Abstract

MENENDEZ PEREZ, Maria Caridad; PALU OROZCO, Adrián  and  OROZCO GONZALEZ, María Iluminada. Environmental management as an alternative for the community participation in Altamira People's Council. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.7, pp.1083-1089. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, observational study was carried out, based on 113 people and 44 workers from the most polluting enterprises in Altamira People's Council of Santiago de Cuba during 2008, to characterize the major environmental risks in this area from the industrial and community points of view and to identify their knowledge of the perception in this respect. It was evidenced that these people were unaware of environmental health and had low risk perception and dissatisfactions with services related to environmental security. It was also confirmed that the low level of knowledge of environmental damage held by the workers, exposure to risk factors and inadequate protection means converted these enterprises into unsafe environments. Ignorance of population, enterprise workers, managers and cadres on the subject forced to devise strategies of community intervention and training in terms of improving the environment and quality of people's life.

Keywords : risk population; worker, level of knowledge,; polluting enterprise; risk and environmental management; community participation; quality of life.

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