

Improving the Energy Performance of Public Buildings in the Mediterranean Climate via a Decision Support Tool

Addressing Europe’s decarbonisation challenge involves widespread deployment of nearly zero-energy buildings, deep energy renovations and renewable energy integration in the building sector. Enhancing energy efficiency in public buildings necessitates tailored solutions and strategic planning involving Local Public Administration. This work focuses on advancing insights into the application of the PrioritEE Decision Support Tool in Portuguese public buildings, highlighting the energy and financial savings and carbon dioxide emission reduction potential. Using detailed building characterisation data from energy performance certificates, we applied the tool across 22 public buildings of diverse typologies in three distinct regions of Portugal, representing various public entities. Results demonstrate the tool’s adaptability, enabling a comprehensive assessment of energy performance and facilitating the exploration of customised energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. The research emphasises the critical role of user-friendly tools in aiding policymakers and local administration technicians in meeting national renovation targets and contributing to the broader energy transition objectives.

Characteristics of harassment in universities: publications from 2014 to 2023

Objective: To understand and describe the characteristics of the phenomenon of harassment and mobbing in universities by collecting and analyzing academic studies written in Portuguese. Methodology: A search was carried out for articles in the following databases: Science Direct, SciELO, Web of Science, Dial Net, Psycinfo, Pepsico and Google Scholar. The descriptors bullying and universities were used and selected, resulting in the submission of 20 articles. Results and discussion: There was a predominance of empirical-descriptive studies, whose population was mainly teachers and, in second place, administrative technicians. Most of the subjects were women. It was also found that the participants generally had experience of harassment, either as victims or as witnesses. Most of the subjects of these studies work in federal public educational institutions. Most of the studies analyzed focus on the purposeful deterioration of working conditions, along with the attack on dignity. The respondents do not seem to be concerned about the affective relational aspect or the damage to the organization. Conclusions: Harassment has been noticed more frequently in public universities, and measures are needed to remedy this situation, as they are very important institutions for the whole community, not only in terms of scientific knowledge, but also in terms of promoting ethics and justice. Ideals such as the promotion of knowledge must prevail. Situations of violence cannot be trivialized and naturalized. It is of the utmost importance that the phenomenon is treated seriously by the State.

Quality of Life at Work: The Perception of Administrative Technicians in Education at the Federal Institute of Amazonas

Quality of Life at Work: The Perception of Administrative Technicians in Education at the Federal Institute of Amazonas

Impact of the Irregular Disposal of Masks and the Perception of the Community of the Federal Institute of Sergipe, Campus Aracaju/SE

In early 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil. The pandemic continued to advanced, which led to the adoption of the use of masks in commercial establishments, parks, workplaces, public transport, as a protective measure. This situation generated another concern, the impact generated by irregular disposal. In view of the above this study aims to perform a survey of the impacts caused by the irregular disposal of masks and verify the perception of the academic community (students, teachers and administrative technicians) of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Sergipe, Aracaju Campus. A questionnaire was elaborated to be applied to the academic community where we sought to identify the perception of the interviewees about the use of masks, and the impact that their irregular disposal can cause. These data were tabulated, and graphs were generated. The results show that: masks are efficient in combating the proliferation of COVID-19 and irregular disposal has numerous impacts. It is concluded that most interviewees do not properly sanitize the masks, are aware of the impacts generated by incorrect disposal, but do not perform the correct disposal.

Aligning the Goals Hybrid Model for the Diagnosis of Mental Health Quality

The social distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as the “greatest psychological experiment in the world”. It has tested the human capacity to extract meaning from suffering and challenged individuals and society in Brazil and abroad to promote cohesion that cushions the impact of borderline experiences on mental life. In this context, a survey was conducted with teachers, administrative technicians, and outsourced employees at the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI). This educational institution offers professional and technological education in Piauí, Brazil. This study proposes a system for the early diagnosis of health quality during social distancing in the years 2020 and 2021, over the COVID-19 pandemic, combining multi-criteria decision support methodology, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with machine learning algorithms (Random Forest, logistic regression, and Naïve Bayes). The hybrid approach of the machine learning algorithm with the AHP multi-criteria decision method with geometric mean accurately obtained a classification that stood out the most in the characteristics’ performance concerning emotions and feelings. In 2020, the situation was reported as the SAME AS BEFORE, in which the hybrid AHP with Geographical Average with the machine learning Random Forest algorithm stands out, highlighting the atypical situation in the quality of life of the interviewees and the timely manner in which they realized that their mental health remained unchanged. After that, in 2021, the situation was reported as WORSE THAN BEFORE, in which the hybrid AHP with geometric mean with the machine learning Random Forest algorithm provided an absolute result.

Confronting transphobia at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará-Campus Belém: perceptions about Resolution 363/2017 CONSUP

The study “O Enfrentamento à Transfobia no IFPA- Campus Belém: percepções sobre a Resolução 363/2017” aimed to investigate the level of knowledge of the Campus Belém community about the institutional policy to combat transphobia at the IFPA. We sought to understand how the Social Name Use Policy is implemented in practice and what is the community's knowledge of Resolution 363/2017-CONSUP-IFPA, that guarantees this right. In addition, we investigated the perceptions of teachers, students and administrative technicians about Trans students. It was a quantitative and qualitative research with documental, bibliographic and field searches, through the application of questionnaires. The literature review was based on contributions from authors such as (2000), Peres (2009), Rios (2009), Alves e Moreira (2015), Bento (2002), Junqueira (2009), Lima Neto, Cavalcanti e Gleyse (2018). As a result, there was a significant lack of knowledge of the Resolution 363/2017 and the urgency of continuing education for the servers on gender identity, gender and sexuality, as a strategy to guarantee a human, critical and citizenly formation for all the subjects of Vocational and Technological Education.

Riscos ergonômicos e sintomas musculoesqueléticos em técnicos administrativos do Instituto Federal Catarinense durante o teletrabalho na pandemia da COVID-19

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic risks in telework environments of administrative technicians at the Instituto Federal Catarinense. In total, 142 administrative technicians who answered an online questionnaire about sociodemographic information, task performance, work environment, and musculoskeletal pain participated in the study. Data were analyzed by binary logistic regression separately for each outcome, using pain in the neck, right shoulder and low back pain as dependent variables. The prevalence of pain among administrative technicians was 92.7% and the most frequent regions were the neck, lumbar spine, and right shoulder. Mental overload (stress), inadequate worktable, monitor and work chair, lack of guidance on ergonomic risks and adaptations in the work environment were the main ergonomic risks. An association was observed between neck pain and administrative technicians who were mentally overloaded, did not practice any physical activity, did not have the table at elbow level, had neither forearms support nor used a mouse (but a touchpad instead); and right shoulder pain in administrative technicians who had no forearm support and used a touchpad. Also, low back pain was associated with mentally overloaded women who did not have footrest, table at the elbow level, or a chair with lumbar support and upholstery. The institution should provide adequate equipment and furniture and training the employees on the ergonomic risks at work.

Autonomy, multitasking and well-being: Perceptions in telework

The study aimed to assess workers’ perception of autonomy, attentional control for multitasking, and well-being. The research is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Administrative technicians in education at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina responded to the instruments. There is a negative relationship between attentional control for multitasking and well-being at work, that the dimension of autonomous motivation of autonomy is related to well-being and attentional control for multitasking is related to autonomous motivation. The study contributes to advancing the understanding of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional issues in the context of telework.

Administrative technicians in Education in command positions in a public institution of the professional and Technological Education: according to sex and academic degree

Globalization and the growing interest of companies in seeking new markets have drawn academic attention to the impacts of diversity on organizations as a whole. Diversity that is presented in relation to the form of organization and functioning of the Federal Institutes of Education. This work aims to analyze and describe how gender stereotypes, differences and inequalities appear in the occupation of public positions by women in administrative technician positions at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology - Campus Lagarto, in the years 2019 to 2021. The descriptive qualitative research is supported by bibliographic and documentary sources. 37 men and 23 women were identified in the positions, observing asymmetries/prevalence of men compared to women. The high level of education of women and the entry of women into “masculine” organizational environments is accompanied by the possibility of their ascension to technical public positions.

Absenteeism-disease in university employees: a cross-sectional study of the reasons for leave from 2013 to 2018

The Server's Integrated Health Subsystem is used to register health treatment licenses in the Federal Public Service, enabling knowledge about absenteeism-illness. To subsidize health promotion actions, it is intended to know its motivating causes in a Federal Education Institution in Minas Gerais. A cross-sectional study on leave between 2013 and 2018 was carried out. The variables were: position, sex, number of days off and the motivating code of the leave. Descriptive and inferential analyzes were performed using Poisson Regression. The main motivations found were: musculoskeletal disorders, followed by mental health in the group of professors and respiratory disorders in the group of administrative technicians, among whom, technicians up to 50 years old are associated with sick leave due to respiratory tract disorders and civil servants over 50 years old for musculoskeletal reasons. There was no difference in age with regard to mental disorder in this group. The static ergonomic risk associated with respiratory and psychic outcomes, and the risk due to dynamic activities in the absence of musculoskeletal disorders. Based on the data presented, it is possible to propose measures for Health Policy, aimed at improving the environment and work process, minimizing its risks and protecting the health of the employee.

The home office and the ergonomic impacts resulting from the pandemic in an academic community of a Brazilian educational institution

In the current scenario of public health crisis, the work environment has become the Home Office. The present article has the objective of performing a case study, in the form of an opinion survey, about the ergonomics of the academic community of a higher education institution that started to work in a home office regime, aiming to study the impacts related to the transition from work outside the home to the home office due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The present work consists of a descriptive research of the case study type using a form, whose data were treated quantitatively and qualitatively. The methodology of this study was divided into the following steps. The first stage consisted of the literature review, whose objective was to find documents and scientific productions relevant to the topic discussed in this article. Then, a Google Forms form was created, to be directed to the academic community (teachers and administrative technicians) of the Polytechnic School of Pernambuco - POLI/UPE. After completing the application of the form, the information collected was treated according to the Bardin Method. Among the employees of the analyzed EI, 88% reported complaining of pain in at least one part of the body while working in the home office model, even though 55% of them previously considered that the ergonomic conditions of their respective workstations were "good or excellent". Among the complaints, neck pain (64.4% of the cases), stand out.

Perceived Stress Associated Factors in Workers at a Public University.

To describe the predictors of perceived stress in a broad sample of workers at a Brazilian public university. Cross-sectional study carried out with a convenience sample of workers at a public university in Brazil. To be included in the present study, the worker had to be an administrative technician. From March to August, 2017, workers were surveyed, and 929 participants answered the questionnaires of sociodemographic characterization, work and health conditions, perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale), depression (Beck Depression Inventory), and anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory). The multiple linear regression showed that higher perceived stress was associated with being younger and male, occupying a higher or technical position, and presenting higher levels of depression and anxiety. These findings have implications for occupational health nurses and other health professionals to identify workers at risk for chronic and mental illness through predictors of perceived stress and to guide institutions in planning practical actions for stress management interventions.

Absenteeism due to mental and behavioral disorder in employees of a federal university.

Mental and behavioral disorders (MBD) are one of the main causes of absence from work in Brazil and worldwide. To analyze the prevalence of absence from work according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, with stratification of disease defined as "Mental and Behavioral Disorders", in permanent employees of the Federal University of Ouro Preto and its relationships with sociodemographic and occupational determinants, during the period from 2011 to 2019. An epidemiological, descriptive, and analytical study, with a cross-sectional design and quantitative approach was conducted using primary and secondary data. The population consisted of federal public sector workers who were granted ML to treat their own health during a 9-year period. Analyses were performed using descriptive and bivariate statistics. The Wilcoxon (Mann-Whitney) and Poisson tests were used to assess the existence of associations between variables. 733 medical records of employees eligible according to the inclusion criteria were analyzed. There was a rising trend in ML rates over the 9-year period. Of the sample, 23.2% (n = 170) were absent from work due to mental and behavioral disorders - females accounted for 57.6% and administrative technicians in education for 62.3%. In the multivariate analysis (Poisson test), only the outcome "time of first ML due to mental and behavioral disorders" was associated with the variable "time working at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto". The high prevalence of mental and behavioral disorders found in this investigation is an alert to the magnitude of the problem, highlighting the urgency of implementing measures to detect psychosocial risk factors, whether associated with work or not.

Sickness absenteeism in a federal public education institution.

Knowledge on the profile of sickness absenteeism among civil servants reveals their health and working conditions and provides valuable information for the creation of policies aimed at surveillance of servants' health. To investigate sickness absenteeism in a federal public education institution. This was a cross-sectional, documentary, descriptive-exploratory study with a quantitative approach that dealt with the occurrence of sickness absenteeism among federal civil servants at National Institute of Northern Minas Gerais (Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais). In the study period, of the total of 1,339 servants, 112 were responsible for 150 episodes of sick leave, which represented a frequency of workers on medical license of 8.36% and a severity index of 3.21 days. Sickness absenteeism was more prevalent among servants aged from 31 to 40 years and among women. Education administrative technicians presented a greater number of leaves when compared to teachers. Mental and behavioral disorders were the most prevalent conditions. The results of this research may support the creation of more assertive occupational health policies and interventions.

Entre o local e o global: a Pandemia da Covid-19 sob a ótica da História do Tempo Presente no Programa de Pós-graduação em História da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR-Brasil)

Anchored in the perspective of the History of Present Time and its dialectical process with Global History, this article discusses the impacts caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Postgraduate Program in History, linked to the Federal University of Paraná. For the feasibility of the research, the period from March 2020 to September 2021 was considered. As a source, the team favored information collected through forms prepared for this study, applied remotely with professors, students and administrative technicians of the program, totaling 120 respondents. The questions covered aspects related to personal life, mental health, academic life and access to technological resources of these groups, seeking to understand the difficulties and adaptations carried out in daily life. Among the authors who guided this research proposal, from a theoretical-methodological point of view, are François Dosse, Marieta de Moraes Ferreira, Eric Hobsbawm and Boaventura de Sousa Santos.

Inefficiency of public hospitals: a multistage data envelopment analysis in an Italian region

BackgroundThe objective of this study was to assess public hospital efficiency, including quality outputs, inefficiency determinants, and changes to efficiency over time, in an Italian region. To achieve this aim, the study used secondary data from the Veneto region for the years 2018 and 2019.MethodsA nonparametric approach—that is, multistage data envelopment analysis (DEA)—was applied to a sample of 43 hospitals. We identified three categories of input: capital investments (Beds), labor (FTE), operating expenses. We selected five efficiency outputs (outpatient visits, inpatients, outpatient visit revenue, inpatient revenue, bed occupancy rate) and two quality outputs (mortality rate and inappropriate admission rate). Efficiency scores were estimated and decomposed into two components. Slack analysis was then conducted. Further, DEA efficiency scores were regressed on internal and external variables using a Tobit model. Finally, the Malmquist Productivity Index was applied.ResultsOn average, the hospitals in the Veneto region operated at more than 95% efficiency. Technical and scale inefficiencies often occurred jointly, with 77% of inefficient hospitals needing a downsizing strategy to gain efficiency. The inputs identified as needing significant reductions were full-time employee (FTE) administrative staff and technicians. The size of the hospital in relation to the size of the population served and the length of patient stay were important factors for the efficiency score. The major cause of decreased efficiency over time was technical change (0.908) rather than efficiency change (0.974).ConclusionsThe study reveals improvements that should be made from both the policy and managerial perspectives. Hospital size is an important feature of inefficiency. On average, the results show that it is advisable for hospitals to reorganize nonmedical staff to enhance efficiency. Further, increasing technology investment could enable higher efficiency levels.

Attitudes of professionals from Psychosocial Care Centers towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics

Objective: to assess the attitudes of professionals from Psychosocial Care Centers towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics. Methods: a cross-sectional evaluation study with 288 professionals from 12 healthcare services. Sociodemographic data, Patient Satisfaction Scale with Mental Health Services and Attitude Scale for alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics were collected. Results: the professionals who showed a more critical attitude towards their work routine and those who worked in the healthcare services for longer had positive attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics. Professionals from the administrative team and health technicians had more negative attitudes. Conclusion: the attitudes of professionals towards alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics, in general, are positive and were associated with longer working time in the field and the manifestation of disapproving situations with work.

Methodological Process to Select, Develop, and Execute a Chemical Experiment for an Innovative Extension Project: Connecting Technological Research to Basic Education

1000 Future Scientists (1000FSc) is a university extension project developed at the Department of Chemistry in Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Conducted by the Higher Education Administrative Technicians and Professors, it presents the university to the community by proposing an engaging experience for elementary and high school students. In this work, we discuss the process to develop chemical experiments for the 1000FSc project. This process aims to show how innovative technological research in chemistry can be applied to solve social problems, after being adequately adapted to laboratory experiments. Since laboratory practical science lessons are not a reality in the majority of Brazilian public schools, the 1000FSc project allows sharing the UFMG laboratory infrastructure with these students. Simultaneously, undergraduate and graduate students work as volunteers and are engaged in this production process that is a valuable contribution to their extension experience.

Aplicação de dinâmicas educativas sobre saúde durante a Semana de Saúde Escolar: relato de experiência

A extensão universitária permite que a universidade se aproxime da sociedade e que a troca de saberes possa permear a construção do conhecimento técnico-científico. O objetivo deste artigo é descrever a experiência do desenvolvimento de ações de promoção de saúde geral e bucal, desenvolvidas em um projeto de extensão da Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Desta forma, atividades lúdicas foram selecionadas como meios didáticos e aplicados em escolares (08 a 13 anos) da Escola Municipal Henfil, CIEP HENFIL - RJ. Os temas em saúde foram selecionados de acordo com a realidade dos escolares e envolveram os órgãos dos sentidos criando a Dinâmica dos sentidos e a Dinâmica do Autocuidado. A equipe executora foi formada por docentes, técnicos administrativos e discentes de graduação. Participaram ativamente das ações 150 crianças que demonstraram interesse e curiosidade. Ademais, os escolares criaram vínculos com os discentes de graduação, relações de cumplicidade, se sentindo seguros para compartilhar seus anseios e inseguranças quanto aos assuntos abordados. O presente trabalho destaca o processo de construção da ideia, delineamento das atividades, aquisição do material, capacitação para execução e aborda a aplicação das dinâmicas, as experiências e principais resultados.

Vivências formativas mediadas pela modalidade educação a distância e suas implicações no trabalho universitário

A Secretaria de Educação a Distância da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) viabilizou dois cursos de capacitação profissional com suporte pedagógico e tecnológico através da modalidade Educação a Distância (Ead), com o intuito de qualificar o trabalho dos Técnicos Administrativos em Educação (TAE) que atuam nos espaços administrativos da Instituição. Dentro deste contexto, esta pesquisa de cunho qualitativo teve por objetivo entender como os TAE relacionam os cursos na modalidade EaD com a sua prática cotidiana. Os dados foram produzidos por meio de questionário e analisados pelo método do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo; a partir das análises foi gerado o discurso “relação entre a formação vivenciada e as atividades laborais cotidianas”, que embasou algumas reflexões, demonstrando a contribuição desta formação desenvolvida a partir da estrutura em EaD da Universidade. A fala expressa pelo discurso denota vantagens atribuídas pelos sujeitos à formação por meio da EaD. Os resultados reforçam que esta modalidade, como estratégia, é eficaz no cumprimento do objetivo institucional de proporcionar formação qualificada ao corpo técnico, abrindo caminhos para impulsionar o desenvolvimento e aprimorar habilidades necessárias ao desempenho das atividades dos TAE. Além disso, a estratégia formativa fortalece a EaD no âmbito da FURG.