A5067594190- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Sex work and related issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya
2015-2024
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
2012-2024
Hospital de Sant Pau
2014-2024
Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona
2011-2024
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2018-2024
Institut de Recerca Sant Pau
2024
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona
2011-2021
Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge
2020-2021
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
2012-2015
Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases
2015
Background: The objective of this paper is to analyze social inequalities in COVID-19 incidence, stratified by age, sex, geographical area, and income Barcelona during the first two waves pandemic. Methods: We collected data on cases confirmed laboratory tests pandemic (1 March 15 July 16 30 November, 2020) Barcelona. For each wave we calculated smooth cumulative incidence census tract using a hierarchical Bayesian model. analyzed COVID-19, categorizing tracts into quintiles based indicator....
The aim of this study is to analyse the time trends in European Union (EU) before and during economic crisis 1) energy poverty (EP) prevalence; 2) association between EP health 3) impact on health. We among women men two EU macro regions, defined by a novel index structural vulnerability EP. shows how its worsened identifies groups at higher risk such as people living Mediterranean Eastern countries, which have been found be countries with
Background: The immigrant population living in Spain grew exponentially the early 2000s but has been particularly affected by economic crisis. This study aims to analyse health inequalities between immigrants born middle- or low-income countries and natives Spain, 2006 2012, taking into account gender, year of arrival socioeconomic exposures. Methods: Study trends using two cross-sections, 2012 editions Spanish National Health Survey, including residents aged 15–64 years (20 810 2950 2006,...
Background Socioeconomic inequalities are increasingly recognised as an important public health issue, although their role in the leading causes of mortality urban areas Europe has not been fully evaluated. In this study, we used data from INEQ-CITIES study to analyse cause-specific 15 European cities at beginning 21st century. Methods A cross-sectional ecological was carried out 9 specific death small cities. Using a hierarchical Bayesian spatial model, estimated smoothed Standardized...
Socioeconomic inequalities affecting health are of major importance in Europe. The literature enhances the role social determinants health, such as socioeconomic characteristics and urbanization, to achieve equity. Yet, there is still much know, mainly concerning association between cause-specific mortality several determinants, especially metropolitan areas. This study aims describe geographical pattern Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), at small area level (parishes), analyses statistical...
Energy poverty (EP) is defined as the inability of a household to secure socially and materially required level energy services in home. The main objective this study was analyse association between EP distinct indicators health status, utilisation medication use southern Europe, using city Barcelona case study. We conducted cross-sectional data Health Survey for 2016 (n = 3519, 53.3% women). calculated percentages according age, country birth social class. analysed 26 health-related through...
Health and inequalities in health among inhabitants of European cities are major importance for public there is great interest how different care systems Europe perform the reduction inequalities. However, evidence on spatial distribution cause-specific mortality across neighbourhoods scarce. This study presents maps avoidable analyses differences between with levels deprivation.We determined level from 14 causes death each neighbourhood 15 large regions. To address problems associated...
Aims: To explore inequalities in total mortality between small areas of 16 European cities for men and women, as well to analyse the relationship these geographical their socioeconomic indicators. Methods: A cross-sectional ecological design was used (26,229,104 inhabitants). Most had data a period 2000 2008 population size same period. Socioeconomic indicators included an index deprivation, unemployment, educational level. We estimated standardised ratios controlled variability using...
Fundamento: Las defunciones por causas externas requieren exámenes complementarios para determinar la causa de muerte. Si no se incorporan estos resultados a los registros mortalidad estas pueden quedar mal clasificadas. El objetivo del estudio es validar básica defunción Registro Mortalidad con obtenida las fuentes forenses, en Barcelona entre años 2004 y 2006. Métodos: Diseño transversal. La población son fallecidos residentes intervención medicolegal información el archivo patología...
The different geographical contexts seen in European metropolitan areas are reflected the uneven distribution of health risk factors for population. Accumulating evidence on multiple determinants point to importance individual, social, economic, physical and built environment features, which can be shaped by local authorities. complexity measuring health, at same time underscores level intra-urban inequalities, calls integrated multidimensional approaches. aim this study is analyse...
Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the metric properties a selection items Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) included into 2006 Catalonia Health Survey and adapted experiences primary care (PC) under population perspective. Methods: This cross-sectional study. composed non-institutionalized residents over 15 years age (n = 12 933). instrument used 10-item adult user's version PCAT (PCAT10-AE). We assessed internal consistency, correlation between performed exploratory...
Preventable mortality is a good indicator of possible problems to be investigated in the primary prevention chain, making it also useful tool with which evaluate health policies particularly public policies. This study describes inequalities preventable avoidable relation socioeconomic status small urban areas thirty three Spanish cities, and analyses their evolution over course periods 1996–2001 2002–2007. We analysed census tracts all deaths occurring population residing these cities from...
Energy poverty (EP) is becoming an increasingly important problem in the urban contexts of southern Europe. In Barcelona, EP indicators are higher than those European Union and strongly associated with poor health status high use services medication, a major public problem. unevenly distributed population according to axes social stratification. However, its geographic distribution at small-area level remains unknown because it cannot be directly estimated available information sources...
Children have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to energy poverty (EP), but little empirical research has addressed the effect of EP on children’s health and wellbeing, especially in southern Europe. In this work we aimed provide an in-depth description distribution by sociodemographic, socioeconomic housing characteristics, well analyse association between wellbeing children Barcelona. We performed a cross-sectional study using data from Barcelona Health Survey for 2016 (n =...
Intra-urban inequalities in mortality have been infrequently analysed European contexts. The aim of the present study was to analyse patterns cancer and their relationship with socioeconomic deprivation small areas 11 Spanish cities. It is a cross-sectional ecological design using data (years 1996-2003). Units analysis were census tracts. A index calculated for each tract. In order control variability estimating risk dying we used Bayesian models. We RR tract highest vs. lowest deprivation....
An increase in suicide mortality is often observed economic recessions. The objective of this study was to analyse trends socioeconomic inequalities before and during the recession two geographical settings Spain.This analyses according educational level 3 different time periods based on individual data from Basque Country Barcelona city. We analysed for all residents over 25 years age 2001 2012. Two crisis (2001-2004 2005-2008) another (2009-2012) were studied. performed independent sex,...
Studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) inequalities according to sexual orientation are scarce. The aim this study was assess HRQoL between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people heterosexuals in the 2011 Barcelona population, describe extent which sociodemographic characteristics, behaviors, chronic conditions could explain such inequalities, understand if they inequities.In Health Interview Survey 3277 adults answered EQ-5D, measures five dimensions summarized into a single...
To determine if the onset of economic crisis in Spain affected cancer mortality and trends. We conducted a longitudinal ecological study based on all cancer-related deaths specific types (lung, colon, breast prostate) between 2000 2013. computed age-standardised rates men women, fit mixed Poisson models to analyse effect trends therein. After crisis, continued decline, but with significant slowing yearly rate decline (men: RR = 0.987, 95%CI 0.985-0.990, before 0.993, 0.991-0.996, afterwards;...