Análise do impacto da estrutura organizacional de dois hospitais públicos portugueses na execução dos seus objectivos, através da percepção dos seus colaboradores

O objetivo deste trabalho de investigação é o de procurar compreender o impacto da estrutura organizacional de dois hospitais públicos portugueses com diferentes figuras jurídicas, na execução dos seus objetivos, através da perceção dos seus colaboradores. De modo a atingirmos o nosso objetivo, recorremos à metodologia do estudo de caso, efetuado a cada um dos hospitais escolhidos. O principal instrumento de recolha de dados é o questionário, efetuado a uma população que é constituída por uma amostra aleatória simples e estratificada em classes de cada um dos hospitais. Para além de não terem sido encontradas diferenças significativas, nas áreas analisadas, entre os dois hospitais, este estudo revelou-nos ainda que a sua estrutura organizacional deve ser mais orgânica, no sentido de uma estrutura matricial, mantendo, no entanto, a parte burocrática que advêm da elevada profissionalização do seu pessoal e os principais mecanismos de coordenação. Este trabalho pretende dar um contributo no conhecimento da forma como os gestores dos hospitais podem controlar e modificar a estrutura e o desenho da organização e de que forma essas modificações podem vir a influenciar a execução dos seus objetivos. ABSCTRAT: The purpose of this research work is to seek to understand the organizational structure’s impact of two portuguese public hospitals, with different legal forms, in the implementation of their objectives through its collaborators' perception. ln order to achieve our purpose, we have used the case study methodology performed in each one of the chosen hospitals. The main instrument for data collection is the questionnaire, made to a population consisting of a simple and stratified into classes random sample from each one of the hospitals. Besides not having been found any significant differences between the two hospitals, this study has also revealed to us that its organizational structure should be more organic, towards a matrix structure, although maintaining the bureaucratic part arising from the high professionalization of its personnel and the main coordination mechanisms. This work aims to contribute to the knowledge of how hospital managers can control and modify the organization's structure and design and how those modifications may come to influence the implementation of their objectives.

Health vulnerabilities: the diagnosis of freshmen from a portuguese university

The start of university is presented as a crucial stage in the life of the student. If, on the one hand, it is a period of increased autonomy and freedom, on the other, it is a period that also increases the sense of responsibility and self discipline. In this study, based on a quantitative approach, we identified the main risk situations experienced by freshmen at the University of Evora, by applying a questionnaire developed for this purpose and the Beck inventory. Key findings are highlighted, such as the consumption of harmful substances (tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs), whose values exceed the average population. The consumption of alcoholic beverages begins early and is continuous and excessive. Also, the presence of symptoms compatible with dysphoria and depression is noted in about 9% of students. Self-medication practices were found in 58.7% of the freshmen. Our findings reveal the need for preventive intervention by health professionals, due to these young people’s great exposure to health risks.