Publications by authors named "Patricia Gonzalez-Marin"
Background: Climate change influences the incidence and scope of climate extreme events that affect communities and the environment around the world. In an urban context such as Barcelona, these climate extremes can have a negative impact on drinking water quality. The worsening of drinking water quality can have important repercussions on human health, leading to the appearance of different diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Very little information is available on the population distribution and on sociodemographic predictors of body concentrations of rare earth elements (REE) and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of high-tech devices.
Objectives: To analyze the distribution and associated sociodemographic factors of blood concentrations of chemical elements (including some metals, essential trace elements, rare earth elements and other minority elements) in a representative sample of the general population of Barcelona (Spain).
Methods: A sample of participants in the Barcelona Health Survey of 2016 (N = 240) were interviewed face-to-face, gave blood, and underwent a physical exam.
Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in self-perceived health status and mental health among participants in an active labour market policy (ALMP) of Barcelona, and to assess whether the results differed according to the participants' social characteristics and their program trajectories.
Methods: A pre-post intervention study was designed, including unemployed people participating in a return-to-work ALMP in 13 deprived neighborhoods of Barcelona; using one survey upon entering the program (pre), and another 1 year later (post). We assessed the prevalence of poor self-perceived health status and poor mental health (Goldberg-12 questionnaire) in both periods of time.
Objective: This study aims to analyze the effects of housing insecurity on health and if those are modified by employment status of people belonging to "Treball als Barris" program in Barcelona between 2015 and 2016.
Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study using a survey which included sociodemographic, employment and housing status information. This was administered to 469 individuals attended by "Treball als Barris" at baseline and after one year of follow-up.
Background: Since the last Western great recession of 2008, an increasing interest on the effects of Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) on improving health has emerged. The aim of our review is to synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of ALMPs and whether some types of ALMP are more effective.
Methods: Using the Scoping review methodology, we conducted a literature review in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science and selected articles published between 1990 and 2017 in high income countries.
Background: Unemployment affects the physical and mental health of affected individuals, which can be explained by its direct effect on worsening finances due to the lack of income as well as by its negative psychosocial effects. "Employment in the Neighborhoods" return to work program was implemented in Barcelona specifically in the neighborhoods characterized with a greater economic deprivation and by high unemployment to improve personal and occupational abilities and skills of the participants to reintegrate them into the workforce. The aim of this study is to determine the association between the lack of economic resources and psychosocial factors with respect to mental health and self-rated health in unemployed persons participating in the program "Employment in the Neighborhoods".
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