The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City

Children have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to energy poverty (EP), but little empirical research has addressed the effect of EP on children's health and wellbeing, especially in southern Europe. In this work we aimed to provide an in-depth description of the distribution of...

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Autores: Oliveras, L, Borrell, C, Gonzalez-Pijuan, I, Gotsens, M, Lopez, MJ, Palencia, L, Artazcoz, L, Mari-Dell'Olmo, M
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau)
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Palabra clave:energy poverty
fuel poverty
health
health inequalities
social determinants of health
children
southern Europe
urban
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title The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
spellingShingle The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
Oliveras, L
energy poverty
fuel poverty
health
health inequalities
social determinants of health
children
southern Europe
urban
title_short The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
title_full The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
title_fullStr The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
title_full_unstemmed The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
title_sort The Association of Energy Poverty with Health and Wellbeing in Children in a Mediterranean City
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oliveras, L
Borrell, C
Gonzalez-Pijuan, I
Gotsens, M
Lopez, MJ
Palencia, L
Artazcoz, L
Mari-Dell'Olmo, M
author Oliveras, L
author_facet Oliveras, L
Borrell, C
Gonzalez-Pijuan, I
Gotsens, M
Lopez, MJ
Palencia, L
Artazcoz, L
Mari-Dell'Olmo, M
author_role author
author2 Borrell, C
Gonzalez-Pijuan, I
Gotsens, M
Lopez, MJ
Palencia, L
Artazcoz, L
Mari-Dell'Olmo, M
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv energy poverty
fuel poverty
health
health inequalities
social determinants of health
children
southern Europe
urban
topic energy poverty
fuel poverty
health
health inequalities
social determinants of health
children
southern Europe
urban
description Children have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to energy poverty (EP), but little empirical research has addressed the effect of EP on children's health and wellbeing, especially in southern Europe. In this work we aimed to provide an in-depth description of the distribution of EP by sociodemographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics, as well as to analyse the association between EP and health and wellbeing in children in Barcelona. We performed a cross-sectional study using data from the Barcelona Health Survey for 2016 (n = 481 children under 15 years). We analysed the association between EP and health outcomes through prevalence differences and prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence interval (CI), using Poisson regression models with robust variance. In Barcelona, 10.6% of children were living in EP and large inequalities were found by sociodemographic, socioeconomic and housing characteristics. EP was strongly associated with poor health in children (PR (95% CI): 7.70 (2.86, 20.72)). Living in EP was also associated with poor mental health (PR (95% CI): 2.46 (1.21, 4.99)) and with more cases of asthma (PR (95% CI): 4.19 (1.47, 11.90)) and overweight (PR (95% CI): 1.50 (1.05, 2.15)) in children. It is urgent to develop specific measures to avoid such serious and unfair health effects on children.
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