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      Estado de salud de personas inmigrantes en Cataluña desde una perspectiva de género: proyecto PELFI Translated title: Health status among immigrant in Catalonia from a gender perspective: PELFI project

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          Resumen Objetivo Evaluar el estado de salud de hombres y mujeres inmigrantes extracomunitarios residentes en el Área Metropolitana de Barcelona (Cataluña, España) e identificar determinantes sociales de la salud desde una perspectiva de género. Método Análisis transversal de una cohorte de familias inmigrantes reclutadas en Badalona y Santa Coloma de Gramenet (cohorte PELFI). En 2015-2016, 167 inmigrantes respondieron al cuestionario epidemiológico basal y al instrumento EuroQol de cinco dimensiones (EQ-5D) que mide el estado de salud. Para identificar determinantes de la salud se construyeron modelos Tobit con el índice EQ-5D. Resultados Las mujeres declararon una peor salud percibida (p=0,005). Tener una enfermedad diagnosticada se asoció con una peor percepción de la salud en los hombres (p<0,05). El tiempo de estancia y las cargas familiares, en especial la doble jornada de trabajo, empeoraron la salud percibida de las mujeres. En el modelo ajustado por variables demográficas y determinantes sociales, la situación administrativa estable (−0.136; p=0,015) y el apoyo social (0,182; p=0,02) se asociaron con el índice EQ-5D en ambos sexos. Estar ocupado se asoció a mejor salud en los hombres. Conclusiones Las personas inmigrantes extracomunitarias residentes en el Área Metropolitana de Barcelona son una población vulnerable y presentan desigualdades en salud por sexo. El apoyo social y la ocupación son factores clave de su estado de salud. Las intervenciones para reducir las vulnerabilidades y desigualdades en salud de las personas inmigrantes deberían promover su inclusión y cohesión social, e incorporar la perspectiva de género.

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          Abstract Objective The objective of the study is to assess the health status of immigrant men and women from non-EU countries living in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) and to identify the social determinants of health from a gender perspective. Method Cross-sectional analysis from a cohort of immigrant families recruited in Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in Spain (PELFI cohort). In 2015-2016, 167 immigrants answered the baseline epidemiological questionnaire and the 5-level EuroQol instrument (EQ-5D) which measures health status. To identify health determinants, Tobit models were constructed to the EQ-5D index. Results Women rated poorer self-perceived health (p=0.005). To be diagnosed with and illness was only associated with poor self-perceived health among men (p<0.05). Length of residence, domestic work, and especially double workload deteriorated women's health. After adjusting models by demographics and social determinants, permanent administrative status (−0.136; p=0.015) and social support (0.182; p=0.02) were associated with health status in both sexes. To have a job was associated with better health only in men. Conclusions Non-EU immigrants living in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona are a socially vulnerable group of population and present inequalities in health by sex. Social support and occupation are key factors of their health status. Interventions to reduce immigrant vulnerabilities and inequalities in health should promote their social inclusion and cohesion from a gender perspective.

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          In this paper, we briefly review theories and findings on migration and health from the health equity perspective, and then analyse migration-related health inequalities taking into account gender, social class and migration characteristics in the adult population aged 25-64 living in Catalonia, Spain. On the basis of the characterisation of migration types derived from the review, we distinguished between immigrants from other regions of Spain and those from other countries, and within each group, those from richer or poorer areas; foreign immigrants from low-income countries were also distinguished according to duration of residence. Further stratification by sex and social class was applied. Groups were compared in relation to self-assessed health in two cross-sectional population-based surveys, and in relation to indicators of socio-economic conditions (individual income, an index of material and financial assets, and an index of employment precariousness) in one survey. Social class and gender inequalities were evident in both health and socio-economic conditions, and within both the native and immigrant subgroups. Migration-related health inequalities affected both internal and international immigrants, but were mainly limited to those from poor areas, were generally consistent with their socio-economic deprivation, and apparently more pronounced in manual social classes and especially for women. Foreign immigrants from poor countries had the poorest socio-economic situation but relatively better health (especially men with shorter length of residence). Our findings on immigrants from Spain highlight the transitory nature of the 'healthy immigrant effect', and that action on inequality in socio-economic determinants affecting migrant groups should not be deferred. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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              Spanish and Catalan versions of the EuroQoi 5-D (EQ-5D) were included in the Catalan Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and administered to a randomly selected cross-section of 12,245 individuals from the Catalan general population. This paper analyses the feasibility, convergent validity and construct validity of three parts of the EQ-5D (the descriptive system, the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Spanish tariff) using the results obtained in the CHIS. The feasibility was assessed by the number of missing responses. The convergent validity was based on the correlations between the EQ-5D scores and the scores on the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and on an index of self-perceived overall health. The construct validity was assessed by analysing the degree to which lower scores on the EQ-5D correlated positively with increasing age, being female, being in a lower social class or having a lower level of education and with increasing levels of disability, co-morbidity, restricted activity, mental health problems and poor self-perceived health. A low number of missing responses on the descriptive system and the VAS (1.5%) indicated a high level of acceptance. A marked ceiling effect was found, with 67% of the sample reporting no problem in any EQ dimension. The convergent validity with the GHQ was generally low, though moderate on the mood dimension. Self-perceived overall health correlated moderately to strongly with the mean VAS and tariff values. The positive correlations between lower scores on all three elements of the EQ-5D and increasing age, increasing levels of disability, comorbidity, restricted activity, mental health problems and poor self-perceived health provide some evidence of the instrument's construct validity, as does the fact that women reported more problems than men. Multivariate analyses using the VAS and tariff values as dependent variables and all of the sociodemographic and health variables as independent variables reached R2 values of 0.45 and 0.81, respectively. The Spanish and Catalan versions of the EQ-5D have proved to be feasible and valid for use in health interview surveys.
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                Gaceta Sanitaria
                Gac Sanit
                Sociedad Española de Salud Pública y Administración Sanitaria (SESPAS) (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                0213-9111
                August 2022
                : 36
                : 4
                : 368-375
                Affiliations
                [4] Alicante Valencia orgnameUniversidad de Alicante orgdiv1Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública Spain
                [2] orgnameCIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) España
                [6] Barcelona Cataluña orgnameUniversitat Internacional de Catalunya orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina Spain
                [5] Barcelona orgnameL'Hospitalet de Llobregat orgdiv1Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Bellvitge orgdiv2Grupo de Investigación en Detección Precoz del Cáncer, Programa IDIBELL España
                [7] Bellaterra, Cerdanyola Barcelona orgnameUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona orgdiv1Departamento de Pediatría, Obstetricia, Ginecología y Medicina Preventiva España
                [3] Badalona Barcelona orgnameInstitut d'Investigació Fundació Germans Trias i Pujol España
                [1] Badalona Barcelona orgnameGeneralitat de Catalunya orgdiv1Departament de Salut orgdiv2Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics de les ITS/VIH/SIDA de Catalunya (CEEISCAT) España
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                S0213-91112022000400368 S0213-9111(22)03600400368
                10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.02.010
                a6863871-6f3b-4cb9-80de-940be3948577

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                : 25 September 2020
                : 13 February 2021
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                Determinantes sociales,Género,Familia,Factores socioeconómicos,Apoyo social,España,Immigration,Health status,Social determinants,Gender,Family,Socioeconomic factors,Social support,Spain,Inmigración,Estado de salud

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