6th ECOTES NETWORK CONFERENCE 2019 – MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY)

The “6th Expert Network on Working and Employment Conditions Surveys Conference” took place on the 26^th and 27^th of June in Montevideo (Uruguay), organized by Universidad de la República de Uruguay with support from CiSAL-UPF.

The “Expert Network on Working and Employment Conditions Surveys” (ECoTES) promotes and works on the development of methodological tools and recommendations for researching the working conditions, employment conditions, and health of workers. Its objective is to help develop knowledge on quality of work and improving comparability between research in Latin America and the Caribbean, including national education and research institutions as well as intergovernmental organizations. With the support of the ECoTES network, surveys on working conditions, employment conditions, and health have been launched, both new surveys (Peru, Puerto Rico) as well as second rounds of other surveys (Central America, Argentina).

The following objectives were proposed at the 6th Network Conference.

• Present the results from the 2nd Survey on Working Conditions and Health in Argentina and Central America.
• Present results from the Pilot Study of the Puerto Rico Working Conditions and Health Survey.
• Approve Field and Interviewer Manuals for future Surveys.
• Debate on the validation of the WHO-5.
• Broaden the gender component of the WECHLAS minimum contents Survey in order to get a deeper analysis on the subject.

The meeting was opened by Dr. María José Bagnato – Dean of the School of Psychology of Universidad de la República de Uruguay.

Presentations:

• Field and Interviewer Manuals
• Agreement on the codification of occupation and economic activity on the 2nd WCHS
• Scientific production in occupational health in Latin America and the Caribbean 1998-2017
• Module proposal on gender analysis to add to the WCEHLAS
• Results from the 2nd Survey on Working Conditions and Health in Central America