A5031234411- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Media in Health Education
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Ethics in medical practice
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Noise Effects and Management
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
University of Alicante
2008-2025
Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana
2018
Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias
2008
Abstract Background The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a tool to measure the risk for mental disorders in children. aim of this study describe diagnostic efficiency internal structure SDQ sample children studied Spanish National Health Survey 2006. Methods A representative 6,773 aged 4 15 years was studied. data were obtained using Minors ROC curve constructed calculations made area under curve, sensitivity, specificity Youden J indices. factorial models exploratory...
Describir las propiedades psicométricas y el nivel de comprensión del cuestionario alfabetización en salud HLS-EU-Q16 español, implementado la Encuesta Salud Comunitat Valenciana 2016. Estudio descriptivo transversal para describir comprensión, fiabilidad, estructura consistencia interna sobre muestra 5485 sujetos, 15 o más años edad, participantes encuesta. Los porcentajes sin mucha dificultad fueron elevados. La fiabilidad fue alta (coeficiente correlación intraclase: 0,923; kappa: 0,814)....
Self-rated health is a subjective measure that has been related to indicators such as mortality, morbidity, functional capacity, and the use of services. In Spain, there are few longitudinal studies associating self-rated with hospital services use. The purpose this study analyze association between socioeconomic, demographic, variables, among general population in Region Valencia, Spain.Longitudinal 5,275 adults who were included 2005 Valencia Health Survey linked Minimum Hospital Data Set...
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...
Exposure to environmental noise may have a negative impact on population's mental health. We estimated the prevalence of exposure perception high in Valencian Community, region Mediterranean coast Spain, and analysed its association with poor health risk, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic status variables. Cross-sectional study based sample 5.485 subjects, aged 15 or above, 2016 Community Health Survey. The risk was assessed via Goldberg's questionnaire, highly standardized...
Health literacy (HL) is the set of social and cognitive skills that determine person's level motivation ability to access, understand use information promote maintain good health. The aim this study assess health literacy, analyze its relationship with sociodemographic variables, state health, services in population aged 15 over Valencian Community (Spain).Cross-sectional based on a sample 5,485 subjects participating Survey Valencia Community. HLS-EU-Q16 was used. As outcome variables we...
While research continues into indicators such as preventable and amenable mortality in order to evaluate quality, access, equity the healthcare, it is also necessary continue identifying areas of greatest risk owing these causes death urban large cities, where a part population concentrated, carry out specific actions reduce inequalities mortality. This study describes relation socioeconomic status small areas, analyses their evolution over course periods 1996–99, 2000–2003 2004–2007 three...
Background: Both overall mortality and avoidable have decreased in recent years most European countries. It has become clear that less privileged socioeconomic groups an increased risk of death. In 2008, countries went into a severe economic recession, whose effects on the health population are still ongoing. While one hand, some evidence associates crisis with positive outcomes (pro-cyclical effect), other suggests may pose serious public problems (counter-cyclical which given rise to...
We explored the impact of 2008 recession on prevalence mental health problems in Spain.Repeated cross-sectional survey design. Datasets from 2006 and 2011 were used, temporal change was examined. The study conducted economically active population (16-64 years old). two surveys included 29,478 21,007 people, obtaining a 96 89.6% response rate, respectively. Multiple logistic regression models adjusted to identify poor risk factors. A standardisation analysis performed estimate people at...
Previous research suggests that the economic crisis can affect mental health. The purpose of this study was to analyse association risk poor health with various socioeconomic, demographic, health, quality life, and social support variables; evaluate contribution socioeconomic variables most affected by beginning (employment situation income) on changes in prevalence between 2005 2010. A evolution adult population residents Valencian Community Spanish Mediterranean conducted. We studied 5781...
Previous research suggests that the economic crisis can affect mental health. The purpose of this study was to analyse association risk poor health with various socioeconomic, demographic, health, quality life and social support variables; evaluate contribution socioeconomic variables most affected by beginning (employment situation income) on changes in prevalence between 2005 2010. A evolution adult population residents Valencian Community Spanish Mediterranean conducted. We studied 5781...
International public health agencies recommend policies to improve diets and promote healthy eating, but implementation often falters due varying contextual factors across regions.
Background:Immigrants often encounter barriers in the health system that may affect their care outcomes.In order to better cater needs of immigrants, many institutions have increased efforts recent years provide services which are more sensitive an increasingly diverse population.Little is known about whether these successful.This study examines difference outcomes tertiary prevention between immigrants and autochthonous population Germany over period 2006-2014. Methods:The analysis based on...