Abstract

CALERO GARCIA, M. Dolores et al. Assessment of a school campaign on risk prevention. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.2, pp.169-186. ISSN 2174-0534.

The prevention of child accidents as a strategy for the subsequent prevention of risks at work has become a very interesting topic due to its advantages in terms of incidence, transversality and economy. Therefore, the assessment of the impact of this kind of actions seems to be worthwhile. This paper describes the assessment of a campaign for the prevention of child accidents carried out in Andalusia under the headline "Learn how to grow up safely." This campaign aims at improving "prevention culture" among the population of children so that this knowledge eventually lead to the prevention of work accidents in the future. Program assessment was performed through a quasi-experimental pre/post design with a non-equivalent control group. Results show that the experimental group had a significant higher knowledge on prevention that was in turn extended to the workplace. As a conclusion, it appears that knowledge on risks and prevention is higher in big towns and capitals than in small towns. Finally, it is noteworthy that participants with higher knowledge on prevention have a lower accident rate.

Keywords : Injury Prevention; Prevention of child Injuries; Educational; Approach; Assessment of a prevention campaign.

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