Community health can reduce inequalities in health and improve the health of the most disadvantaged populations. In 2007, Barcelona Salut als Barris (Barcelona Health in the Neighbourhoods) was launched, a community health ...

Background: The growing demand for labour flexibility has resulted in decreasing employment stability that could be associated with poor mental health status. Few studies have analysed the whole of the work force in ...

El sistema educativo es uno de los agentes de socialización más potentes. Puede contribuir a perpetuar el sistema de género o por el contrario reducir la violencia mediante la promoción de modelos de relación más equitativos ...

Objectives: Although in-work poverty has been increasing, in Europe policy about poverty and social exclusion tends to focus on labor market participation, independently of the level of remuneration and the quality of work, ...

Gender inequalities exist in work life, but little is known about their presence in relation to factors examined in occupation health settings. The aim of this study was to identify and summarize the working and employment ...

Energy poverty (EP) is becoming an increasingly important problem in the urban contexts of southern Europe. In Barcelona, EP indicators are higher than those of the European Union and are strongly associated with poor ...

Background: The "Employment in the neighbourhoods" program is an innovative, tailor-made Active Labour Market Program that has been implemented in 12 neighbourhoods in Barcelona (Spain). Its goal is to get people from ...

Los conceptos de salud comunitaria y de perspectiva de género a menudo son mal entendidos o interpretados de manera distinta entre diferentes sectores y disciplinas. Por esta razón, el presente artículo parte de la definición ...

The growth of poor jobs related to economic crisis adds to its increase since the mid-1970s as a result of new forms of flexible employment. In Europe, there is no clear evidence on whether working in a poor-quality job ...

Existe abundante información e investigaciones sobre las desigualdades en salud en Barcelona, pero este tema no estuvo claramente priorizado en la agenda política. Con la llegada al gobierno de un partido de la nueva ...