Maritime Health Research and Education-NET/Draft WPs

The content of the MAR-NET
Is to be organised in a similar structure as for the EU Cost projects in Work Packets even it is not decided to go for such one. The content of a COST project could be drawn out of the objectives for the MAR-NET project: To study the occupational exposures and related health outcomes among young seafarers and to establish a related training:

WP 1 - Management & administration WP 2 - Feasibility study WP 3 - Methodology WP 4-7 Implementation of the objectives WP 8 - Testing and implementation of the project content WP 9 - Dissemination of the produced results

The objectives

 * 1) Omega-Net, multi-country, lifelong, prospective cohort studies
 * 2) Standard protocols and where possible to include students Thesis work
 * 3) Harmonise exposure and outcome information by using standard questionnaires
 * 4) Objective and subjective assessments of workplace hazards exposures
 * 5) Develop and validate Job-exposure Matrices (JEM)
 * 6) Systematic reviews and pooled studies from the cohort studies
 * 7) Cohort-Linkage to pre-entry and follow-up health exams and other health registers
 * 8) Make training materials based on the cohort study outcomes and other scientific sources
 * 9) Give OHS training to maritime doctors, seafarers, fishermen, students and others
 * 10) Integrate research methodology in the supervision of student’s thesis work
 * 11) Administration organisation
 * 12) Dissemination of outputs