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Concha Colomer

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PubMed2005

Social paediatrics.

Social paediatrics is an approach to child health that focuses on the child, in illness and in health, within the context of their society, environment, school, and family. The glossary clarifies the range of terms used to describe aspects of paediatric practice that overlap or are subsumed under social paediatrics and defines key social paediatric concepts. The glossary was compiled by a process of consultation and consensus building among the authors who are all members of the European Society for Social Paediatrics. Social paediatricians from outside Europe were included giving a more international perspective.

Child↗
PubMed2004

[Gender sensitivity in the formulation of Spanish health plans: what it could have been but wasn't].

AIM: To systematically examine gender sensitivity in the policies formulated in the health plans of the various Autonomous Communities in Spain in which these plans are available. We defined gender sensitivity as the extent to which the health plans took gender into account as a relation category and developed interventions to ameliorate gender-related inequalities. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A questionnaire with a structure similar to that of the health plans, which were based on the World Health Organization's proposal, was designed. The questionnaire consisted of an introductory section, which we called the symbolic content, and described the general objectives and values of the health plan. In the other section, which we called the operative content of the health plan, the specific objectives and the interventions to achieve them were expressed in concrete terms. A gender sensitivity symbolic index and gender sensitivity operative index were constructed. RESULTS: Thirteen health plans were analyzed. Those of the Basque Country, the Valencian Community and the Canary Islands showed high symbolic content, which did not always match their subsequent operative implementation. The health plans of the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia showed the greatest operative gender sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS: Gender sensitivity in health plans varies widely among Autonomous Communities. Some channels for action would be to set up partnerships and networks for health professionals and collectives in order to raise awareness of the problem and build on the experience of the Autonomous Communities whose initiatives are carried out with the greatest gender sensitivity.

Health Planning↗
PubMed2002

Rapid appraisal methodology for 'health for all' policy formulation analysis.

BACKGROUND: Although in the last 20 years, the WHO 'Health for All' principles have been widely used in national, regional and local health policy documents, there is still a gap in the literature regarding how to appraise or compare them, which weakens the social accountability process. METHODOLOGY: A new, rapid approach to analyse the formulation of health policies is proposed. It is based on the selection of a small number of tracers and the development of a gold standard to be completed with input from a review of the literature, and opinions of expert panel members. This methodology has been empirically applied to the health strategies of two Spanish regions (Catalonia and Valencia). RESULTS: A framework for analysis was produced containing three dimensions: timing (early or late policy options), action level (individuals or social focus) and equity (social class, gender and ethnic groups). The health problems selected as tracers were HIV/AIDS, traffic injuries and ageing-related disabilities. In the two regions studied, the policies formulated for HIV/AIDS and age-related disabilities provide interventions late in the evolution of the health problem. The strategy established in the region of Valencia is more community-oriented than in Catalonia. Neither region had implemented specific policies regarding social class, gender or ethnic groups. INTERPRETATION: The methodology proposed here makes it possible to map the formulation of Health Strategies, compare different geographical areas and even forecast the policies' usefulness. The simplicity of the method, together with the fact that citizens and politicians alike can easily understand its results are major advantages. For the framework to be fully useful, it will be necessary to build evidence-based policy databases.

Accidents, Traffic↗
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[Health advocacy in violence against women: an experience].

The development of political responses to a problem needs for its construction as a social problem of a continuous epidemiological surveillance system available for the affected public and key decision makers. A women's health advocacy net based initiative was launched in November 2003. Every month the epidemic index of deaths (ratio of deaths in that month and median of deaths occurring the previous 5 years) due to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is published in a section called "Violence Alert" of e-leusis.net a women's web page. The objective was giving visibility to information contributing to shape the problem. from a population perspective. The initiative was introduced at the beginning to journalists and every month a press release with the index results and a comment on it is circulated. More than half of the months studied (January 2003-December 2004) were epidemic (epidemic indexb > or = 1.25). "Violence alert" has received 2330 visits since then, an average of 65 visits per week. The page attracted media coverage from radio, TV and newspapers.

Consumer Advocacy↗
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[Socioeconomic inequalities and health plans in the Autonomous Communities of Spain].

OBJECTIVE: To systematically examine sensitivity to socioeconomic (SE) inequalities in the policies formulated in the health plans of the Autonomous Communities of Spain. METHODS: We performed a systematic review of 14 health plans. The introductory content of the health plans was called the "symbolic content" and was separated from specific interventions, or "operative content". The symbolic content was analyzed through the presence or absence of SE description of the health areas, the principles and values to reduce SE inequalities in health, and the general objectives for this topic (sensitivity index, range 0-3). To review the operative content, consideration of SE inequalities in the description of health areas and proposed interventions were evaluated. RESULTS: The Basque Country and Extremadura had a sensitivity index of 3 for symbolic content. Six Autonomous Communities had an index of 0 (Canary Islands, Catalonia, Castilla-León, Galicia, Murcia and Navarre). Regarding operative content, the Autonomous Communities that most clearly took SE inequalities into account were the Basque Country, Galicia and the Canary Islands. The specific health-related areas most frequently analyzed according to SE inequalities were alcohol and drug consumption and reproductive health. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that little attention is paid to SE inequalities in the health plans of the various Autonomous Communities, with the exception of the Basque Country. The national and regional governments of Spain should prioritize inequalities in health in the political agenda, which would translate into their presence in the health plans.

Delivery of Health Care↗