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Nutrition & Dietetics
Barbara Badanta, Rocio de Diego-Cordero, Lorena Tarrino-Concejero, Juan Vega-Escano, Maria Gonzalez-Cano-Caballero, Maria Angeles Garcia-Carpintero-Munoz, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Sergio Barrientos-Trigo
Summary: This article explores the food patterns of Chinese immigrants living in Spain and the factors associated with these behaviors. It found significant differences in the consumption of Eastern and Western foods, with changes in eating habits related to acculturation and lack of time. Understanding these differences can inform healthcare strategies and promote health and well-being.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hyunmi Son, Gyumin Han
Summary: This study developed a tailored health parenting program and lay-health workers' support to improve children's health in multicultural families in Korea. The program was assessed through an experimental three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial and showed significant improvements in health-promoting behaviors, eHealth literacy, and family strength among the experimental groups.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Valeria Rodriguez, Hossai Furmli, Michael E. Green, Rebecca Griffiths, Jessica Pudwell, Maria P. Velez
Summary: Although immigrant women make up a growing proportion of the Canadian population, there is a lack of information on infertility diagnosis rates in this group. This study found higher rates of infertility consults among refugee and non-refugee immigrant women compared to Canadian-born women, which may be explained by their origin from areas with higher infertility rates or higher levels of stress.
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Akram Hernandez-Vasquez, Fabriccio J. Visconti-Lopez, Alexandra C. Rojas-Cueva, Leandro Nicolas Grendas, Diego Azanedo
Summary: This study analyzed the association between food insecurity and mental health in Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Peru. The findings showed a high prevalence of food insecurity and mental health problems among the population. The study highlights the need for international assistance and support, as well as monitoring food insecurity at the national level.
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Environmental Sciences
Javier Casillas-Clot, Pamela Pereyra-Zamora, Andreu Nolasco
Summary: The study found that the prevalence of disability varies among native, immigrant, and Roma populations, with different determinants for each group. For example, among immigrants, the risk of disability increases with longer residence in Spain.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Health Policy & Services
Akram Hernandez-Vasquez, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Diego Azanedo
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the association between migration status and health service use among Venezuelan migrants in Peru. The findings showed that having an illegal migration status was associated with a lower probability of using health services, particularly among male migrants.
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Benjamin Clarsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aaro
Summary: The study found a mild continuum of resistance for demographic variables, but this was not reflected in health outcomes, which were uniformly similar across waves. The continuum of resistance model is unlikely to be useful for adjusting non-response bias in large online surveys of population health.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Sameer Bhargava, Elzbieta Czapka, Solveig Hofvind, Maria Kristiansen, Esperanza Diaz, Paula Berstad
Summary: This study aimed to identify factors that may facilitate Polish immigrants' access to the Norwegian CRC screening programme. Qualitative interviews were conducted with ten Polish immigrants in Norway. The findings showed that knowledge, language, trust, information needs, and perceptions of the screening user manual influenced the participants' accessibility to CRC screening. Communication between the Polish community in Norway and Poland, as well as travel between the countries, further influenced these factors. Effective measures to increase accessibility could include increasing cultural competence among health care providers and providing information in Polish through Polish-speaking professionals and internet portals.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Canan Duman, Fatih Samet Uslu, Sena Cakmak, Sevval Ilgin Aytekin, Tuana Apaydin, Edibe Egil
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the accessibility of immigrant and refugee children in Turkey to oral health products and dental treatment services. The majority of participants were from Syria and Iraq. The findings revealed that children's oral hygiene habits deteriorated after migration, with a significant percentage not receiving dental care for over a year. While access to oral hygiene products was relatively easy, accessing dental treatment posed difficulties. National and international health strategies are needed to ensure effective access to dental treatment for this disadvantaged group.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Sunmin Lee, Soomin Ryu, Grace E. Lee, Ichiro Kawachi, Brittany N. Morey, Natalie Slopen
Summary: This study examines the association between acculturative stress and self-reported sleep outcomes among Chinese and Korean immigrants in the United States. The results show that higher acculturative stress is associated with increased sleep disturbance and shorter sleep duration. Sex and ethnic identity moderate this association.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Soomin Ryu, Brittany N. Morey, Grace E. Lee, Ichiro Kawachi, Susan Redline, Sunmin Lee
Summary: The concept of complex multimorbidity provides a more accurate measurement of disease burden by categorizing diseases according to the body system they affect. This study found that individuals with sleep disturbance had a higher prevalence of complex multimorbidity, while those at high risk of sleep apnea had a slightly higher prevalence. These findings highlight the importance of addressing sleep issues and raising awareness among healthcare providers and the public.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Valentina Kieseppa, Regina Garcia Velazquez, Tuulikki Vehko, Hannamaria Kuusio
Summary: This study compares satisfaction with access to health care between migrants from different regions and the general population in Finland. The findings indicate that migrants, particularly those from the Middle East and Africa, are less satisfied with health care access. These results highlight the need to identify potential improvement points in Finland's health care system.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Dominique L. A. Lescure, Alike W. van der Velden, Natascha Huijser van Reenen, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Helene A. C. M. Voeten
Summary: This study explored the perceptions of antibiotics among immigrants and native Dutch participants through focus group discussions. The findings showed that both immigrants and native Dutch participants had a relatively cautious attitude towards antibiotics, and within-group differences were more significant than between-group differences. Native Dutch participants also faced similar difficulties in communication with their doctors. Immigrants who encountered language barriers experienced even greater communicational challenges.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Barbara Badanta, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Elena Fernandez-Garcia, Sergio Barrientos-Trigo
Summary: The study found that Chinese immigrants in Spain are more likely to consume alcohol and tobacco than illicit drugs, with men consuming more than women in terms of alcohol and tobacco. Due to heavy workload, workers tend to avoid illicit drug consumption behavior.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carmen Sanchez-Cantalejo Garrido, Daniela Yucuma Conde, Maria del Mar Rueda, Antonio Olry-de-Labry-Lima, Eva Martin-Ruiz, Camila Higueras-Callejon, Andres Cabrera-Leon
Summary: This study describes the methodological characteristics of large health surveys conducted in Spain early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the majority of the studies focused on mental health and used non-probability sampling and the internet to gather information. However, despite the great opportunity provided by COVID-19 for open science-based research, the accessibility of data remains low.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Vanesa Perez-Martinez, Jorge Marcos-Marcos, Ariadna Cerdan-Torregrosa, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Belen Sanz-Barbero, MCarmen Davo-Blanes, Nihaya Daoud, Clarie Edwards, Mariano Salazar, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Carmen Vives-Cases
Summary: This article systematically reviews the characteristics, methodological quality, and findings of educational interventions that aim to prevent various forms of gender-based violence by addressing hegemonic masculinities among young people. The results highlight the importance of a gender-transformative approach to engage young people in critical thinking about hegemonic masculinity and prevent gender-based violence.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Francisco Frances-Garcia, Daniel La Parra-Casado
Summary: This article aims to provide an operational proposal for designing, measuring, or describing the extent of participatory terms in health planning processes. The proposal elaborates six dimensions for measuring and assessing the participatory process: inclusivity, information flow, deliberative quality, decision making, institutional commitment, and community empowerment.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel La Parra-Casado, Erling F. Solheim, Jesus F. Estevez
Summary: This study aimed to compare the self-rated health status of the Roma and the general population in six Central and Eastern European countries. The results showed a significant social gradient in self-rated health between the Roma and the general population, as well as an impact of educational level on self-rated health.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ariadna Cerdan-Torregrosa, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Carmen Vives-Cases
Summary: The study shows that the discourse of hegemonic masculinity still significantly influences young men's masculinities, especially among non-heterosexual men. The behaviors that these men exhibit, which put their health at risk and cause psychological discomfort, reflect the reproduction and legitimization of male domination in both online and offline social frameworks.
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Social Issues
Maria-Jose Sanchis-Ramon, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Diana Gil-Gonzalez, Jesus F. Estevez-Garcia, Carmen Vives-Cases
Summary: A large portion of the European Roma community faces prejudice, discrimination, and social exclusion. This study finds that the National Roma Integration Strategies lack gender sensitivity, particularly in housing.
Article
Primary Health Care
Amaia Bacigalupe, Yolanda Gonzalez-Rabago, Marta Jimenez-Carrillo
Summary: This qualitative study aims to identify the sociocultural roots behind the higher frequency of depression and/or anxiety diagnoses and prescription of psychotropic drugs in women. The study proposes a preliminary explanatory framework to investigate gender inequalities in mental health and its medicalization. The main dimensions contributing to these gender inequalities include the material and symbolic subordination of women, the role of "psi" sciences in pathologizing feminine identity, the epistemological and androcentric biases of biomedicine, and the active agency of women in medicalization processes. Reducing gender inequalities in diagnoses and prescription of psychotropic drugs requires comprehensive interventions at the clinical, community, and structural levels to address the socioeconomic, symbolic, and epistemic vulnerability of women.
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Ethnic Studies
Alicia Ferrandez-Ferrer, Maria-Jose Sanchis-Ramon, Daniel La Parra-Casado
Summary: This study aims to understand how gender influences education for Roma women in Spain, and to identify possible changes and continuities for formal education and motherhood in their discourses. The results show that Roma women consider education as relevant and important for personal development and empowerment, but educational continuity requires changes in community evaluation and interventions to address structural barriers faced by women who are already mothers.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Belen Sanz-Barbero, Francisco Estevez-Garcia, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Juan J. Lopez-Ossorio, Carmen Vives-Cases
Summary: During the COVID-19 lockdown in Spain, there was a decrease in official complaints of intimate partner violence by 19%. The probability of complaints increased when victims had a relationship with the abusers and lacked social support. Meanwhile, the probability of complaints associated with previous jealousy, harassment behaviors, or fear for minors' safety decreased.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel La Parra-Casado, Miguel San Sebastian, Jon Petter A. Stoor
Summary: This study examined the association between experiences of discrimination and mental health among the Sami population in Sweden. The results showed that women who experienced direct ethnic discrimination, ethnic offense, and had a family history of discrimination were more likely to have psychological distress, anxiety, and depression. Among men, experiencing the four different forms of discrimination was associated with higher rates of psychological distress, but not anxiety. Depression was only significantly associated with ethnic offense. Adding experiences of discrimination was associated with a higher prevalence of negative outcomes, particularly psychological distress, in both genders. These findings suggest the need for a gender-sensitive approach in addressing ethnic discrimination and mental health concerns among the Sami population in Sweden.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Pablo Vergel, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Carmen Vives-Cases
Summary: This scoping review examines cybersexism in online gaming communities, focusing on its characteristics, consequences for gamer women, triggers, and prevention strategies. The analysis of 33 studies revealed that gender-driven trash-talking is the most prevalent manifestation of cybersexism in gaming communities. The research also explored the drivers and triggers of cybersexist behaviors, consequences, coping strategies, and prevention policies.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
Article
Sociology
Jeffrey Mitchell, Daniel La Parra-Casado
Summary: This study examines the relationship between political trust and the experiences the Roma have with the police and assistance programs, using EU-MIDIS II data from 9 European countries. The findings suggest that interactions with the police, personal experiences of discrimination, and perception of discrimination in the country are all associated with lower levels of trust in institutions.
EUROPEAN SOCIETIES
(2023)
Article
Women's Studies
Raquel Herrero-Arias, Daniel La Parra-Casado, Alicia Ferrandez-Ferrer, Maria-Jose Sanchis-Ramon, Gaby Ortiz-Barreda
Summary: This article explores the experiences and constructions of womanhood and motherhood among Roma women through interviews with Spanish Roma women. The findings show that Roma women define womanhood as effectively managing responsibilities, especially caring and household tasks. Motherhood is seen as a valued experience by Roma women and their communities. Being a homemaker is associated with significance, which needs to be understood in the context of racial hostility, exclusion, and precarity in which Roma women live.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WOMENS STUDIES
(2023)
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Communication
Natalia Papi-Galvez, Daniel La Parra-Casado
Summary: The digitization process is widespread in Spain and the country has a good position in the Digital Economy and Society Index. However, there are still differences in the digital divide among different population groups. This article explores the multidimensional gap among midlife and older adults through a mixed-method research design.
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Health Policy & Services
Yolanda Gonzalez-Rabago, Erika Valero, Paola Bully, Pedro Latorre, Begona Fernandez-Ruanova
Summary: This study aims to describe the views of doctors in the Basque Country, Spain, on factors affecting MRI orders. Through qualitative interviews, doctors identified factors such as the superior diagnostic capability of MRI compared to other imaging modalities, patient demands, and structural or contextual aspects of the health system. These non-clinical factors have unintended consequences for both the healthcare system and patients.
HEALTH POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
M. Urtaran-Laresgoiti, Y. Gonzalez-Rabago, U. Martin, A. Rivadeneyra-Sicilia, M. Morteruel
Summary: This article presents the findings from a study that examined the impact of COVID-19 control measures on health and health inequalities in the Basque Country and Navarre regions in Spain. The study used a combination of literature review, interviews, and focus groups with experts, key informants, and citizens to identify the various social determinants of health that have been affected by the measures. The results show that certain population groups, including children, older people, and those with low education and income levels, have been particularly affected. It is recommended that policymakers consider the potential impacts on health inequalities when implementing future measures.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
(2022)