Contents and aim of this

training seminar

Hanna Tolonen

Aim• To train the participants for planning a national

HES according to the EHES standards• To raise awareness on EHES in all European

countries • To receive feedback from the participants on the

EHES standards and the EHES Manual, and to discuss possible national adaptations

• To start preparing the national manuals: the participants will finalise the national study plans, consent forms etc after this seminar and they will send these for review by the personnel of the EHES RC and other trainers

Agenda, Thursday 11 February 2010

• What is EHES• Process for

preparing a national manual

• Planning and preparing a national HES

• Selecting measurements and questionnaires

• Laboratory analysis• Selection of

fieldwork site and staff

• Budget and fund raising

• Legal, ethical and data confidentiality issues

Agenda, Friday 12 February 2010

• Sampling• Data management• Recruitment of

participants and achieving a high participation rate

• Dissemination of the national HES

• National training programme

• Quality assurance• EHES Extranet,

sharing the manual, EHES web site