Xavier Bartoll-Roca
Biographic Data
| ID | 4263615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xavier Bartoll-Roca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xavier |
| FAMILY NAME | Bartoll-Roca |
| SIGNATURE | BARTOLL-ROCA X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6865-8034 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Is living close to a drug treatment centre associated with stigma
Public stigma in the city is high and increases with proximity to a drug treatment centre, especially among groups that exhibit low levels of stigma at the city level. Identifying social groups showing high levels of "not in my back yard"-related stigma may help to redesign harm reduction interventions focusing on specific groups
City PROFILE
Housing conditions and Covid-19 in Barcelona
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
Household Economic Hardship and Child Mental Health
Trends and inequalities in (healthy) life expectancy by neighbourhood during the Covid-19 epidemic in Barcelona
To analyse the trend in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE) and socio-economic inequalities by neighbourhood in Barcelona from the pre-pandemic period (2018-2019) to the pandemic period (2020-2021). LE and HLE at birth were computed using the municipal register of inhabitants and quality of life (EuroQol) from the Barcelona Health Survey of 2016. Inequalities were assessed with the gap between quantiles of neighbourhood income. In…
A City Surveillance System for Social Health Inequalities
The methodology used to implement the Surveillance System can be used to implement similar systems in other urban areas around the world
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…
Neighbourhood income inequalities in mental health in Barcelona 2001-2016
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-…
Precarious Employment and Stress
The PRESSED project aims to explain the links between a multidimensional measure of precarious employment and stress and health. Studies on social epidemiology have found a clear positive association between precarious employment and health, but the pathways and mechanisms to explain such a relationship are not well-understood. This project aims to fill this gap from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating the social and biomedical standpoi…
Empirically revisiting a social class scheme for mental health in Barcelona, Spain
Purpose Social inequalities in mental health can be captured by occupational situation and social class stratification. This study analyzes the adequacy of a classification of work and employment conditions and an adaptation of the Goldthorpe social class scheme in relation to mental health in Barcelona, Spain. Design/methodology/approach Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) on working and employment condi…
Mental Health Outcomes in Barcelona
Greenspace is widely related to mental health benefits, but this relationship may vary by social group. Gentrification, as linked to processes of unequal urban development and conflict, potentially impacts health outcomes. This study explores the relationships between greenspace and mental health and between gentrification and mental health associations. It also further examines gentrification as an effect modifier in the greenspace-mental health…
Changing the urban design of cities for health
BACKGROUND: Car-dependent city planning has resulted in high levels of environmental pollution, sedentary lifestyles and increased vulnerability to the effects of climate change. The Barcelona Superblock model is an innovative urban and transport planning strategy that aims to reclaim public space for people, reduce motorized transport, promote sustainable mobility and active lifestyles, provide urban greening and mitigate effects of climate chan…
Effect of the Financial Crisis on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality in Small Areas in Seven Spanish Cities
After the start of the financial crisis, socioeconomic inequalities in total mortality in small areas of Spanish cities remained stable in most cities, although several causes of death showed a different pattern
Study Protocol for the Evaluation of the Health Effects of Superblocks in Barcelona
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…
How does a targeted active labour market program impact on the well-being of the unemployed? A concept mapping study on Barcelona “Employment in the Neighbourhoods”
The results obtained have allowed us to identify different perceived effects and mechanisms by which the "Employment in the Neighbourhoods" Active Labour Market Programme can influence quality of life of participants from the most deprived areas of Barcelona
Associations of green space metrics with health and behavior outcomes at different buffer sizes and remote sensing sensor resolutions
Satellite data is increasingly used to characterize green space for health outcome studies. Literature suggests that green space within 500 m of home is often used to represent neighborhood suitable for walking, air pollution and noise reduction, and natural healing. In this paper, we used satellite data of different spatial resolutions to derive normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), an indicator of surface greenness, at buffer distances…
Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and after the economic recession in Spain
This study within two geographical settings in Spain shows that trends in inequalities in suicide mortality according to educational level remained stable among men before and during the economic recession
Green spaces and General Health
Long working hours and health in Europe
Perceived Discrimination and Health among Immigrants in Europe According to National Integration Policies
Perceived group discrimination is associated with poor health outcomes in first generation immigrants from low-income countries who live in European countries, but not among their descendants. These associations are more important in assimilationist countries
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
The effects of an urban renewal project on health and health inequalities
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…
The effects of an urban renewal project on health and health inequalities
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…
Long working hours and health in Europe
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
The effects of an urban renewal project on health and health inequalities
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…
Perceived Discrimination and Health among Immigrants in Europe According to National Integration Policies
Perceived group discrimination is associated with poor health outcomes in first generation immigrants from low-income countries who live in European countries, but not among their descendants. These associations are more important in assimilationist countries
Green spaces and General Health
Long working hours and health in Europe
Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality before and after the economic recession in Spain
This study within two geographical settings in Spain shows that trends in inequalities in suicide mortality according to educational level remained stable among men before and during the economic recession
Associations of green space metrics with health and behavior outcomes at different buffer sizes and remote sensing sensor resolutions
Satellite data is increasingly used to characterize green space for health outcome studies. Literature suggests that green space within 500 m of home is often used to represent neighborhood suitable for walking, air pollution and noise reduction, and natural healing. In this paper, we used satellite data of different spatial resolutions to derive normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), an indicator of surface greenness, at buffer distances…
Changing the urban design of cities for health
BACKGROUND: Car-dependent city planning has resulted in high levels of environmental pollution, sedentary lifestyles and increased vulnerability to the effects of climate change. The Barcelona Superblock model is an innovative urban and transport planning strategy that aims to reclaim public space for people, reduce motorized transport, promote sustainable mobility and active lifestyles, provide urban greening and mitigate effects of climate chan…
Effect of the Financial Crisis on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality in Small Areas in Seven Spanish Cities
After the start of the financial crisis, socioeconomic inequalities in total mortality in small areas of Spanish cities remained stable in most cities, although several causes of death showed a different pattern
Study Protocol for the Evaluation of the Health Effects of Superblocks in Barcelona
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…
How does a targeted active labour market program impact on the well-being of the unemployed? A concept mapping study on Barcelona “Employment in the Neighbourhoods”
The results obtained have allowed us to identify different perceived effects and mechanisms by which the "Employment in the Neighbourhoods" Active Labour Market Programme can influence quality of life of participants from the most deprived areas of Barcelona
Precarious Employment and Stress
The PRESSED project aims to explain the links between a multidimensional measure of precarious employment and stress and health. Studies on social epidemiology have found a clear positive association between precarious employment and health, but the pathways and mechanisms to explain such a relationship are not well-understood. This project aims to fill this gap from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating the social and biomedical standpoi…
Empirically revisiting a social class scheme for mental health in Barcelona, Spain
Purpose Social inequalities in mental health can be captured by occupational situation and social class stratification. This study analyzes the adequacy of a classification of work and employment conditions and an adaptation of the Goldthorpe social class scheme in relation to mental health in Barcelona, Spain. Design/methodology/approach Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) on working and employment condi…
Mental Health Outcomes in Barcelona
Greenspace is widely related to mental health benefits, but this relationship may vary by social group. Gentrification, as linked to processes of unequal urban development and conflict, potentially impacts health outcomes. This study explores the relationships between greenspace and mental health and between gentrification and mental health associations. It also further examines gentrification as an effect modifier in the greenspace-mental health…
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…
Neighbourhood income inequalities in mental health in Barcelona 2001-2016
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-…
Trends and inequalities in (healthy) life expectancy by neighbourhood during the Covid-19 epidemic in Barcelona
To analyse the trend in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE) and socio-economic inequalities by neighbourhood in Barcelona from the pre-pandemic period (2018-2019) to the pandemic period (2020-2021). LE and HLE at birth were computed using the municipal register of inhabitants and quality of life (EuroQol) from the Barcelona Health Survey of 2016. Inequalities were assessed with the gap between quantiles of neighbourhood income. In…
A City Surveillance System for Social Health Inequalities
The methodology used to implement the Surveillance System can be used to implement similar systems in other urban areas around the world
Housing conditions and Covid-19 in Barcelona
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
Household Economic Hardship and Child Mental Health
Is living close to a drug treatment centre associated with stigma
Public stigma in the city is high and increases with proximity to a drug treatment centre, especially among groups that exhibit low levels of stigma at the city level. Identifying social groups showing high levels of "not in my back yard"-related stigma may help to redesign harm reduction interventions focusing on specific groups
City PROFILE
Medicine (18 works) · Geography (14 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Population (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Demography (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (10 works) · Environmental health (10 works)