Belén Sanz-Barbero
Biographic Data
| ID | 3085797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belén Sanz-Barbero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belén |
| FAMILY NAME | Sanz-Barbero |
| SIGNATURE | SANZ-BARBERO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto de Salud Carlos III |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6030-061X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pornografía, Violencia De Género Y Salud Afectivo-Sexual
Acoso Sexual en Población Universitaria en Europa. Proyecto Uni4equity
Building Bridges Between Arnett’s and Havighurst’s Theories
According to Arnett’s theory, emerging adulthood is a distinct developmental period. As Havighurst’s developmental theory suggests, specific tasks are assigned to different human life stages. The purpose of this study is to discover the developmental tasks of emerging adulthood. A sample of 129 students from diverse cultural backgrounds, including Spain, Portugal, Japan, Korea, Poland, and the USA, submitted reflective essays detailing their pers…
Why Am I Even Called An Emerging Adult? An Analysis of Adulthood Experience Among Students From Poland, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, and the USA
Emerging adulthood is a period during which individuals shape their lives in increasingly individualized ways. This paper examines how emerging adults experience and interpret adulthood by identifying profiles based on their subjective experiences. The study involved 129 university students (87 female, 39 male, 3 non-binary) from Spain, Portugal, Japan, Korea, Poland, and the USA, who shared reflective essays via an online survey. The sample, dra…
Areas for action to promote positive forms of masculinities in preventing violence against women
There is a need for a comprehensive multisectoral response involving different spaces to strengthen the scale, impact and sustainability of the efforts around anti-VAW masculinities. The evidence produced throughout this concept mapping study can contribute to inform policies to effectively prevent VAW by focusing on positive masculinities, ensuring they align with the perceptions and experiences of key community actors involved in the policy imp…
Territorial and social inequalities in mental distress and self-perceived health among schooled adolescents
Adolescents' overall health is associated to factors such as gender, sexual orientation, migration status, socioeconomic position, bullying victimization, and problematic internet use. This study underscores the importance of taking a holistic approach when developing preventive and promotion strategies for adolescent health, addressing different levels of intervention while focusing on the most vulnerable populations
Association between exposure to pornography involving physical violence and risky sexual behaviors in young adults
In both sexes, an association was identified between the consumption of pornography involving physical violence and sexual behaviors associated with risky sexual scripts. These findings, although the cross-sectional nature of the design does not allow for establishing causal relationships, underscore the need to implement policies that control access to pornography and promote a critical stance toward this practice
Delving into teen dating violence, gender and health assets in a participatory educational intervention
Violencia sexual y jóvenes
Analizar las percepciones y experiencias de la población joven en España sobre la violencia sexual (VS), sus posibles causas, víctimas y perpetradores. Estudio cualitativo basado en entrevistas semiestructuradas a 22 jóvenes de entre 18 y 24 años. Se llevó a cabo un análisis del contenido cualitativo. En las narrativas juveniles destacan la indefinición y la inconcreción sobre lo que es la VS, excepto cuando mencionan la violación, la falta de co…
Evaluation of the Let's Focus! (Posem el Focus) Socioeducational Intervention
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…
Characterizing myths of sexual aggression in the young population in Spain
Myths persist during youth that question and trivialize sexual violence against women. It is necessary to implement strategies that reduce these myths, particularly in heterosexual men, in those of foreign-born origin and among those with low levels of education
Pornography, sexual orientation and ambivalent sexism in young adults in Spain
Pornography consumption is related to sexism and differs according to sex and sexual orientation. As sexism is the substratum of inequality between men and women, it is urgent to launch affective-sexual education programs for young people that take into account the determinants of sexism
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…
I Was the Violence Victim, I Am the Perpetrator
Bullying and cyberbullying significantly threaten the development and mental health of both victims and perpetrators. This study aimed to analyze the associations between socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences of violence, perceived social support from peers, and acceptance of violence and (cyber)bullying perpetration. The study involved 1146 secondary school students, consisting of 698 females and 448 males, aged 13 to 16. Prevalenc…
Sexismo y violencia de pareja en adolescentes
A pesar de los esfuerzos para reducir la desigualdad de género, el sexismo persiste. Todavía son escasos los estudios sobre este fenómeno que contemplen variables como el deseo sexual o los antecedentes migratorios. El objetivo del estudio es analizar las circunstancias sociales (individuales y del contexto inmediato) asociadas al sexismo y su relación con la conducta violenta en la pareja en población adolescente. Estudio transversal con 1421 es…
Positive Masculinities and Gender-Based Violence Educational Interventions Among Young People
Is sexual attraction and place of origin a moderator of sex in pornography consumption? Cross-sectional study on a representative sample of young adults
Public health programmes aimed at improving affective-sexual health should consider the high use of pornography among young adults in Spain, as well as those variables that increase its use
Perceived Barriers to Effective Coverage of Health and Social Services for Sexual Violence in Young Adults in Spain
Despite the increase in sexual violence (SV) amongst young people, the use of formal services is poor. Effective coverage of health services is related to a satisfactory and quality care for the people who need a specific intervention. The aim of this study is to identify the factors that influence effective coverage of SV services from the perspective of young people and professionals in Spain. A qualitative study was conducted using an inductiv…
Will You Make Me Happy? The Role of Dating and Dating Violence Victimisation in Happiness Among Adolescents in Europe
Purpose: the aim of the article is to show the role of dating and dating violence victimisation, different socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences of abuse, perceived social support, and the ability to resolve social problems in happiness among adolescents in Europe. Methods: the study had a cross-sectional design. The study participants were 1.528 students from secondary schools (age 13–16) in Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Poland,…
Do we have friendly services to meet the needs of young women exposed to intimate partner violence in the Madrid region
INTRODUCTION: Women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) do not tend to go very frequently to formal support services. The objective of this study is to identify barriers related to the accessibility, acceptability, equity, appropriateness and effectiveness of IPV services from the perspective of the professionals working in the IPV public services. METHODS: A qualitative study was carried out in the Madrid region based on 13 semi-structu…
Disclosing Gender-Based Violence
Supporting women to disclose gender-based violence (GBV) is a central feature of how healthcare and other welfare services address this problem. In this paper we take a discursive approach to analyse the process of disclosing GBV from the perspectives of young women who have been subjected to GBV and professionals working in the welfare system. Through a reflective thematic analysis of 13 interviews with young women who have been subjected to GBV…
Effect of the Lights4Violence intervention on the sexism of adolescents in European countries
Clinicaltrials.gov : NCT03411564 . Unique Protocol ID: 776905. Date registered: 26-01-2018
Evaluation of the lights4violence program
The importance of empathy is shown in the effectiveness of interventions to reduce machismo and AV in adolescents. While the Lights4Violence program focuses on promoting healthy relationships, there were some controversial results. It is possible that some children, especially those with less empathy, may have felt "challenged" during the intervention and/or assessment. This suggests the need for the development of interventions that also conside…
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
Intimate Partner Violence against Women during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Spain
The COVID-19 lockdown fostered a change in IPV-affected women's help-seeking behavior. Differences between the volume of contacts made via 016-call and the policy reports generated provide evidence for the existence of barriers to IPV-service access during the lockdown and the period of remote working. More efforts are needed to reorganize services to cope with IPV in non-presential situations. The provinces with the highest 016-call and PO rates…
Intimate partner violence against young women
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychological-only IPV among young women in the European Union and to identify individual and contextual associated risk factors. METHODS: We analysed a cross-sec…
Child health and the possibilities for childcare in a context of poverty and food insecurity
Food insecurity would influence children's health and development through its effects on nutrition and household stress in the context of broader poverty-related problems. This study contributes to research regarding the characterisation of food-insecure households with children under the age of 18. In particular, it highlights the social and institutional aspects which influence and interact with parents' attempts to protect their children from …
Sexism and its associated factors among adolescents in Europe
Despite the efforts of recent decades to reduce gender inequality, sexism is still prevalent among adolescents. The objective of this study was to identify the main socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences, resources, and competencies associated with sexism in a sample of adolescents from different European countries. Baseline data from the Lights4Violence project included 1555 students ages 12–17 from secondary schools in six European…
Influencia del lugar de origen en la utilización de pruebas de cribado de cáncer ginecológico en España
OBJETIVO: Analizar la asociación entre el área geográfica de procedencia en el uso de las citologías y la mamografía. MÉTODOS: Los datos analizados proceden Encuesta Nacional de Salud de España-2006 dirigida a población mayor de 16 años. La Encuesta incluye 13.422 mujeres. Las variables dependientes fueron realización de una mamografía y de una citología vaginal, ambos en los últimos 12 meses. La medida de asociación fue el odds ratio con interva…
The Effect of Distance on the Use of Emergency Hospital Services in a Spanish Region With High Population Dispersion
BACKGROUND: There is geographic variability in the use of hospital emergency services. The effect of distance to the hospital on this variability is unknown. OBJECTIVES: (a) To analyze the independent effect of distance on use of hospital emergency services; (b) to describe the variability among municipalities in use of hospital emergency services and to analyze how much of this variability is explained by distance. RESEARCH DESIGN: Weighted cros…
Access to and use of sexual and reproductive health services provided by midwives among rural immigrant women in Spain
BACKGROUND: There insufficient information regarding access and participation of immigrant women in Spain in sexual and reproductive health programs. Recent studies show their lower participation rate in gynecological cancer screening programs; however, little is known about the participation in other sexual and reproductive health programs by immigrant women living in rural areas with high population dispersion. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this…
Changes in Access to Health Services of the Immigrant and Native-Born Population in Spain in the Context of Economic Crisis
Access to healthcare did not worsen, possibly due to the fact that, until 2012, the national health system may have cushioned the deterioration of social determinants as a consequence of the financial crisis. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the effects of health policy responses to the crisis after 2012
No effect of unemployment on intimate partner-related femicide during the financial crisis
The decline in IPF since 2008 might be interpreted as the result of exposure to other factors such as the lower frequency of divorces in recent years or the medium term effects of the integral protection measures of the law on gender violence that began in 2005
Factors associated with a positive attitude towards receiving cancer information
BACKGROUND: It is necessary to raise a positive attitude towards cancer information to improve disease prevention and control. OBJECTIVE: To identify social factors, health characteristics and cancer-related perceptions and knowledge associated with a positive attitude towards cancer information. DESIGN: We ran multivariate logistic regression models to analyse population-based data from OncoBarómetro-2010, a Spanish representative survey on perc…
Priorities and strategies for improving Roma women’s access to primary health care services in cases on intimate partner violence
Results indicated that efforts to address this challenge should take an integrated approach that reinforces the primary health care response to IPV in general, while also promoting more specific actions to address barriers to access that affect all Roma women and those who experience IPV in particular
Intimate partner violence against young women
BACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychological-only IPV among young women in the European Union and to identify individual and contextual associated risk factors. METHODS: We analysed a cross-sec…
Financial Fraud, Mental Health, and Quality of Life
Over the past few decades, the financial system has engaged in abusive practices that meet the definition of fraud. Our objective is to compare the prevalence of psychological distress and levels of health-related quality of life according to having been exposed to financial fraud and its economic impact on family finances. The City of Madrid Health Survey 2017 included specific questions on exposure to financial fraud-this section was administer…
Lights4Violence
Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03411564 . Unique Protocol ID: 776905. Date registered: 18-01-2018
Impact of an excise tax on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in young people living in poorer neighbourhoods of Catalonia, Spain
The introduction of the Catalonian excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages was followed by a reduction in the prevalence of regular consumers of taxed beverages
Child health and the possibilities for childcare in a context of poverty and food insecurity
Food insecurity would influence children's health and development through its effects on nutrition and household stress in the context of broader poverty-related problems. This study contributes to research regarding the characterisation of food-insecure households with children under the age of 18. In particular, it highlights the social and institutional aspects which influence and interact with parents' attempts to protect their children from …
Covid-19 Crisis
The aim of this study is to analyse the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Roma population, showing results of a telephone interview on a sample of 592 Roma households in phase 0 of confinement. This study has been developed by means of an alliance in which researchers from the public universities of Alicante and Navarre and the Health Institute Carlos III have participated, as well as several Roma associations. The results reflect the significa…
The Role of School Social Support and School Social Climate in Dating Violence Victimization Prevention among Adolescents in Europe
The aim of the article is to show the role of school social support and school social climate in dating violence victimization prevention among adolescents in Europe. Study participants were students from secondary schools (age 13-16) in Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Poland and UK. The analysis in this text concern student with dating experience ( n = 993) (57.2% of girls and 66.5% of boys). School social support was measured by School Social …
Intimate Partner Violence against Women during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Spain
The COVID-19 lockdown fostered a change in IPV-affected women's help-seeking behavior. Differences between the volume of contacts made via 016-call and the policy reports generated provide evidence for the existence of barriers to IPV-service access during the lockdown and the period of remote working. More efforts are needed to reorganize services to cope with IPV in non-presential situations. The provinces with the highest 016-call and PO rates…
Barriers and Facilitators for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Women’s Biopsychosocial Spheres According to Primary Care Midwives in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
(1) The objective of our study is to determine, from a primary care midwife's perspective, which biopsychosocial factors can favour or be detrimental to exclusive breast feeding. (2) The study was carried out in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) and is based on qualitative methodology. Twenty in-depth interviews were carried out with midwives working in primary care centres in Tenerife, using a content analysis approach. The transcript data was th…
Dating Violence Victimization among Adolescents in Europe
Dating violence (DV) among adolescents is a public health issue because of its negative health consequences. In this study, we aimed to analyse the prevalence and the psychosocial and socioeconomic risk and protective factors associated DV among male and female adolescents in Europe. It was performed a cross-sectional study based on a non-probabilistic sample of 1555 students aged 13-16 years (2018-2019). The global prevalence of DV victimization…
Sexism and its associated factors among adolescents in Europe
Despite the efforts of recent decades to reduce gender inequality, sexism is still prevalent among adolescents. The objective of this study was to identify the main socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences, resources, and competencies associated with sexism in a sample of adolescents from different European countries. Baseline data from the Lights4Violence project included 1555 students ages 12–17 from secondary schools in six European…
Will You Make Me Happy? The Role of Dating and Dating Violence Victimisation in Happiness Among Adolescents in Europe
Purpose: the aim of the article is to show the role of dating and dating violence victimisation, different socioeconomic characteristics, personal experiences of abuse, perceived social support, and the ability to resolve social problems in happiness among adolescents in Europe. Methods: the study had a cross-sectional design. The study participants were 1.528 students from secondary schools (age 13–16) in Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Poland,…
Do we have friendly services to meet the needs of young women exposed to intimate partner violence in the Madrid region
INTRODUCTION: Women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) do not tend to go very frequently to formal support services. The objective of this study is to identify barriers related to the accessibility, acceptability, equity, appropriateness and effectiveness of IPV services from the perspective of the professionals working in the IPV public services. METHODS: A qualitative study was carried out in the Madrid region based on 13 semi-structu…
Disclosing Gender-Based Violence
Supporting women to disclose gender-based violence (GBV) is a central feature of how healthcare and other welfare services address this problem. In this paper we take a discursive approach to analyse the process of disclosing GBV from the perspectives of young women who have been subjected to GBV and professionals working in the welfare system. Through a reflective thematic analysis of 13 interviews with young women who have been subjected to GBV…
Effect of the Lights4Violence intervention on the sexism of adolescents in European countries
Clinicaltrials.gov : NCT03411564 . Unique Protocol ID: 776905. Date registered: 26-01-2018
Evaluation of the lights4violence program
The importance of empathy is shown in the effectiveness of interventions to reduce machismo and AV in adolescents. While the Lights4Violence program focuses on promoting healthy relationships, there were some controversial results. It is possible that some children, especially those with less empathy, may have felt "challenged" during the intervention and/or assessment. This suggests the need for the development of interventions that also conside…
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
Sexismo y violencia de pareja en adolescentes
A pesar de los esfuerzos para reducir la desigualdad de género, el sexismo persiste. Todavía son escasos los estudios sobre este fenómeno que contemplen variables como el deseo sexual o los antecedentes migratorios. El objetivo del estudio es analizar las circunstancias sociales (individuales y del contexto inmediato) asociadas al sexismo y su relación con la conducta violenta en la pareja en población adolescente. Estudio transversal con 1421 es…
Medicine (32 works) · Psychology (25 works) · Demography (20 works) · Environmental health (20 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (19 works) · Population (18 works) · Poison control (16 works) · Demography (14 works) · Suicide prevention (14 works)