Health impact assessment of local policies: methodology and tools.

The aim of this work was to design some tools and a procedure for performing the Health Impact Assessment of municipal policies. A working group made up of municipal and public health specialists from the Valencian Community (Spain) was set up. After reviewing the tools used in other contexts, the Fem Salut? questionnaire for the simplified Health Impact Assessment of regional policies was adapted for use at the local level.

Perceptions and experiences of parenthood and maternal health care among Latin American women living in Spain: a qualitative study.

Objective: to explore the experiences and perceptions of parenthood and maternal health care among Latin American women living in Spain.

Design: an exploratory qualitative research using focus groups and thematic analysis of the discussion.

Setting And Participants: three focus groups with 26 women from Bolivia and Ecuador and three focus groups with 24 midwives were performed in three towns in the Valencian Community receiving a large influx of immigrants.