Publications by authors named "Esteve Camprubi"
Objectives: To analyse social inequalities in the association between ambient temperature and mortality by sex, age and educational level, in the city of Barcelona for the period 1992-2015.
Methods: Mortality data are represented by daily counts for natural mortality. As a measure of socioeconomic position, we used the educational level of the deceased.
On February 1st 2016 the WHO declared the Zika Virus (ZIKV) infection a worldwide public health emergency because of its rapid expansion and severe complications, such as Guillain-Barré Syndrome or microcephaly in newborn. The huge amount of people traveling to endemic areas and the presence of in Barcelona increase the risk of autochtonous transmission. The objective of this study was to describe the first ZIKV cases diagnosed in our city and to analyze the surveillance, prevention, and control measures implemented to avoid autochthonous transmission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Arbovirus infections are a group of diseases whose incidence is increasing and that entail an important problem for public health. The aim of this study was to describe detected cases of arbovirosis in Barcelona, and surveillance and control actions performed in order to reduce the risk of transmission.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study of confirmed dengue, chikungunya and Zika cases in Barcelona during 2014-2016 (1st trimester).
Background: Immigration is a fairly recent phenomenon in Spain and there are still few scientific publications on tuberculosis (TB) and immigration. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe the differential characteristics of TB in the immigrant population with respect to natives in Spain.
Methods: Literature review of original articles written in Spanish or English and published 1998-2012 about TB among immigrant population.
Objectives: To define a set of indicators for the management of the various services of an agency responsible for comprehensive public health in a defined area and population.
Methods: We analyzed the agency's activity and held discussions with those responsible for the distinct services to define indicators whose estimation is viable and which optimally describe three aspects: the services' activity, coverage, quality or effectiveness, and cost.
Results: Quantitative indicators were defined for all the productive public health services inventoried in the agency's services portfolio, but not all three aspects could be covered in all areas.
Objective: The Balanced Scorecard is a tool for strategic planning in business. We present our experience after introducing this instrument in a public health agency to align daily management practice with strategic objectives.
Methods: Our management team required deep discussions with external support to clarify the concepts behind the Balanced Scorecard, adapt them to a public organization in the health field distinct from the business sector in which the Balanced Scorecard was designed, and adopt this instrument as a management tool.