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Health communication processes in social media: towards a transformative intervention on the information about chronic pain

Sendra Toset, Anna (Date of defense: 2019-02-22)

El dolor crònic és una condició complexa, i els pacients que la pateixen han de lluitar regularment amb problemes addicionals com la incredulitat, l’aïllament o l’estigmatització. En aquest sentit, les xarxes socials van ...

Health education programs to encourage healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity in children and adolescents.The development, evaluation and implementation process of interventions to improve effectiveness

Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2015-06-15)

L’objectiu és avaluar l’efectivitat, utilitzant diferents metodologies, de programes d’educació de la salut per incentivar estils saludables de vida i reduir l’obesitat (OB) en escolars i adolescents. L’efectivitat d’un ...

Health effects of seasonal consumption of local phenolic-rich fruits

Cruz Carrión, Álvaro Javier (Date of defense: 2021-06-18)

Els factors relacionats amb la nutrició són els principals factors determinants de les malalties no transmissibles, que actualment són la principal causa de mortalitat i morbiditat en el món. Com a part d'un patró dietètic, ...

Health effects of traffic-related air pollution and physical activity: A real-world exposure experimental study

Kubesch, Nadine Janet (Date of defense: 2015-07-16)

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Physical activity (PA) in polluted air may increase pollutant uptake and hence affect health. The main aim of this thesis ...

Health impact assessment of urban and transport planning policies

Mueller, Natalie (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)

Urbanization processes are ongoing. Some aspects of urban life such as a sedentary lifestyle, the risk of traffic incidents, high levels of air pollution, noise and heat, and a lack of green spaces can have detrimental ...

Health impacts and determinants of environmental exposures related to urban and transport planning practices in European cities

Khomenko, Sasha (Date of defense: 2024-04-19)

The rapid increase in urbanization underscores the need for healthy urban environments. Presently, European cities experience high levels of air pollution, noise, lack of green spaces, and increased local temperatures, all ...

Health inequalities by sexual orientation and their association with discriminationza

Marti Pastor, Marcos (Date of defense: 2022-04-05)

L'objectiu general d'aquesta tesi doctoral va ser avaluar les desigualtats en salut per orientació sexual i explorar-ne l'associació amb la discriminació, els comportaments relacionats amb la salut, les condicions cròniques ...

Health inequalities in Spain: Analysis of structural inequalities and the effects on health and mortality

Voigt, Mathias (Date of defense: 2019-11-13)

La igualdad en salud y duración de la vida es la base de todas las demás formas de la igualdad de oportunidades. Cuando el inicio de una discapacidad crónica o la edad de la muerte resultan de las desigualdades estructurales ...

Health inequities and paid work in Latin America and the Caribbean : Better employment and working conditions for reducing health inequities

Silva-Peñaherrera, Michael (Date of defense: 2021-03-24)

Objective: To examine health inequities in the working population of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) according to sex, age, level of study, occupation and formality or informality in employment. Methods: We collected ...

Health outcomes and use of harm reduction services in people who use drugs in Catalonia

Parés-Badell, Oleguer (Date of defense: 2021-02-01)

Harm reduction is a set of programs and interventions that aim to reduce health and social harms of drug use. The Barcelona model aims to maximize access to harm reduction services and to integrate them with treatment ...

Health promotion in youth as a global public health challenge: effective strategies to encourage healthy lifestyles

Aceves Martins, Magaly (Date of defense: 2016-07-18)

La combinació de més d'un strategia metodològica (com el màrqueting social, la participació de la joventut, l'educació dirigida per iguals i l'ús dels mitjans de comunicació social) i strategias de cambio de antorn ...

Health technology assessment as a framework for translation and valuation of innovation

De Solà Morales Serra, Oriol (Date of defense: 2013-03-15)

L’Avaluació de Tecnologies Sanitàries (ATS) pretén informar els decisors sobre els potencials impactes de la introducció de nova tecnologia en l’entorn sanitari. Tanmateix, es reconeixen diferents mancances en el procés. ...

Health, informal care and labour market outcomes in Europe

García Gómez, Pilar (Date of defense: 2008-07-02)

Esta tesis contribuye a la literatura analizando los efectos causales que el estado de salud tiene sobre la participación laboral en la población en edad de trabajar. De este modo, analiza los efectos que un deterioro en ...

Health-aware predictive control schemes based on industrial processes

Karimi Pour, Fatemeh (Date of defense: 2020-07-24)

The research is motivated by real applications, such as pasteurization plant, water networks and autonomous system, which each of them require a specific control system to provide proper management able to take into account ...

Health-promoting phenolic compounds in extra virgin olive oil: an integrated study of their concentration and bioavailability

López Yerena, Anallely (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)

The health promoting attributes associated with following a traditional Mediterranean diet have been reviewed extensively. The principal source of dietary fat in the Mediterranean diet is Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) that ...