Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major public health problem due to its incidence
and mortality. Screening programmes help decrease its impact on the population through …

Background Numerous studies have shown that macroeconomic changes have a great
influence on health, prompting different concerns in recent literature about the effects of the …

The COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in a context of notable inequalities in the distribution
of the social determinants of health. It is possible that the housing conditions in which …

Aims: Clinical studies show that women are more likely to be diagnosed with depression
and anxiety, and to consume prescribed psychotropic drugs. Applying an intersectional …

This study computes educational inequalities in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy
(HLE), and unhealthy life expectancy (ULE) by gender and education level in Spain in 2012 …

Objective To describe trends in fertility in Spain before (pre-recession; 1998-2008) and
during (recession period; 2009-2013) the economic crisis of 2008, taking into account …

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, public health scholars have grown increasingly
interested in studying the health consequences of macroeconomic change. Reflecting …

The Ottawa Charter has exerted a great deal of influence on the public health debate and on
health promotion practices over the last 25 years. The Charter shifted the main focus from …

It is well known that women are more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression and
to consume antidepressants. The factors related to the medicalisation of depression and …

Background: The smoking epidemic is still progressing in southern Europe. We aimed to
analyse the magnitude and trend of social inequalities in smoking prevalence, initiation and …