Programme and training material

• Programme
• Presentations
• Material

Programme

The draft programme of the 2nd EHES Training Seminar includes three partially overlapping strands of training. It is assumed that from each EHES pilot country, three persons would attend the training seminar:

• Field work coordinator, a person who is responsible for the overall coordination of the field work in the country
• A person who is responsible for training of the national field work staff which takes anthropometric measurements and measures blood pressure
• A person who is responsible for training of the national field work staff which takes and handles the blood samples on the field

Agenda (pdf) - version of 15 September 2010

Presentations of the training seminar

Monday, 20 September 2010

• Opening and introduction of THL
• Aims of this seminar and practical issues
• Main principles in organizing national training and using EHES training materials
• Measuring height and weight: EHES procedures
• Laboratory procedures
• Group work on challenges in organizing field work and training personnel for different examination sites
• Communication before and during the field work - country example from UK
• Measuring waist circumference: EHES procedures
• What should field work personnel know and understand about sampling?
• Preparing nationanl HES manuals

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

• Role of survey physician
  • Country example from Italy
• Measuring blood pressure
  • General
  • EHES procedures
  • Example from Germany
• Inviting sellected persons and motivating participants
  • Country example from Germany
• Key points regarding the informed consent
  • Country example from the Netherlands
• Group work on recruitment and obtaining informed consent
• Group work: sharing plans and experiences for national training seminars

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

• Preliminary analysis of data during the field work and progress reporting
  • Country example from Poland
• Total quality management in interview data collection process
• EHES core questions, questionnaire administration and interviewing skills
  • Country example from Portugal
• Group woek on questionnaire administration and questionnaire design
• Survey logistics
• Data management in the field
• Quality control and audit visists: process and actions

Material

Draft of the EHES Manual Part B