Psychosocial Stress in the Workplace (PSW): Where and who we are in Mexico
Sharing experiences with U.S. PSW researchers

9-10 December 2002, Mexico City

• Rafael Alejandro Calco Alvarado
• Jose Trinidad Rivera Navarrete: Alianza de Traviarlos de Mexico
• Rosa Maria Hernandez Lopez: ATM
• Mireya Scarone Adarga: Colegio de Sonora
• Josefina Ramirez Velazquez: DAF - INAH
• Leonor A. Cedillo: DGSA - SSA
• Victor Hugo Borja Aborto: IMSS
• Anabetha Leon Mosino: IMSS
• Martin Rafael Quezada Ortega: IMSS
• Cuauntemoc Arturo Juarez Perez: IMSS
• Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid
• Amando Mendoza: Institute Mexicano Segure Social
• Hector Duarte Tagles: McGill University
• Maria Elena Olave Arreola: UACH
• Kanan-Patel Coleman: UCLA School of Public Health / Fogarty Center
• Arturo Juarez Garcia UNAM
• Rodolfo Nava Hernandez: UNAM
• Elia Morales Napoles: UNAM
• Jose Antonio Ramirez Paer: UNAM
• Peter L. Schnall: University of California, Irvine; CSE
• Alma Darenka Padilla Solares: UNAM
• Emily Ito Sugiyama: UNAM

Purposes:

• Sharing experiences of PSW research and training in Mexico.
• Identify future training and research opportunities of collaboration among Mexican participants and with UCLA-Fogarty researchers.
• Networking between Mexican researchers in PSW issues.
• Identify binational (Mexico-US) collaborative research projects through which graduate students can be trained.
• Discuss potential for occupational medicine training.

Schedule

9 December 2002, Monday

9:00 Welcome and introduction
Background to UCLA-Fogarty Program
Kanan Patel-Coleman, UCLA

9:15 Psychosocial Research and Practice in Mexico. (something that sets background)
Leonor Cedillo, DGSA / COFEPRI

9:30 Factores psicosociales adversos en trabajadoras de la industria maquiladora en Sonora, México
Leonor Cedillo, DGSA

10:00 Ergonomics
David Sánchez, ISAT

10:30 Break

10:45 PSW and Cardiovascular Disease
Peter Schnall, UCLA

11:15 Teachers and overwork
Luz Esther Olvera y María Elena Olave, UACh

11:45 Construcción y Desarrollo de un Modelo Predictivo de Factores Psicosociales en el Trabajo y Su Relación con la Salud
José Antonio Ramírez y Arturo Juárez, UNAM-I

12:15 Break

12:30 Josefina Ramírez, CIESAS

13:00 Trabajo y Tensión Psicológica: Factores Psicosociales de Riesgo para la Salud de las Trabajadoras del Servicio Telefónico. Estudio de la Interacción Cliente-Trabajadora
Mireya Scarone, Colegio de Sonora

13:30 Prevalencia de factores de riesgo psicosociales en los trabajadores agricolas mexicanos de temporada en Quebec: resultados de una prueba piloto
Hector Duarte, McGill University

14:00 Comida

15:30 Epidemiology of occupational illnesses
Rafael Lozano, SSA

16:00 El SWS como alternativa para evaluar el estrés organizacional
Emily Ito, Facultad de Psicología, UNAM

16:30 Adjourn

10 December 2002, Tuesday

9:00 Summary of previous day; overview of today
Kanan Patel-Coleman, UCLA

9:15 Why is it important to strength PSW social concern, research and practice
Leonor Cedillo, DGSA / COFEPRIS

9:45 PSW Activities and Interests at IMSS
Victor Borja, IMSS

10:15 UCLA and UCI training and research in PSW
Peter Schnall

10:45 Break

11:00 Break out Groups
Discussion about research and training opportunities for collaboration among Mexican institutions, researchers and students and with UCLA - Fogarty program

12:00 Prioritize research and training joint activities (collective exercise selecting categories of collaboration and voting each person for each category selected; sum total "points" to arrive at ranking)

12:30 Break

12:45 Funding sources for research
Leonor Cedillo, DGSA (facilitator)

13:15 Possibilities for collaboration with UCLA-Fogarty Program
Kanan Patel-Coleman, UCLA (facilitator)

13:45 Adjourn