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Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud

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SARSOSA-PROWESK, Kewy; CHARRIA-ORTIZ, Víctor Hugo  and  ARENAS-ORTIZ, Felipe. Characterization of Psychosocial Risks at the Workplace of Heads of Five Clinical Care Level III Santiago de Cali (Colombia). Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.27, pp.348-361. ISSN 1657-7027.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps13-27.crpi.

Objective: This research aimed to identify psychosocial risk factors at work, in workers with leadership positions of five health care institutions that provide high complexity services (level III) of the city of Cali, Colombia. Method: This was a non-experimental descriptive research, with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 156 workers involved in leadership positions, whose functions have a direct relation with taking care of patient's health. The Intralaboral Psychosocial Risk Factors Questionnaire - A Form (Ministerio de la Protección Social, 2010) was applied. Results: The total score of the Psychosocial Risk Factors assessment shows a high level of risk. The domains that show a higher risk are: Work Demands and Leadership and social relationships at work.

Keywords : psychosocial risks; work psychology; human processes; organizational development; health institutions.

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