Ana M Novoa
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4417535 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ana M Novoa |
| NOMBRES | Ana M |
| APELLIDO | Novoa |
| FIRMA | NOVOA A M |
| AFILIACIONES | Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5068-3503 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
“The whole building is my home”
Housing is widely recognized as both a physical and a social determinant of health, with housing conditions significantly affecting individuals’ physical and mental well-being. In Catalonia, cooperative housing under the grant-of-use model has expanded as an alternative to traditional ownership and rental arrangements. In this model, residents hold usage rights to their dwellings without individual ownership, and the dwellings are collectively ma…
How an urban regeneration programme impact people’s health and wellbeing
The results are consistent with previous quantitative health evaluations and provide deeper insight into the changes inside urban regeneration programmes that drive the impact on health. Finally, it provides guidance for designing new programmes considering age and gender
Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing
Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia and health
Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia appears promising for improving health and living conditions. Further research is warranted to explore its full potential as an alternative amid housing challenges in the region
Effectiveness of an Energy-Counseling Intervention in Reducing Energy Poverty
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health
Cómo influye la situación laboral en los efectos de la inseguridad residencial sobre la salud
Analizar los efectos de la inseguridad residencial sobre la salud y si estos son modificados por la situación laboral en personas participantes en el programa Treball als Barris, en Barcelona, entre 2015 y 2016. Se realizó un estudio longitudinal con 469 personas a las cuales se les realizó una encuesta, basal y al año de seguimiento, que incluyó información sociodemográfica, residencial, laboral y de salud. Se construyó una variable de trayector…
Energy poverty, its intensity and health in vulnerable populations in a Southern European city
To describe and compare the health status between vulnerable population participating in a program to tackle energy poverty (Energía, la justa) and the non-energy poor Barcelona (Spain) population and to analyse among participants the effect of energy poverty intensity on health. Cross-sectional study based on data from program participants obtained before the intervention. Participants (1799 women and 671 men) were compared to non-energy poor po…
Our lives in boxes
Through this participatory approach, the Photovoice project gives insight into the mechanisms underlying the relationship between housing insecurity and human health, and provides valuable recommendations to combat this serious public health issue
Effects of Superblocks on health and health inequities
The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobility, increasing urban green, and promoting residents’ participation and coresponsibility, while ultimately influencing residents’ he…
The Experience of Implementing Urban Heart Barcelona
How substandard dwellings and housing affordability problems are associated with poor health in a vulnerable population during the economic recession of the late 2000s
This study has shown how, in a country hit by the financial recession, those people facing housing problems have much worse health compared to the general population
El sufrimiento de la población en la crisis económica del Estado español
L'article (The suffering of the population in the economic crisis of the Spanish State) també està disponible en anglès
Road safety in the political agenda
BACKGROUND: This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. METHODS: An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. The study population was people injured in road traffic crashes in Spain between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2006. The road tr…
Impact of the Penalty Points System on Road Traffic Injuries in Spain
Objectives. We assessed the effectiveness of the penalty points system (PPS) introduced in Spain in July 2006 in reducing traffic injuries. Methods. We performed an evaluation study with an interrupted time–series design. We stratified dependent variables—numbers of drivers involved in injury collisions and people injured in traffic collisions in Spain from 2000 to 2007 (police data)—by age, injury severity, type of road user, road type, and time…
Lessons from La Morenita Del Tepeyac
This article is the first essay of a series on the interplay between dominant thought and Latino issues. It focuses on critical social justice through an exploration of the phenomenon of the sixteenth century apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to an Amerindian, Juan Diego. It is dedicated to la Virgencita , and its goals are to elucidate some personal challenges for all professionals, especially those who are “other,” through a critical analysis…
American Family Law
Family law should be rooted in preserving and protecting intimate relationships; instead, it is rooted in preserving those domestic systems that created or expanded the economic empire of the Founding Fathers, the white males of the colonial northeast. This northeastern colonial perspective continues to underpin most of the basic assumptions in family law. Concurrently, with the increased privatization of the cooperative virtues, Americans have d…
Training medical students in operational research in Mozambique
The Medical Faculty in Mozambique has developed a programme to train students in operational research through field studies. The studies are part of the curriculum and take place during the epidemiology training in the fourth year. The programme's success can be attributed to strong political support and close collaboration with the ministry of health. Now, Cuts in government funding associated with economic structural adjustment threaten the pro…
Effectiveness of an Energy-Counseling Intervention in Reducing Energy Poverty
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health
Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing
Effects of Superblocks on health and health inequities
The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobility, increasing urban green, and promoting residents’ participation and coresponsibility, while ultimately influencing residents’ he…
The Experience of Implementing Urban Heart Barcelona
Impact of the Penalty Points System on Road Traffic Injuries in Spain
Objectives. We assessed the effectiveness of the penalty points system (PPS) introduced in Spain in July 2006 in reducing traffic injuries. Methods. We performed an evaluation study with an interrupted time–series design. We stratified dependent variables—numbers of drivers involved in injury collisions and people injured in traffic collisions in Spain from 2000 to 2007 (police data)—by age, injury severity, type of road user, road type, and time…
Training medical students in operational research in Mozambique
The Medical Faculty in Mozambique has developed a programme to train students in operational research through field studies. The studies are part of the curriculum and take place during the epidemiology training in the fourth year. The programme's success can be attributed to strong political support and close collaboration with the ministry of health. Now, Cuts in government funding associated with economic structural adjustment threaten the pro…
American Family Law
Family law should be rooted in preserving and protecting intimate relationships; instead, it is rooted in preserving those domestic systems that created or expanded the economic empire of the Founding Fathers, the white males of the colonial northeast. This northeastern colonial perspective continues to underpin most of the basic assumptions in family law. Concurrently, with the increased privatization of the cooperative virtues, Americans have d…
Lessons from La Morenita Del Tepeyac
This article is the first essay of a series on the interplay between dominant thought and Latino issues. It focuses on critical social justice through an exploration of the phenomenon of the sixteenth century apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to an Amerindian, Juan Diego. It is dedicated to la Virgencita , and its goals are to elucidate some personal challenges for all professionals, especially those who are “other,” through a critical analysis…
Impact of the Penalty Points System on Road Traffic Injuries in Spain
Objectives. We assessed the effectiveness of the penalty points system (PPS) introduced in Spain in July 2006 in reducing traffic injuries. Methods. We performed an evaluation study with an interrupted time–series design. We stratified dependent variables—numbers of drivers involved in injury collisions and people injured in traffic collisions in Spain from 2000 to 2007 (police data)—by age, injury severity, type of road user, road type, and time…
Road safety in the political agenda
BACKGROUND: This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. METHODS: An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. The study population was people injured in road traffic crashes in Spain between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2006. The road tr…
El sufrimiento de la población en la crisis económica del Estado español
L'article (The suffering of the population in the economic crisis of the Spanish State) també està disponible en anglès
How substandard dwellings and housing affordability problems are associated with poor health in a vulnerable population during the economic recession of the late 2000s
This study has shown how, in a country hit by the financial recession, those people facing housing problems have much worse health compared to the general population
The Experience of Implementing Urban Heart Barcelona
Our lives in boxes
Through this participatory approach, the Photovoice project gives insight into the mechanisms underlying the relationship between housing insecurity and human health, and provides valuable recommendations to combat this serious public health issue
Effects of Superblocks on health and health inequities
The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobility, increasing urban green, and promoting residents’ participation and coresponsibility, while ultimately influencing residents’ he…
Cómo influye la situación laboral en los efectos de la inseguridad residencial sobre la salud
Analizar los efectos de la inseguridad residencial sobre la salud y si estos son modificados por la situación laboral en personas participantes en el programa Treball als Barris, en Barcelona, entre 2015 y 2016. Se realizó un estudio longitudinal con 469 personas a las cuales se les realizó una encuesta, basal y al año de seguimiento, que incluyó información sociodemográfica, residencial, laboral y de salud. Se construyó una variable de trayector…
Energy poverty, its intensity and health in vulnerable populations in a Southern European city
To describe and compare the health status between vulnerable population participating in a program to tackle energy poverty (Energía, la justa) and the non-energy poor Barcelona (Spain) population and to analyse among participants the effect of energy poverty intensity on health. Cross-sectional study based on data from program participants obtained before the intervention. Participants (1799 women and 671 men) were compared to non-energy poor po…
Effectiveness of an Energy-Counseling Intervention in Reducing Energy Poverty
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health
Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia and health
Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia appears promising for improving health and living conditions. Further research is warranted to explore its full potential as an alternative amid housing challenges in the region
How an urban regeneration programme impact people’s health and wellbeing
The results are consistent with previous quantitative health evaluations and provide deeper insight into the changes inside urban regeneration programmes that drive the impact on health. Finally, it provides guidance for designing new programmes considering age and gender
Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing
“The whole building is my home”
Housing is widely recognized as both a physical and a social determinant of health, with housing conditions significantly affecting individuals’ physical and mental well-being. In Catalonia, cooperative housing under the grant-of-use model has expanded as an alternative to traditional ownership and rental arrangements. In this model, residents hold usage rights to their dwellings without individual ownership, and the dwellings are collectively ma…
Medicine (12 obras) · Environmental health (11 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Population (6 obras)