Application of a new municipal management model of home care service in Barcelona: Assessment of workers' labour conditions, health, and well-being.

Background: In 2018, Barcelona City Council implemented a pilot phase of an organisational change in the municipal home care service (HCS) system. Inspired by the Buurtzorg model, the new model promotes the creation of self-managing teams operating in a restricted community setting.

Objective: To assess the pilot phase of the new model, focusing on employees' working and employment conditions as well as on their health and well-being outcomes.

[Needs and barriers of medical personnel in Catalonian occupational health services].

Objective: to identify the difficulties and needs of medical professionals in occupational health services in Catalonia with respect to carrying out their functions, as prescribed by law.

Methods: Delphi study in three rounds. The selection of participants was carried out sepa - rately for in-house versus outsourced occupational health services.

Is Being Employed Always Better for Mental Wellbeing Than Being Unemployed? Exploring the Role of Gender and Welfare State Regimes during the Economic Crisis.

The growth of poor jobs related to economic crisis adds to its increase since the mid-1970s as a result of new forms of flexible employment. In Europe, there is no clear evidence on whether working in a poor-quality job is better for mental wellbeing than being unemployed. The objectives of this study were to compare mental wellbeing between the unemployed and those working in jobs with different quality levels and to examine gender and welfare state differences in Europe.

[Factors associated with household transmission of influenza (H1N1) 2009].

Background: A good part of the transmission of influenza occurs in the household context. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with the index cases generating secondary cases in household.

Methods: We designed an observational, retrospective, multicenter through the implementation of a telephone survey in three regions of Spain.

[Rubella susceptibility of immigrant pregnant women in Catalonia].

Background And Objective: Considering recent outbreaks of rubella in immigrant population in Madrid (Spain), we investigated the proportion of rubella susceptibility in immigrant women in Catalonia, Spain.

Patients And Method: Seroprevalence study in pregnant women of the immigrant community. Information of demographic possible risk factors associated to rubella susceptibility was collected.

[Polymyositis-dermatomyositis: incidence in Spain (1997-2004)].

Background And Objective: Epidemiologic studies of polymyositis-dermatomyositis incidence in Spain are lacking. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence rates of dermatomyositis-polymyositis and their distribution in our country.

Material And Method: Observational and descriptive study.