title: Modification of knowledge on occupational accidents among schoolchildren who resided in a landfill impacted area.
abstract: The prevalence of occupational accidents is very high in Brazil, having impacts on the health system and social security. This requires prevention, which must start with students of the Basic Education.
  The knowledge on this kind of accidents among children and adolescents studying in an area near a sanitary landfill was evaluated, before and after the development of activities on health education.
  A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 and included the application of the same questionnaire among students from a school in Cuiabá-MT, Brazil, before and after educational health activities related to the definition of occupational accidents. Univariate analyses of absolute and relative frequencies and bivariate analyses using the χ2 Test and Fisher's Exact Test were performed with a significance level of 0.05 and 95%CI.
  There was a statistically significant increase of the knowledge on these types of accidents after the educational activities (p < 0.05).
  The activities carried out indicate that schools are important for the development and systematization of knowledge arising from reality.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Cuiabá (MT), Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosangela Maiara Vindoura
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Organização Panamericana de Saúde - Brasília (DF), Brasil.|Faculdade de Medicina e Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Volney de Magalhães
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Câmara
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria da Escola Paulista de Medicina da Universidade Federal de São Paulo - São Paulo (SP), Brasil.|Instituto de Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Cuiabá (MT), Brasil.
authors.forename: Delma Perpétua Oliveira de
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities