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Adapting Schools to Climate Change with Green, Blue, and Grey Measures in Barcelona: Study Protocol of a Mixed-Method Evaluation

Under the framework of the Urban Innovative Actions program of the European Commission, in 2020, 11 primary schools in Barcelona were transformed into climate shelters by implementing green, blue, and grey mea...

Marta Sanz-Mas, Mònica Ubalde-López, Sílvia Borràs… in Journal of Urban Health (2024)

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Multi-level policy responses to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of COVID-19 in a European urban area

Spain has been hit hard by COVID-19 since March 2020, especially in its metropolitan areas. We share experiences from Barcelona in measuring socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of COVID-19 in the diffe...

Davide Malmusi, M. Isabel Pasarín… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2022)

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Advancing tools to promote health equity across European Union regions: the EURO-HEALTHY project

Population health measurements are recognised as appropriate tools to support public health monitoring. Yet, there is still a lack of tools that offer a basis for policy appraisal and for foreseeing impacts on...

Paula Santana, Ângela Freitas, Iwa Stefanik… in Health Research Policy and Systems (2020)

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Bayesian smoothed small-areas analysis of urban inequalities in fertility across 1999–2013

Since the 2008 economic crisis in Spain, overall fertility has continued to decrease, while urban inequalities have increased. There is a general lack of studies of fertility patterns in small-areas of Spanish...

Brenda Biaani León-Gómez, Mercè Gotsens… in Fertility Research and Practice (2019)

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Correction to: Evaluation of the mortality registry in Ecuador (2001–2013) – social and geographical inequalities in completeness and quality

Following the publication of this article [1], the authors reported a typesetting error in Table 1 that caused the columns of the table to be ordered incorrectly, and a typographical error in a sentence in the...

Andrés Peralta, Joan Benach, Carme Borrell… in Population Health Metrics (2019)

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Correction to: Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and after the economic recession in Spain

It has been highlighted that the original article

Carme Borrell, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Montse Calvo… in BMC Public Health (2019)

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Evaluation of the mortality registry in Ecuador (2001–2013) – social and geographical inequalities in completeness and quality

Mortality registries are an essential data source for public health surveillance and for planning and evaluating public policy. Nevertheless, there are still large inequalities in the completeness and quality ...

Andrés Peralta, Joan Benach, Carme Borrell… in Population Health Metrics (2019)

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Stable socioeconomic inequalities in ischaemic heart disease mortality during the economic crisis: a time trend analysis in 2 Spanish settings

Prior studies have identified a decrease in ischaemic heart disease mortality during the recent economic recession. The Spanish population was severely affected by the Great Recession, however, there is little...

Xavier Bartoll, Mercè Gotsens, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo… in Archives of Public Health (2019)

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Trends in mortality inequalities in an urban area: the influence of immigration

Nearly 20% of the population in Barcelona is foreign-born and this percentage rises to up to 40% in some neighborhoods. Consequently, migration health patterns may play an important role in trends in socioecon...

Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Mercè Gotsens… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2019)

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Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and after the economic recession in Spain

An increase in suicide mortality is often observed in economic recessions. The objective of this study was to analyse trends in socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and during the economic re...

Carme Borrell, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Montse Calvo… in BMC Public Health (2017)

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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in small areas of 33 Spanish cities

In Spain, several ecological studies have analyzed trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from all causes in urban areas over time. However, the results of these studies are quite heterogeneous find...

Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Laia Palència… in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Mortality, material deprivation and urbanization: exploring the social patterns of a metropolitan area

Socioeconomic inequalities affecting health are of major importance in Europe. The literature enhances the role of social determinants of health, such as socioeconomic characteristics and urbanization, to achi...

Paula Santana, Claudia Costa… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2015)

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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in preventable mortality in urban areas of 33 Spanish cities, 1996–2007 (MEDEA project)

Preventable mortality is a good indicator of possible problems to be investigated in the primary prevention chain, making it also a useful tool with which to evaluate health policies particularly public health...

Andreu Nolasco, Joaquin Moncho… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2015)

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Do socioeconomic inequalities in mortality vary between different Spanish cities? a pooled cross-sectional analysis

The relationship between deprivation and mortality in urban settings is well established. This relationship has been found for several causes of death in Spanish cities in independent analyses (the MEDEA proje...

Miguel A Martinez-Beneito, Oscar Zurriaga, Paloma Botella-Rocamora… in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Erratum to: Cancer mortality inequalities in urban areas: a Bayesian small area analysis in Spanish cities

Rosa Puigpinós-Riera, Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo… in International Journal of Health Geographics (2011)