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Health and ageing : Active ageing in older adults and health related quality of life in people with dementia
The continuing growth of older age groups worldwide needs an increased understanding of the ageing phenomena. For this reason, the present thesis is aimed at two very important outcomes in the elderly, active ageing (AA) ...
Health and economic conditions: evidence from individual-level data
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences of the current ...
Health and economic convergence in the European Union (1990-2010): an econometric approach
The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the reduction of economic and health disparities in the European Union from 1990-2010. Through different dynamic panel models, we show that in simple economics terms there has ...
Health benefits of olive oil: contribution of phenolic compunds and transcriptomic response in humans
The evaluation of olive oil antioxidants, hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol, in vivo biological activities is challenged due to scarce data on their metabolic disposition and activities of their glucuronides, main metabolites ...
Health benefits of pistachio consumption in pre-diabetic subjects
La prediabetis i la diabetis tipus 2 (DT2) són actualment dos problemes greus de salut pública. La prediabetis és un estat metabòlic reversible situat entre la normoglucèmia i la DT2, que es caracteritza per presentar ...
Health care: interaction between public system and private sector
Esta tesis estudia la interacción entre el sistema público y el sector privado en la provisión de servicios de salud. Consta de una introducción y tres capítulos. El primero es teórico y utiliza un modelo de diferenciación ...
Health communication processes in social media: towards a transformative intervention on the information about chronic pain
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
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
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
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
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 inequalities by sexual orientation and their association with discriminationza
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
