title: [Basic questionnaire and methodological criteria for Surveys on Working Conditions, Employment, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean].
abstract: This article aimed to present a basic questionnaire and minimum methodological criteria for consideration in future Surveys on Working Conditions, Employment, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean. A virtual and face-to-face consensus process was conducted with participation by a group of international experts who used the surveys available up until 2013 as the point of departure for defining the proposal. The final questionnaire included 77 questions grouped in six dimensions: socio-demographic characteristics of workers and companies; employment conditions; working conditions; health status; resources and preventive activities; and family characteristics. The minimum methodological criteria feature the interviewee's home as the place for the interview and aspects related to the quality of the fieldwork. These results can help improve the comparability of future surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean, which would in turn help improve information on workers' heath in the region.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud laboral, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.|CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud laboral, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.|Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Merino-Salazar
authors.affiliation: Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornelio
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ada Avila
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Assunção
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Andrés A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Agudelo-Suárez
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Avellaneda, Avellaneda, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amable
authors.affiliation: Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Artazcoz
authors.affiliation: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.|Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Jonh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Astete
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.|Universidad Técnica Nacional, San Carlos, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barraza
authors.affiliation: Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berhó
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
authors.forename: Lino Carmenate
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Milián
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, U.S.A.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delclòs
authors.affiliation: Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Funcasta
authors.affiliation: Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerke
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Centar at Houston, San Antonio, U.S.A.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.affiliation: Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Itatí-Iñiguez
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo de Paula
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martínez-Iñigo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriane Mesquita de
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Lida
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orta
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinilla
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud laboral, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodrigo
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Marianela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Iselle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sabastizagal
authors.affiliation: Ministerio de Salud de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Clelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallebuona
authors.affiliation: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vermeylen
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Gloria H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Villalobos
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vives
mesh_terms: D017691:Caribbean Region; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires