Abstract

MAHECHA ANGULO, Myriam; VASQUEZ MENDOZA, Evelyn María  and  LEONILDE GALINDO, Magda. Health and safety education for joint occupational health and safety committees. av.enferm. [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.3, pp.343-351. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v33n3.36.

Objective: To build a proposal to develop the educational process in health and safety joint committees aimed at safety and health at work (COPASST). Methodology: Qualitative, descriptive study in which an in-depth interview to 32 COPASST assets was made. Each interview was transcribed and interpreted by applying check with participants, finding meaningful statements, organizing groups of subjects, exhaustive description and validation with participants. The information was placed in the categories planning, organization, development, evaluation and feedback, emerging the following categories: responsible for processes management; planning, place and frequency of educational sessions; topics; format of sessions; involving/development of sessions; understanding of the issues; applicability to daily life and work environment; applicability to personal/professional life and to the organization. Results: From emerging categories and according to the conceptual framework on adult health education and health and safety for workers, a participatory methodology for the development of educational processes with COPASST was built. Conclusions: According to the statement by the members of the COPASST, educational processes in health and safety, as they are developed at present, preclude them from achieving necessary competences to perform its functions, thus they are irrelevant.

Keywords : Health Education; Occupational Health; Peer Group.

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