Introduction:

Disease prevention is the cornerstone of the Cuban health system. Un this work, the theoretical-methodological elements associated with the treatment of legal content in the prevention of occupational diseases are addressed, an aspect in which the authors identify a high significance, based on the bibliographic review carried out and the results of the empirical one.

Objective:

The objective of the study is to elaborate theoretical-methodological considerations for the treatment of legal content in the prevention of occupational diseases.

Methods:

During the development of the research, between September 2019 and July 2020, theoretical methods such as analysis and synthesis, historical-logical and systematization were applied; among the empirical ones, document review, expert consultation and focus group are used. Mathematical-statistical methods were used for information processing.

Results:

Essential relationships were defined in the theoretical and methodological order, between the legal content and the prevention of occupational diseases for the optimization of their treatment. Theoretical-methodological considerations are specified in three dimensions, three general principles and the determination of a legal framework. The use of a rating scale of five options, in the validation process, allowed to identify a prevalence of evaluated indicators of Very adequate and Fairly suitable.

Conclusions:

The validity of the theoretical-methodological considerations for the treatment of the legal content in the prevention of occupational diseases, in correspondence with the proposed objective, was assessed by consulting experts.

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