Safety Knowledge In The General Population In The School Age

Within the major risk reduction measures, the basic knowledge and awareness of safety issues in various environments must be highlighted for their importance. The knowledge of the main concepts of safety means that a good safety culture. As this knowledge grows, operators will be more willing to adopt the prescribed prevention and protection measures in the work environment. In addition, good knowledge can push operators to actively participate in data collection campaigns and proactive security measures. In fact, the safety regulations of various countries prescribe training and information campaigns for the safety in the workplace. To be effective, these training and information measures require the operators to have a basic safety culture and knowledge. Poor data on the level of basic knowledge possessed by the general population are available. The culture and basic knowledge about safety are acquired during the development phase of the individual. To evaluate at which level this knowledge is acquired, a data collection on the safety knowledge of children in primary and secondary schools was carried out. About 1600 students (around 800 in primary schools and 800 in secondary schools) from 5 different schools, aged between 7 and 15, were involved in the data collection. The schools where the data collection was carried out are in the city of Turin, Italy. Data collection was carried out through a game-based approach, requiring the answer to a short series of multiple-choice questions. The questions changed according to the age of the participants. Based on the results obtained from the data collection, in this article it is shown how the knowledge about safety varies with the age, gender and location of the school (consequently with the socio-economic environment of the neighbourhood in which the school is located)