María J López
Biographic Data
| ID | 134411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María J López |
| GIVEN NAMES | María J |
| FAMILY NAME | López |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4402-2239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Outdoor Settings Assessed by Airborne and Biomarkers of Tobacco: A Systematic Review
Desigualdades en El Uso De Tecnología Y Dispositivos Digitales en Adolescentes De Barcelona
Evaluación Con Perspectiva De Género De Un Programa De Transformación De Patios Escolares
Dimensions and domains to assess secondhand tobacco smoke exposure: Insights from a Delphi study
OBJECTIVE: To identify the dimensions and domains to be included in questionnaires when assessing self-reported secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure in etiological studies and in population health surveys. METHOD: A qualitative study was conducted in two stages. In stage one, based on a Delphi methodology, 16 experts in tobacco epidemiology completed two questionnaires and attended a group session. In stage two, triangulation interviews were c…
Evaluating the effect of green, blue, and gray measures for climate change adaptation on children’s well-being in schoolyards in Barcelona
The study evaluates the effect of heat-adapted schoolyards on children’s health. • Students and teachers’ perceptions were assessed using a mixed-method evaluation. • The interventions improved schoolyard appreciation, heat perception, and comfort. • Shaded and seating areas enhanced egalitarian relations and play opportunities. • Urban strategies for climate change resilience should be expanded to other schools. Eleven primary schools in Barcelo…
Twenty years evaluating the health impact of urban policies in the city of Barcelona
Socioeconomic characteristics, health and wellbeing of nonbinary adolescents in a Southern European City
Cisgender girls and, especially, nonbinary adolescents report lower well-being compared to cisgender boys across a range of well-being domains. These findings highlight the importance of expanding research on nonbinary adolescents and incorporating questions about gender identity in health surveys, while also distinguishing between cisgender boys and girls. Additionally, targeted interventions are essential to support young people in expressing a…
Strengthening Learnings of Business Students on Accounting Courses: A Phenomenological Approach
Accounting is one of the courses being taught in different business programs to provide basic understanding on financial matters relevant to the needs of every business enterprise which connotatively refers to the process of generating economic information vital to the decisions of their respective stakeholders. Following the qualitative phenomenological research design, the researcher interviewed fifteen (15) business students who have studied a…
La valoración de la exposición al humo ambiental de tabaco en las encuestas de salud de España
Describir las preguntas empleadas para valorar la exposición al humo ambiental de tabaco (HAT) en las encuestas de salud en España. Extracción y análisis de literales de las preguntas sobre HAT de las encuestas de salud de España identificadas en las páginas web del Ministerio de Sanidad, Plan Nacional sobre Drogas y Consejerías de Sanidad de las comunidades autónomas. Tres encuestas de ámbito nacional valoran la exposición al HAT, con variabilid…
Evaluación piloto del programa «Transformem els patis» en escuelas de primaria de Barcelona
Evaluar el programa «Transformem els patis» de Barcelona en términos de uso del patio, interacción social, actividad física y diversificación del juego, con perspectiva de género. Estudio de evaluación piloto transversal con metodología mixta en el que participaron ocho escuelas de primaria (cuatro en el grupo de intervención y cuatro en el grupo de comparación). Para el análisis cuantitativo se realizaron 16 observaciones sistemáticas en los pat…
Evaluation of the Let's Focus! (Posem el Focus) Socioeducational Intervention: Promoting Healthy and Equitable Relationships in High Schools
INTRODUCTION: Gender-based violence is a worldwide problem. School-based socio-educational interventions could be effective in preventing gender-based violence. We assessed the effectiveness of the Let's focus! program, aimed at health and equitable interpersonal relationships among high school students. METHODS: We conducted a quasi-experimental study in an intervention group (IG, n = 560) and a comparison group (CG, n = 366) of secondary school…
Strategies to improve the implementation and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial support interventions for displaced, migrant and host community women in Latin America
As evidence supporting the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial interventions grows, more research is needed to understand optimal strategies for improving their implementation in diverse contexts. We conducted a qualitative process evaluation of a multicomponent psychosocial intervention intended to promote well-being among refugee, migrant and host community women in three diverse contexts in Ecuador and Panamá. The objective of this…
Comparing temporal changes and predictors of different types of mental health and socio-emotional wellbeing outcomes during Covid-19: An overlapping panel study of Spanish residents
Significant temporal variations in MH and SEW outcomes, along with their predictors, were observed during the first year of the pandemic. Some of these outcomes worsened as the pandemic progressed, whereas others improved. Findings also suggest that some individuals such as those experiencing poor health, limited social support, and low socioeconomic status are disproportionately impacted
Teen sexual harassment, sexual orientation, and health in an urban setting
In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from the Survey of Risk Factors in a Secondary School Students (FRESC) representative survey among secondary school students aged 13 to 19 in the city of Barcelona. At all school grades, sexual harassment was more commonly reported by girls than by boys (17% of girls vs 4.2% of boys). The factors associated with sexual harassment were higher school grade, having a mental health disorder, cannabis ab…
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 measures. Schoolyards were also opened to the local community to be used during non-school periods. Here we present the study protocol of a mixed-method approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions in terms of improving environme…
Energy poverty and health inequalities in Barcelona: A cross-sectional trends study in the context of Covid-19, energy crisis and climate change, 2016–2021
Mixed-methods evaluation of a group psychosocial intervention for refugee, migrant and host community women in Ecuador and Panamá: Results from the Entre Nosotras cluster randomized feasibility trial
Community-based psychosocial interventions are key elements of mental health and psychosocial support; yet evidence regarding their effectiveness and implementation in humanitarian settings is limited. This study aimed to assess the appropriateness, acceptability, feasibility and safety of conducting a cluster randomized trial evaluating two versions of a group psychosocial intervention. Nine community clusters in Ecuador and Panamá were randomiz…
Particle Exposure Hazards of Visiting Outdoor Smoking Areas for Patients with Asthma or COPD Even in EU Countries with Comprehensive Smokefree Laws
Smokefree laws are intended to protect against second-hand smoke (SHS) in outdoor areas. We examined if exposure to PM2.5 particles in outdoor smoking areas changed breathing rates in 60 patients with asthma ( n = 30) or with COPD ( n = 30), in an open, non-randomised, interventional study model in Czechia, Ireland and Spain. The patients wore a PM2.5 particle monitor (AirSpeck) and a breath monitor (RESpeck) for 24 h to determine changes in brea…
Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes: Health Impact and Economic Value Assessment in Spain
Air pollution is considered an ongoing major public health and environmental issue around the globe, affecting the most vulnerable, such as pregnant women and fetuses. The aim of this study is to estimate the health impact and economic value on birth outcomes, such as low birthweight (LBW), preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age (SGA), attributable to a reduction of PM 10 levels in Spain. Reduction based on four scenarios was implemented:…
A City Surveillance System for Social Health Inequalities: The Case of Barcelona
The methodology used to implement the Surveillance System can be used to implement similar systems in other urban areas around the world
Evaluation of a smoke-free beaches intervention in Barcelona: A quasi-experimental study
An SFB intervention is an effective and well-accepted measure to reduce smoking and smokers' visibility. Smoke-free measures should be extended to beaches and other non-regulated outdoor areas
Don Quixote, Benengeli and Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy
This article focuses on the central role of Don Quixote (1605, 1615) in J.M. Coetzee's Jesus novels, arguing for the relevance of the fact that it is Benengeli, the fictional Moorish historian – and not Cervantes – who is presented as the author of the Spanish novel. This is first explored in relation to the analogy that The Childhood of Jesus (2013) makes between authorship and paternity, along with the depiction of the relationship between auth…
Inequities in the distribution of Covid-19: An adaptation of WHO's conceptual framework
The COVID-19 pandemic currently affects populations worldwide. Although everyone is susceptible to the virus, there are numerous accounts of the pandemic having a greater impact on lower socioeconomic groups and minorities, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon. It is essential for public health administrations and governments to uncover and understanding these inequities to develop proper intersectoral policies to tackle this crisis. Therefore, devel…
Los productos de tabaco calentado: Nuevo reto en el control del tabaco
Con las ventas de cigarrillos disminuyendo, la industria del tabaco se ha encomendado a la venta de los productos de tabaco calentado (PTC), cuyas ventas están aumentando. Hemos visto con preocupación informaciones que indican erróneamente que el tabaco calentado se asocia a un menor riesgo de cáncer y otras enfermedades que los cigarrillos convencionales, citando a la Food and Drug Administration (FDA) de los Estados Unidos como fuente. Es ciert…
Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the Covid-19 lockdown period in Spain
These findings highlight that sexual harassment presents a high prevalence among young people, especially cyber-harassment, and workplace harassment and it is important to be aware that young women are more likely to suffer harassment and even more if they do not have a partner or have LGB orientation. During the lockdown sexual harassment has moved from public spaces to the social network
Energy poverty and health: Trends in the European Union before and during the economic crisis, 2007–2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the time trends in the European Union (EU) before and during the economic crisis in 1) the energy poverty (EP) prevalence; 2) the association between EP and health and 3) the impact of EP on health. We analyse trends among women and men in two EU macro regions, defined by a novel index of structural vulnerability to EP. The study shows how EP and its impact on health worsened during the economic crisis and iden…
Effectiveness of an Energy-Counseling Intervention in Reducing Energy Poverty: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study in a Southern European City
Energy poverty and health inequalities in Barcelona: A cross-sectional trends study in the context of Covid-19, energy crisis and climate change, 2016–2021
"Moving in "a forest of hieroglyphs: Enigmatic and mutable signs of identity in Zoë Wicomb'sPlaying in the Light
This article analyses Zoë Wicomb’s Playing in the Light, focusing on protagonist Marion’s process of coming to terms with her coloured identity as she puzzles over secrets and signs, struggling to endow them with meaning, but finding they only work as ghostly and elusive traces of the past. Wicomb’s engagement with colouredness is framed by a recognition of semiotic and hermeneutic processes of identity construction and material representation – …
Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in public places of European cities
Although there is some variability between cities, this study shows that tobacco smoke is present in most of the studied public places. The study also showed that in areas where smoking is prohibited, concentrations of nicotine are lower than in areas where smoking is allowed but they are not zero. The results of this study indicate that policies should be implemented that would effectively reduce levels of tobacco smoke in public areas
Mortality attributable to passive smoking in Spain, 2002
Exposure to ETS at home and at work in Spain could be responsible for 1228-3237 of deaths from lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease. These data confirm that passive smoking is an important public health problem in Spain that needs urgent attention
Acts of Visitation: The Narrative of J.M. Coetzee
This study traces, in J.M. Coetzee's fictional and non-fictional production, an imaginative and intellectual masterplot deriving from Coetzee's perception of European presence in (South) Africa as having its origin in an act of illegitimate penetration and fraudulent visitation. In Coetzee's novels, the historical and political problem of a hostile occupation and unfair distribution of the land finds a correspondence in the domestic space of hous…
Two-year impact of the Spanish smoking law on exposure to secondhand smoke: Evidence of the failure of the ‘Spanish model’
Two years after the smoking law came into force, levels of SHS exposure in the workplace were significantly lower than before the law was implemented. Importantly, however, SHS levels were even higher than before the law was implemented in venues still allowing smoking. The data obtained in this study clearly show that the 'Spanish model' is not protecting the health of hospitality workers and that a complete ban is required. Furthermore, this st…
Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy, Alain Badiou and the Subtraction from the State and the Community
The subtraction from forms of community and resistance to figures of authority that we find in Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy can be approached in the light of Alain Badiou’s critique of communitarian ethics and of the administrative and management function of the state, in which the individual is considered as a subset. It can also be seen as informed by the particular historical manifestations of political totalitarianism and authoritarianism that ch…
Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy, Alain Badiou and the Subtraction from the State and the Community
Introduction According to Anthony Cronin, “the Beckett man belongs to no category, no class, no nationality or community” (2006: 88). This statement epitomizes an important current in the critical reception of Samuel Beckett that has emphasized the centrality in his works of the solipsistic and self-enclosed individual, and the absence — or deprecating undermining — of
Miguel de Cervantes and J.M. Coetzee: An Unacknowledged Paternity
This article points to the 17th-century Spanish writer, Miguel de Cervantes, as one important literary predecessor of the contemporary South African writer, J.M. Coetzee, a relation that has generally passed unnoticed among critics. This relation is brought to the foreground in Coetzee’s most recent novel, The Childhood of Jesus (2013), but it also underlies his previous ones, Age of Iron (1998), Disgrace (2000), and Slow Man (2005), as well as h…
A Different Southern Africa
A Cross-Sectional Study of Tobacco Advertising, Promotion, and Sponsorship in Airports across Europe and the United States
Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) bans are effective and are increasingly being implemented in a number of venues and countries, yet the state of TAPS in airports and their effect on airport smoking behavior is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of TAPS in airports across Europe and the US, and to begin to examine the relationship between TAPS and smoking behaviors in airports. We used a cross-s…
The Gothic, the Abject and the Monstrous: A Revision of National Identity in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
Virginia Woolf’s engagement with English national identity in Between the Acts (1941) cannot be seen as separate from the novel’s Gothic dimension, whose social and political work in this literary work has not been analyzed so far. In Between the Acts, there is a continuous blurring and disruption of the boundaries, spaces and genealogies that should define the familiar and native character of the community, with the subsequent interruption of th…
Second-hand smoke exposure in homes with children: Assessment of airborne nicotine in the living room and children’s bedroom
Homes with smokers present SHS in the living room and in the children's bedroom. Therefore, programmes focused on reducing children's SHS exposure are urgently needed
Qualitative evaluation of an intervention to reduce energy poverty
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the “Energía, la justa” program, aimed at reducing energy poverty in the city of Barcelona, from the point of view of the target population and the workers involved in the intervention. METHODS: A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory pilot study was carried out, with a phenomenological approach. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted: to three users, three energy agents who performed interventions in the homes…
"Moving in "a forest of hieroglyphs: Enigmatic and mutable signs of identity in Zoë Wicomb'sPlaying in the Light
This article analyses Zoë Wicomb’s Playing in the Light, focusing on protagonist Marion’s process of coming to terms with her coloured identity as she puzzles over secrets and signs, struggling to endow them with meaning, but finding they only work as ghostly and elusive traces of the past. Wicomb’s engagement with colouredness is framed by a recognition of semiotic and hermeneutic processes of identity construction and material representation – …
Tackling second-hand exposure to tobacco smoke and aerosols of electronic cigarettes: The TackSHS project protocol
The TackSHS project aims to comprehensively elucidate the impact that exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) from cigarettes and second-hand aerosols (SHA) from electronic cigarettes have on the respiratory health of the European population according to socioeconomic characteristics and other determinants. The TackSHS project involves a series of coordinated studies carried out by 11 academic and public health organisations from six European countri…
Asociación entre el humo ambiental de tabaco y el estado de salud en la población infantil
El objetivo principal del estudio es analizar la relación entre la exposición al humo ambiental de tabaco (HAT) en niños/as y el asma, las sibilancias y la salud percibida. Estudio transversal mediante encuesta telefónica a una muestra representativa de 2411 menores de 12 años de España. Se describió la exposición al HAT en el ámbito privado y en el ámbito público, así como la prevalencia de asma, sibilancias y mala salud percibida autodeclaradas…
The association of energy poverty with health, health care utilisation and medication use in southern Europe
Energy poverty (EP) is defined as the inability of a household to secure a socially and materially required level of energy services in the home. The main objective of this study was to analyse the association between EP and distinct indicators of health status, health services utilisation and medication use in southern Europe, using the city of Barcelona as a case study. We conducted a cross-sectional study using the data of the Barcelona Health…
Study Protocol for the Evaluation of the Health Effects of Superblocks in Barcelona: The “Salut Als Carrers” (Health in the Streets) Project
Superblocks are currently being introduced in Barcelona to respond to the city's scarcity of green spaces and high levels of air pollution, traffic injuries, and sedentariness. The aim is to calm the streets by reducing the number of square meters dedicated to private vehicles and to reclaim part of this public space for people. Salut als Carrers (Health in the Streets) is a project to evaluate the potential environmental and health effects of th…
Impact of a community contraceptive counselling intervention on adolescent fertility rates: A quasi-experimental study
Adolescent fertility rate significantly declined in the intervention group but remained stable in the comparison group. This quasi-experimental study provide evidence that, in a country with universal health coverage, a community counselling intervention that increases access to contraception, knowledge and sexual health care in hard-to-reach segments of the population can contribute to substantially reduce adolescent fertility rates. Reducing ad…
Energy poverty and health: Trends in the European Union before and during the economic crisis, 2007–2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the time trends in the European Union (EU) before and during the economic crisis in 1) the energy poverty (EP) prevalence; 2) the association between EP and health and 3) the impact of EP on health. We analyse trends among women and men in two EU macro regions, defined by a novel index of structural vulnerability to EP. The study shows how EP and its impact on health worsened during the economic crisis and iden…
Qualitative evaluation of a community‐based intervention to reduce social isolation among older people in disadvantaged urban areas of Barcelona
This study analyses participants' and coordinators' perceptions of the implementation process and perceived benefits of a community-based intervention to reduce social isolation among older adults. The 'School of Health for Older People' is a weekly community intervention that promotes resources among individuals and communities in order to enhance their ability to identify problems and activate solutions, encouraging participation in the communi…
La desobediencia civil en H. Arendt: El derecho a disentir y la alianza de los muchos
En una democracia real, ¿hay situaciones específicas en que sea necesario y posible impugnar legítimamente la ley? En lo que sigue, analizaremos, en lo que sigue, el significado y alcance de la idea de desobediencia civil, tal como Arendt la desarrolla en su artículo de 1969, poniendo luego sus conclusiones en relación con el resto de su obra y en particular con algunos hallazgos que ella, ya seis años antes, ha hecho en On Revolution, acerca del…
Rasgos de la personalidad asociados al consumo de sustancias en jóvenes en contexto de vulnerabilidad
Analizar los patrones de consumo de alcohol y cannabis, y sus factores asociados, en jóvenes de 16-21 años en contexto de vulnerabilidad. Estudio transversal a partir del cuestionario pretest de un estudio de evaluación, administrado a una muestra de conveniencia de 365 jóvenes provenientes de Programas de Formación e Inserción (PFI) o que asistieran a actividades de entidades comunitarias de barrios desfavorecidos de Barcelona. Las variables dep…
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…
The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
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 to provide an in-depth description of the distribution of EP by sociodemographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics, as well as to analyse the association between EP and health and wellbeing in children in…
Inequities in the distribution of Covid-19: An adaptation of WHO's conceptual framework
The COVID-19 pandemic currently affects populations worldwide. Although everyone is susceptible to the virus, there are numerous accounts of the pandemic having a greater impact on lower socioeconomic groups and minorities, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon. It is essential for public health administrations and governments to uncover and understanding these inequities to develop proper intersectoral policies to tackle this crisis. Therefore, devel…
Medicine (33 works) · Environmental health (24 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Public health (13 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (13 works) · Demography (12 works) · Population (12 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 works) · Geography (11 works)