Carme Borrell
Biographic Data
| ID | 247435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carme Borrell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carme |
| FAMILY NAME | Borrell |
| SIGNATURE | BORRELL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1170-2505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 150 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 625 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 150 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
La crisis del derecho a la vivienda y su impacto en la salud
Infrastructures of housing with care in later life: A qualitative evaluation study of service-integrated housing for older people in Barcelona
Introduction Demographic change intersects with increasingly mercantilized housing systems, while a broader care crisis challenges existing welfare arrangements. In Barcelona, service-integrated housing for older people (SIHFOP) was developed as an alternative model combining self-contained apartments with integrated services and shared common spaces, aiming to enhance wellbeing and autonomy in later life. Objective To examine the effects of the …
“The whole building is my home”: Children’s and adolescents’ perspectives on health, well-being, and cooperative housing in Catalonia (Spain)
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…
Years of Providing Evidence on Road Safety Interventions at the City Level
Road traffic injuries are a significant public health concern, ranking among the leading causes of mortality and disability-adjusted life years lost globally, especially among the young population. Traditionally, road safety has been approached predominantly from a healthcare standpoint, with limited interventions from a comprehensive public health perspective. In Barcelona, the Agència de Salut Pública (Public Health Agency) has been monitoring …
El Servicio De Atención Domiciliaria De Barcelona Como Modelo De Servicio De Cuidados De Proximidad: Un Abordaje Cualitativo
Gestionar futuras pandemias en un contexto urbano: Un desafío para la salud pública
La pandemia de COVID-19 representó un desafío para el cual muchos países y ciudades no estaban preparados. Las ciudades, debido a sus entornos físicos y sociales, son especialmente vulnerables a los efectos de las crisis de salud. Sin embargo, no existen planes específicos de preparación y respuesta en crisis de salud para las ciudades. Cuatro años después del inicio de la pandemia, es crucial identificar los logros y los aspectos de mejora en Ba…
Twenty years evaluating the health impact of urban policies in the city of Barcelona
Precarity in the Modes of Living: Proposing an Index for Studying Health Inequities at the Ecological Level in Colombia
Deprivation indices are used to monitor health inequities. However, their theoretical underpinnings have been based on the context of Western industrialized countries, which have distinct social and historical backgrounds compared to Latin America and the Caribbean and countries in the Global South. Following the Latin American Social Determination of Health perspective, particularly the category Modes of Living supported by the construct of prec…
Environmental and health effects of the Barcelona superblocks
Although on a small scale, this evaluation of the environmental, and health effects of the superblocks provides support for expanding the model to other areas of the city
Long-term effects of urban renewal on health and health inequalities: The Neighbourhoods Law in Barcelona, Spain
INTRODUCTION: Few studies exist examining the long-term effects of urban renewal programmes on health. The purpose of this study is to examine the long-term effects of an urban renewal programme on the health and health inequality outcomes of residents living in the neighbourhoods intervened in Barcelona city by the Neighbourhoods Law (NL), while comparing them to a comparison group of non-intervention neighbourhoods with similar socioeconomic st…
City PROFILE: Barcelona: The experience of 40 years of health reports, a health for all policies tool
Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing: A conceptual framework
Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia and health: Pre-post analysis
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
Housing conditions and Covid-19 in Barcelona: Do they change by gender
This study highlights the association between housing conditions and COVID-19 in Barcelona, with a pronounced impact on young people, women from low-income countries, and women experiencing energy poverty
Desigualdades en salud en Gaceta Sanitaria, de 1988 a 2022
Trends and determinants of social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors in Spain: A mixed-methods study
This sequential mixed-methods study aims to: 1) assess spatial and temporal trends in cardiovascular risk factors by socioeconomic position from 2001 to 2020 in Spain; 2) explore public health professionals’ perspectives regarding interventions that might have impacted these inequities; and 3) analyze determinants on social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors. First, we will measure the change in absolute and relative social inequities in e…
Recensión bibliográfica
La necesaria vinculación universitaria de los profesionales de salud pública
Es necesario que exista una relación bidireccional entre la profesión de salud pública y el ámbito académico. Así, la salud pública mejorará su práctica profesional y la academia podrá realizar una docencia basada en la práctica. Esta nota de campo explica un avance legislativo en esta dirección. Con la finalidad de que las personas profesionales de instituciones sanitarias de salud pública puedan acceder a plazas permanentes de profesorado unive…
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
Gender-based differences in the meanings and uses of housing for health and everyday life: An intersectional approach
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…
Socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health and mental health in Barcelona, 2001-2016
Previous research has found persistent socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes at the national level, with different patterns after the economic crisis. However, inequalities in urban areas are also important. This study analyses socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health and mental health in the city of Barcelona. Repeated cross-sectional design using quinquennial data from the Barcelona Health Surveys carried out in 2001, 2006, 20…
Inequalities in life expectancy by educational level and its decomposition in Barcelona, 2004-2018
To analyse the gap in life expectancy by educational level in the city of Barcelona from 2004 to 2018 and to decompose this gap by age and causes of death. We computed abridged life tables at the age of 25 years by sex from 2004 to 2018 using standard methods. Educational level was categorised in two groups (lower secondary or less vs. upper secondary or higher education). The life expectancy gap was further decomposed by age and by causes of dea…
Desigualdades socioeconómicas y Covid-19 en España. Informe Sespas 2022
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha mostrado su carácter sindémico, ya que al contagio por coronavirus se une la alta prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas en un contexto de gran desigualdad social, con un claro gradiente en todas ellas. Los objetivos de este artículo son: 1) mostrar un marco conceptual que permita identificar los determinantes de la desigualdad social en la COVID-19; 2) mostrar la evidencia disponible sobre las desigualdades socioeconómic…
Neighbourhood income inequalities in mental health in Barcelona 2001-2016: A Bayesian smoothed estimate
Obtaining reliable health estimates at the small area level (such as neighbourhoods) using survey data usually poses the problem of small sample sizes. To overcome this limitation, we explored smoothing techniques in order to estimate poor mental health prevalence at the neighbourhood level and analyse its profile by income in Barcelona city (Spain). A Bayesian smoothing model with a logit-normal transformation was applied to four repeated cross-…
Social class and self-reported health status among men and women: What Is the Role of Work Organisation, Household Material Standards and Household Labour
Unemployment and Mental Health: Understanding the Interactions Among Gender, Family Roles, and Social Class
Objectives. We examined gender differences in the effects of unemployment on mental health and assessed whether such effects are associated with interactions among gender, family roles, and social class. Methods. Our analysis included 3881 employed and 638 unemployed workers, aged 25 to 64 years, interviewed in the 1994 Catalonian Health Survey. Results. Unemployment had more of an effect on the mental health of men (age-adjusted odds ratio [OR] …
Migration-related health inequalities: Showing the complex interactions between gender, social class and place of origin
Politics, welfare regimes, and population health: Controversies and Evidence
In recent years, a research area has emerged within social determinants of health that examines the role of politics, expressed as political traditions/parties and welfare state characteristics, on population health. To better understand and synthesise this growing body of evidence, the present literature review, informed by a political economy of health and welfare regimes framework, located 73 empirical and comparative studies on politics and h…
Trends in inequalities in premature mortality: A study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries
BACKGROUND: Over the last decades of the 20th century, a widening of the gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for many European countries. For most countries, it is unknown whether this widening has continued into the first decade of the 21st century. METHODS: We collected and harmonised data on mortality by educational level among men and women aged 30-74 years in all countries with available data: Fi…
Trends in smoking behaviour between 1985 and 2000 in nine European countries by education
Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour in Western Europe between 1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of smoking behaviour and education level were obtained from national cross sectional surveys conducted between 1985 and 2000 (a period characterised by intense tobacco control policies) and analysed for countries combined and each country separately. Annual trends in smoking prevalence and the quantity of cig…
Exploring complex causal pathways between urban renewal, health and health inequality using a theory-driven realist approach
Social inequalities in the impact of flexible employment on different domains of psychosocial health
Study objectives: (1) To analyse the impact of flexible employment on mental health and job dissatisfaction; and (2) to examine the constraints imposed by flexible employment on men’s and women’s partnership formation and people’s decision to become parents. For the two objectives the potentially different patterns by sex and social class are explored. Design: Cross sectional health survey. Multiple logistic regression models separated for sex an…
Women, family demands and health: The Importance of Employment Status and Socio-Economic Position
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…
The influence of gender equality policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe
Widening social inequalities in mortality: The case of Barcelona, a southern European city
OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in mortality inequalities in Barcelona between 1983 and 1994 by comparing rates in those electoral wards with a low socioeconomic level and rates in the remaining wards. DESIGN: Mortality trends study. SETTING: The city of Barcelona (Spain). SUBJECTS: The study included all deaths among residents of the two groups of city wards. Details were obtained from death certificates. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age standardised mor…
Factors and processes influencing health inequalities in urban areas
In 2010, half of the world's population lived in cities, reaching three quarters in Europe.1 ,2 Health inequalities tend to be more marked in urban areas because they include neighbourhoods which concentrate deprived and poor populations. A number of scholars with a long tradition in studying ‘place effects and health’,3 ,4 ‘neighbourhoods and health’5 ,6 and ‘urban areas and health’2 ,7–13 have conceptualised the determinants of health inequalit…
Educational inequalities in avoidable mortality in Europe
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of educational inequalities in mortality avoidable by medical care in 16 European populations was compared, and the contribution of inequalities in avoidable mortality to educational inequalities in life expectancy in Europe was determined. METHODS: Mortality data were obtained for people aged 30-64 years. For each country, the association between level of education and avoidable mortality was measured with the use of re…
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Decision
An evaluation of an urban renewal program and its effects on neighborhood resident's overall wellbeing using concept mapping
Higher smoking prevalence in urban compared to non-urban areas: Time trends in six European countries
The effects of an urban renewal project on health and health inequalities: A quasi-experimental study in Barcelona
BACKGROUND: In the last decade, the Neighbourhoods Law in Catalonia (Spain) funded municipalities that presented urban renewal projects within disadvantaged neighbourhoods focusing on physical, social and economic improvements. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of this law on the health and health inequalities of residents in the intervened neighbourhoods in the city of Barcelona. METHODS: A quasi-experimental predesign and p…
Social inequalities in the association between partner/marital status and health among workers in Spain
Perceived Sexism as a Health Determinant in Spain
This study shows a consistent association between perceived sexism and poor health outcomes in a country of southern Europe with a strong patriarchal tradition
Immigration and self-reported health status by social class and gender: The importance of material deprivation, work organisation and household labour
OBJECTIVE: Spain and Catalonia have experienced several immigration waves over the last century. The goal of this study was to examine the role of social class and its mediating pathways (ie, work organisation, material deprivation at home and household labour) in the association between migration status and health, as well as whether these associations were modified by social class or gender. SETTING: Barcelona city, Spain. DESIGN AND PARTICIPAN…
Socioeconomic inequalities in injury mortality in small areas of 15 European cities
Inequalities in mortality in small areas of eleven Spanish cities (the multicenter Medea project)
Foreclosure and Health in Southern Europe: Results from the Platform for People Affected by Mortgages
Occupational epidemiology and work related inequalities in health: A gender perspective for two complementary approaches to work and health research
OBJECTIVES: To provide a framework for epidemiological research on work and health that combines classic occupational epidemiology and the consideration of work in a structural perspective focused on gender inequalities in health. METHODS: Gaps and limitations in classic occupational epidemiology, when considered from a gender perspective, are described. Limitations in research on work related gender inequalities in health are identified. Finally…
Socioeconomic factors and mortality in urban settings: The case of Barcelona, Spain
STUDY OBJECTIVE--This study aimed to describe the relationship between health and socioeconomic indicators in the 38 neighbourhoods of the city of Barcelona, Spain. DESIGN--Mortality data for 1983-89 and socioeconomic data for each of the 38 neighbourhoods of Barcelona were used. Mortality indicators used were the comparative mortality figure, the ratio of potential years of life lost, and life expectancy at birth. Socioeconomic indicators were t…
Widening social inequalities in mortality: The case of Barcelona, a southern European city
OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in mortality inequalities in Barcelona between 1983 and 1994 by comparing rates in those electoral wards with a low socioeconomic level and rates in the remaining wards. DESIGN: Mortality trends study. SETTING: The city of Barcelona (Spain). SUBJECTS: The study included all deaths among residents of the two groups of city wards. Details were obtained from death certificates. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age standardised mor…
Social inequalities and realisation of opportunistic screening mammographies in Barcelona (Spain)
for carrying out of periodic mammographies. In Spain, except for recent established and geographically limited population based breast cancer screening programmes, most mammo graphies, aimed at early detection of breast cancer, are performed on an opportunistic basis in public and private health centres. The objective of this study was to evaluate social inequalities in the use of opportunistic screen ing of breast cancer through periodic mam mog…
The study of social inequalities in health in Spain: Where are we
Social inequalities in health related behaviours in Barcelona
OBJECTIVE: This study describes social class inequalities in health related behaviours (tobacco and alcohol consumption, physical activity) among a sample of general population over 14 years old in Barcelona. DESIGN: Cross sectional study (Barcelona Health Interview Survey). SETTING: Barcelona city (Spain). PARTICIPANTS: A representative stratified sample of the non-institutionalised population resident in Barcelona was obtained. This study refer…
Trends in young adult mortality in three European cities: Barcelona, Bologna and Munich, 1986–1995
METHODS The population studied consisted of all deaths that occurred between 1986 and 1995 among residents of Barcelona, Bologna and Munich aged from 15 to 34 years. Information about deaths was obtained from mortality registers. The study variables were sex, age, the underlying cause of death and year of death. Causes of death studied were: drug overdose, AIDS, suicide and motor vehicle traffic accidents. Age standardised mortality rates (direct…
Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in road traffic injuries: Time for a policy agenda
The Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-Up (CHIS.FU) Study: Design, methods, and response rate
The computerized record linkage maximized the success of the follow-up that was carried out 7 years after the baseline interview. The pilot study was useful to increase the efficiency in tracing and interviewing the respondents
Unemployment and Mental Health: Understanding the Interactions Among Gender, Family Roles, and Social Class
Objectives. We examined gender differences in the effects of unemployment on mental health and assessed whether such effects are associated with interactions among gender, family roles, and social class. Methods. Our analysis included 3881 employed and 638 unemployed workers, aged 25 to 64 years, interviewed in the 1994 Catalonian Health Survey. Results. Unemployment had more of an effect on the mental health of men (age-adjusted odds ratio [OR] …
Social class and self-reported health status among men and women: What Is the Role of Work Organisation, Household Material Standards and Household Labour
Women, family demands and health: The Importance of Employment Status and Socio-Economic Position
Socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of common chronic diseases: An overview of eight European countries
BACKGROUND: Few studies have compared socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of both fatal and non-fatal diseases. This paper aims to give the first international overview for several common chronic diseases. METHODS: Micro-level data were pooled from non-standardized national health surveys conducted in eight European countries in the 1990s. Surveys ranged in size from 3700 to 41 200 participants. The prevalence of 17 chronic disease group…
Educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older men and women in eight western European populations
Social inequalities in the impact of flexible employment on different domains of psychosocial health
Study objectives: (1) To analyse the impact of flexible employment on mental health and job dissatisfaction; and (2) to examine the constraints imposed by flexible employment on men’s and women’s partnership formation and people’s decision to become parents. For the two objectives the potentially different patterns by sex and social class are explored. Design: Cross sectional health survey. Multiple logistic regression models separated for sex an…
Trends in smoking behaviour between 1985 and 2000 in nine European countries by education
Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour in Western Europe between 1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of smoking behaviour and education level were obtained from national cross sectional surveys conducted between 1985 and 2000 (a period characterised by intense tobacco control policies) and analysed for countries combined and each country separately. Annual trends in smoking prevalence and the quantity of cig…
Politics and health outcomes
Dental Health Differences by Social Class in Home‐Dwelling Seniors of Barcelona, Spain
The results of this study indicate a different level of utilization of dental health services and dental health by social class in home-dwelling seniors. Further research is needed to understand the barriers of access and social inequality
Higher smoking prevalence in urban compared to non-urban areas: Time trends in six European countries
Desigualdades y servicios de salud
Los objetivos de este trabajo son tres: en primer lugar, se revisan las causas de las desigualdades sociales en salud incluyendo el papel que juegan los servicios sanitarios en las mismas; posteriormente se analiza la influencia de la financiación y la organización de los servicios sanitarios en las desigualdades y finalmente, se muestra un ejemplo de las desigualdades en la utilización de los servicios sanitarios en Cataluña, comunidad autónoma …
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Decision
Measuring the performance of urban healthcare services: Results of an international experience
The objective of this paper is to apply a framework for country-level performance assessment to the cities of Montreal, Canada, and Barcelona, Spain, and to use this framework to explore and understand the differences in their health systems. The UK National Health Service Performance Assessment Framework was chosen. Its indicators went through a process of selection, adaptation and prioritisation. Most of them were calculated for the period 2001…
Politics and health: Figure 1
Effect of politics and policies on socioeconomic health inequalities
The incorporation of gender perspective into Spanish health surveys
BACKGROUND: Most studies into social determinants of health conducted in Spain based on data from health surveys have focused on social class inequalities. This paper aims to review the progressive incorporation of gender perspective and sex differences into health surveys in Spain, and to suggest design, data collection and analytical proposals as well as to make policy proposals. METHODS: Changes introduced into health surveys in Spain since 19…
Occupational epidemiology and work related inequalities in health: A gender perspective for two complementary approaches to work and health research
OBJECTIVES: To provide a framework for epidemiological research on work and health that combines classic occupational epidemiology and the consideration of work in a structural perspective focused on gender inequalities in health. METHODS: Gaps and limitations in classic occupational epidemiology, when considered from a gender perspective, are described. Limitations in research on work related gender inequalities in health are identified. Finally…
Individual and community-level effects in the socioeconomic inequalities of Aids-related mortality in an urban area of southern Europe
Objective: To study socioeconomic inequalities in AIDS mortality in Barcelona, Spain, during the periods 1991–6 (before highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)) and 1997–2001 (post-HAART) taking into account individual as well as community effects of socioeconomic level. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: Barcelona, Spain. Participants: All residents aged ⩾20 years. All AIDS-related deaths occurring between 1991 and 2001 were studied. …
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