Reversal of the Upward Trend of Obesity in Boys, but Not in Girls, in Spain

Background: To compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity in boys and girls and to estimate socioeconomic differences associated with obesity in Spain in 1997, 2007, and 2017. (2) Methods: Data were drawn from national health interview surveys. For each year of study, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was measured, and these results were compared by gender (boy/girl) and socioeconomic status (low/high education). (3) Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity rose from 1997 to 2007 but then fell in 2017 in all subgroups except in girls aged 10 to 15 years. In this group, there was a steady increase in the prevalence of both overweight (1997, 14.6%; 2007, 17.7%; 2017, 19.6%) and obesity (1.1, 3.2, and 3.7%, respectively). The decrease in prevalence of overweight in both sexes and of obesity in boys, along with the increase in prevalence of obesity in girls, was of a higher magnitude in children whose parents had a lower educational level. (4) Conclusions: The apparent turnaround in the obesity epidemic in Spain should be interpreted with caution. Children’s body weight is influenced by both gender and socioeconomic status—considerations that should be kept in mind when designing health promotion intervention

La aplicabilidad de los conocimientos y competencias adquiridos en el aula desde la perspectiva laboral como herramienta docente en salud pública

Depto. de Salud Pública y Materno - InfantilFac. de MedicinaFALSEsubmitte

Fomento del autoaprendizaje mediante la construcción de exámenes tipo test

Depto. de Salud Pública y Materno - InfantilFac. de MedicinaFALSEsubmitte

Idoneidad y validez de herramientas que fomentan el aprendizaje asociativo a partir de exámenes tipo test

Depto. de Salud Pública y Materno - InfantilFac. de MedicinaFALSEsubmitte

Epidemiología básica. Material docente para prácticas en ciencias de la salud

Material docente teórico práctico para apoyar la enseñanza de la epidemiología. Consta de 4 unidades, cada una de ellas con una introducción teórica y unos ejercicios basados en artículos publicados en inglés en revistas científicas

Utilización de los medios de comunicación como herramienta de aprendizaje y consolidación de conocimientos en epidemiología y salud pública

Reforzar conceptos de salud pública mediante análisis de información publicada por los medios. Se seleccionarán informaciones que traten temas de salud pública. Se realizará un análisis evaluando qué conceptos se manejan, y si están bien utilizados

Identificación de problemas relacionados con el medicamento y estrategias de mejora en personas mayores

Depto. de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y BotánicaDepto. de Salud Pública y Materno - InfantilFac. de FarmaciaFac. de MedicinaUniversidad Complutense de Madrid. Proyectos ApSsubmitte

Decentralization of health systems in low and middle income countries : a systematic review

A substantial number of low and middle income countries (LMICs) have implemented health sector reforms in the last 40 years, and the majority of them have included some degree of decentralization of the health system as part of the wider reform. This review will provide an updated and comprehensive assessment of the effects of decentralization in LMICs.; We conducted a systematic review of published and grey literature till May 2015, following standard methods.; 54 qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies conducted in 26 countries were included in the review. We found positive and negative effects of decentralization of health systems in LMICs. Whereas decentralization of governance, financing and service delivery, have been shown to have positive effects on the system; decentralization of resource management has been challenging in several settings.; Overall, lessons learned from LMICs suggest that factors such as adequate mix of technical skills at the local level to perform decentralized tasks, effective decentralization of decision-making to the periphery, and political leadership are key factors for a successful decentralization

Sports facilities, socio-economic context and overweight among the childhood population in two southern European cities: a cross sectional study

Background: To evaluate relationship between socio-economic environment and overweight in Madrid and Barcelona, adjusting for possible confounding factors. Methods: We obtained three indicators which reflected socio-economic context, namely, unemployment rate, percentage of population with tertiary education, and percentage with a second home. The design is a cross sectional study. The association with overweight was estimated using odds ratios by multilevel logistic regression. The statistical analysis, data synthesis, or model creation was performed from the 2017. In all, 707 children from 21 districts of Madrid and 474 children from 10 districts of Barcelona were analysed. Results: In Madrid, standardised ORs for personal and family characteristics were 1.17, 1.53 and 1.57 by reference to unemployment rate and percentages of population with a university education and second home. After adjustment, only the OR obtained with unemployment rate decreased, specifically by 58%. In Barcelona, the following ORs were obtained: 1.80 with unemployment rate; 1.80 with population having a university education; and 1.86 with population having a second home. After being standardised, these ORs decreased by 14% in the case of unemployment rate, 10% in the case of population with a university education, and 9% in the case of population with a second home. Conclusions: Overweight displayed a risk gradient in Madrid and Barcelona alike. This risk of overweight is not accounted for by physical inactivity and could, in part, be due to the availability of sports facilities.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónDepto. de Salud Pública y Materno - InfantilFac. de MedicinaTRUEpu