Occupational stress and work engagement among primary healthcare physicians: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Brazil's Family Health Strategy is based on a primary healthcare model, which is considered to have case resolution capacity, with physicians at its center.

Objectives: To evaluate the levels of occupational stress and work engagement among primary healthcare physicians.

Design And Setting: Cross-sectional study conducted in 2017, in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

Career commitment and entrenchment among Primary Care nurses.

Objective: To assess career commitment and entrenchment among Primary Care nurses.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out in 2018, with primary care nurses from two cities in the state of São Paulo. The Career Commitment and Entrenchment Scales, validated in Brazil, and consisting of 12 items each, were used, and assess: identity, resilience, and planning, related to commitment; emotional costs, investments, and limitation of career alternatives, related to entrenchment.

Engagement in primary health care nurses: A cross-sectional study in a Brazilian city.

Objective: Professional engagement is an indicator of the relationship between a nurse and the work environment and is an important factor in performance and productivity. The goal of this study was to evaluate levels of engagement among nurses in primary health care units.

Methods: Cross-sectional study in a city of São Paulo state, Brazil, in 2017, using an instrument containing sociodemographic variables and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES).