Analysis of the culture of risk prevention in the different educational levels from the perspective of teachers

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Abstract. Analysis of the culture of risk prevention in the different educational levels from the perspective of teachers This paper, we talk about prevention from classroom/school considering that the knowledge of occupational safety and health and preventive culture must be present in the educational context for understanding education as the engine of change in a society. The methodology used in this study is quantitative «descriptive analysis» (statistics of central tendency and variability) of hypothesis testing in non-parametric (contingency tables with chi square test for two samples), and other multivariate analysis of interdependence, with a sample of teachers (N= 258), that they have participated in the educative program«Learn to grow safely 2009» of the Department of Employment and Educationof Andalusia (Spain). An important conclusion of this study is: the teachers expressed the need to integrate the prevention of occupational risks in the various levels of education. In this sense, the creation of a culture of prevention in formal education should have greater relevance in higher education levels on the basis of the Kindergarten and Primary.