Community health assessment of the programme "Barcelona Health in the Neighbourhoods"

This paper describes the methodology used for the assessment of health needs within a programme aimed at promoting health equity in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the city of Barcelona (Spain). The assessment process involves the use of mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) in order to obtai...

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Autores: Colell, Esther, Sánchez Ledesma, Esther|||0000-0001-9154-4553, Novoa, Ana M. (Ana María)|||0000-0002-5068-3503, Daban Aguilar, Ferran|||0000-0001-7303-9086, Fernández Sánchez, Ana|||0000-0002-0333-1345, Juárez Martínez, Olga|||0000-0001-5343-6295, Pérez, Catherine|||0000-0001-5892-2807
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:287821
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/287821
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.12.003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Community health
Community participation
Data collection
Mixed methods
Needs assessment
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Sumario:This paper describes the methodology used for the assessment of health needs within a programme aimed at promoting health equity in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the city of Barcelona (Spain). The assessment process involves the use of mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) in order to obtain information regarding the health of the community, its determinants, and the availability of health-related assets. Quantitative data consists of indicators from different sources. Qualitative data collects the community's perspectives through interviews, focal groups and nominal groups. The combination of several data collection methods yields more complete information about the community, its needs and the resources available to meet them. Participation of community members in the process strengthens links between the community and the agents responsible for implementing the actions to address prioritised issues and favours community empowerment.