Mapping the awareness of inequalities in health programs in Spanish communities: moving forward together

Mapping the awareness of inequalities in health programs in Spanish communities: moving forward together

The aim of this study is to map the awareness of gender, socioeconomic, immigrant and ethnic health inequalities in health at schools, maternal health and traffic injury health prevention programs. The study was conducted in the 19 health descentralized areas in Spain, 17 autonomous community (ACs)...

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Published in:Health education research Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 704 - 716
Main Authors: Peiró-Pérez, Rosana, Alvarez-Dardet, Carlos, Mas, Rosa, Aviño, Dory, Talavera, Marta, Torremocha, Xavi, Paredes, Joan, Fernandez, Carmen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 01-08-2012
Subjects:
Cities
Data Collection
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Health
Health inequalities
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Policy
Health status
Health Status Disparities
Health technology assessment
Humans
Inequalities
Male
Maternal characteristics
Maternal Welfare
National Health Programs
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
School Health Services
Spain
Wounds and Injuries - ethnology
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
Spain
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Summary:The aim of this study is to map the awareness of gender, socioeconomic, immigrant and ethnic health inequalities in health at schools, maternal health and traffic injury health prevention programs. The study was conducted in the 19 health descentralized areas in Spain, 17 autonomous community (ACs) and the 2 autonomous cities (ACities). The data were collected from May 2008 to January 2009. The unit of analysis was the collection of policy documents setting out the programs mentioned above and the related support material in each AC. A reading guide was used to analyze the awareness of inequalities. With regard to health at schools, 2 of 10 programs show a high awareness of inequalities and include many specific proposals to be implemented at the local level. Regarding maternal health, 13 ACs have prepared support material with high awareness of inequalities to be implemented. A traffic injury program has been created in two ACs. We map the whole situation in Spain regarding the health programs that we have used as examples and their awareness of inequalities. We can conclude that there are differences between the regions studied in Spain and in general, the awareness of inequalities is low.
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ISSN:0268-1153
1465-3648
DOI:10.1093/her/cyr104