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Health care professionals suffer from both regular job stress and caregiver stress that arises
from the neglect of their work situation. As principles of bioethics protection, vertical protection
ratio, health policies should also target health professionals. So, this paper seeks to understand the
issue of stress in relation to mental health professionals, specifically the community health agents
of the Federal District in Brazil. Methods: This study is an exploratory study that adopts a
quantitative approach. Data were obtained by a questionnaire, that mesure social, work and stress
factors, in 97 community health agents, a different class of health professional. The SPSS
19.0 program was used to mesure the results. Results: The sociodemographic data of
respondentes revealed that the majority were women, 40,2% of the group members fall in the age
range 30‒39 years, 51% of respondents were married and 57.7% were of middle socioeconomic
status. All Pearson correlations were significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). The results show that
all stressors are negatively correlated with the mental health factors. These results showed that
mental health deteriorates with increased stress. The mental health indicators are strongly and
positively associated, indicating that individuals with better mental health show greater personal, social and workplace support. Conclusions: The results indicate the need for management
changes in the public health sector related to Bioethics Protection, which states that populations
vulnerable to work exploitation should be protected by guaranteeing minimum working conditions.
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