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The Role of Cohesion Policy Funds in Decreasing the Health Gaps Measured by the...
Santana, Paula; Freitas, Ângela Mendes; Costa, Cláudia; Stefanik, Iwona; Santinha, Gonçalo; Krafft, Thomas; Pilot, EvaSocial, economic, and environmental differences across the European Union significantly affect opportunities to move forward in achieving greater equity in health. Cohesion Policy (CP) funds can contribute positively through investments in the main determinants of health. The aim of this study is to analyze to what extent the planned investments for 2014-2020 are addressing the regional health gaps, in light of...
Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional...
Costa, Cláudia Margarida Pereira da; Freitas, Ângela Mendes; Stefanik, Iwona; Krafft, Thomas; Pilot, Eva; Morrison, Joana; Rodrigues, Ana Paula SantanaBackground: The ability to measure regional health inequalities across Europe and to build adequate population health indices depends significantly on the availability of reliable and comparable data at the regional level. Within the scope of the EU-funded project EURO-HEALTHY, a Population Health Index (PHI) was built. This model aggregates 39 indicators considered relevant by experts and stakeholders to evalu...
Scenarios for population health inequalities in 2030 in Europe: the EURO-HEALTH...
Alvarenga, António; Costa, Carlos A. Bana e; Borrell, Carme; Ferreira, Pedro Lopes; Freitas, Ângela Mendes; Freitas, Liliana; Oliveira, Mónica D.Background: Health inequalities have been consistently reported across and within European countries and continue to pose major challenges to policy-making. The development of scenarios regarding what could affect population health (PH) inequalities across Europe in the future is considered critical. Scenarios can help policy-makers prepare and better cope with fast evolving challenges. Objective: This paper de...
Population Health Inequalities Across and Within European Metropolitan Areas th...
Costa, Cláudia Margarida Pereira da; Rodrigues, Ana Paula Santana; Dimitroulopoulou, Sani; Burström, Bo; Borrell, Carme; Schweikart, JürgenThe different geographical contexts seen in European metropolitan areas are reflected in the uneven distribution of health risk factors for the population. Accumulating evidence on multiple health determinants point to the importance of individual, social, economic, physical and built environment features, which can be shaped by the local authorities. The complexity of measuring health, which at the same time u...