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ITATI INIGUEZ, María José; AGUDELO-SUAREZ, Andrés A.; CAMPOS-SERNA, Javier  y  CORNELIO, Cecilia I.. Surveys on working conditions and health: their use in occupational health research. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2012, vol.58, n.228, pp.205-215. ISSN 1989-7790.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2012000300005.

Objective: To analyse the use of the working and health conditions survey (WHCS) in occupational health research. Method: A literature review about working and health conditions survey (WHCS) was conducted in PubMed and CISDOC in the period 1990-2009 including research articles. In selected papers objectives, main issues and gaps were identified. Results: 627 publications were located and we analysed 15 papers about WHCS. Employment conditions and Health were the most explored issues (n=14). Considering working conditions, ergonomic (n=11) and psychosocial risk factors (n=10) were more described. 9 papers analysed psychosomatic symptoms and 7 papers described self-perceived health status. Only 4 papers included gender perspective and 3 papers incorporated social class within the analysis. Research on workers' participation (n=1) and prevention (n=2) was scarcely. Conclusions: Scientific literature based on the WHCS show that some topics have been practically unexplored, such as workers participation, preventive interventions, and labour and familiar conciliation. The introduction of a gender perspective, migration and social class in the analysis of the scientific articles would be well acknowledged.

Palabras clave : Data collection; Surveys; Working Conditions; Employment; Health.

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