1st ECOTES NETWORK CONFERENCE 2014 – BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA)

Held on the 13^th and 14^th of November 2014 and sponsored by the Argentine Occupational Hazards Authority. In addition to forming the ECoTES Network, the purpose of this conference was to agree upon a list of 46 basic variables that all future questionnaires should contain, as well as the minimum methodological criteria to be considered in sample design and field work.

Presentations:  

1. I Central American survey on working conditions and health (Marianela Rojas - Costa Rica) 

2. Monitoring workers' health  (Clelia Vallebuona - Chile)

3. Working conditions and health surveys, the Argentine experience. (M José Íñiguez - Argentina)

4. National survey on working conditions and health in the occupational hazard system. (Oscar Nieto - Colombia)

5. European survey on working conditions and health. (Greet Vermeylen - Ireland)

6. Working conditions and health surveys in Latin America. (Pamela Merino - Ecuador)

7. Design and implementation of the working conditions, safety, and health survey in Uruguay. (David Martínez - Spain)

Documents approved:

• ECTS NETWORK Declaration 2014

• ECTS Meeting FINAL Report I

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