ACTIVITIES REPORT 2010-2013 GREDS-EMCONET

ACTIVITIES REPORT 2010-2013 GREDS-EMCONET

THE HEALTH INEQUALITIES RESEARCH GROUP - EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS NETWORK Departament of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University

GREDS-EMCONET SuMMaRy 2010-2013

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-whO aRE wE?

-whaT iS OuR GOal?

-whaT iS OuR RESEaRChERS pROfilE?

-wiTh whOM wE COllabORaTE?

-MEMbERS aND COllabORaTORS

-whaT DO wE RESEaRCh?

1. Quality of Employment Employment Precariousness, and Informal Employment

2. Surveillance and Policies to monitor and reduce health inequalities

3. Social determinants vs Genetics inheritance

4. Social and geographical inequalities in health

-whaT DO wE OffER

1. Research projects

2. Advisory and consultancy

3. Teaching and training

-OuR COllEaGuES aND paRTNERS

-GREDS-EMCONET MEMbERS aND COllabORaTORS

-SElECTiON Of MEMbERS aND COllabORaTORS

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INDEX

02 pROjECTS

-pREviOuS yEaRS (2004-2012 SElECTiON) -CuRRENT pROjECTS awaRDED

03 SCiENTifiC papERS (SElECTiON 2010-213)

-SElECTiON 2010

-SElECTiON 2011

-SElECTiON 2012

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-publiCaTiONS aND REpORTS (SElECTiON) -wEbSiTES

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GREDS-EMCONET 2013

Passeig de Circumval·lació, 8, 08003 Barcelona (Espanya) Tel.: 93 542 28 39

1Grup de recerca en desigualtats en la salut -Employment conditions network www.upf.edu/greds-emconet www.emconet.org [email protected]

whO aRE wE?

GREDS-EMCONET is a research group linked to the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Universitat Pompeu Fabra ( Barcelona, Spain) specialized in the analysis of “Social determinants of health inequalities”. The group, directed by Professor Joan Be-nach, is also part of the Employment Conditions Network (EMCO-NET), that gathers a variety of experts and specialists from different disciplines (e.g., medicine, molecular biology, statistics, epidemiolo-gy, sociology, political sciences, philosophy) and countries (e.g., Ar-gentina, Chile, Canada, Turkey, Japan, Cuba, Nicaragua, Belgium).

The University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) is a leading academic insti-tution ranked as the 1st Spanish University (Times Higher Education Ranking, 2011), that has being recognized as a Campus of Interna-tional Excellence (CIE) by the Spanish Ministry of Education. UPF stands out for its high impact on scientific production and its increa-sing and widening internationalization.

whaT iS OuR RESEaRChERS pROfilE?

Members of GREDS-EMCONET publish regularly in prestigious scientific journals, are part of international organizations, and lead or collaborate in significant national and international projects such as the GEHES project (Global Employment Health Equity Survei-llance System, 2009-2012), the longitudinal analysis of the PaD co-hort in Catalonia about the impact of education and occupation on health (2012-2013), or the European project SOPHIE (Evaluating the impact of structural on the health inequalities and their socials deter-minants and fostering change 2011-2015).

The GREDS-EMCONET research team gives advice regularly to a lar-ge variety of Organizations, Governments and Foundations, giving se-minars, courses and presentations in Universities and academic cen-ters worldwide like The Johns Hopkins University (U.S)), University of Alberta (Canada), la Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (Buenos Aires, Argentina), University of Toronto (Canada), or the Vrije Uni-versiteit Brussels (Belgium) among others.

whaT iS OuR GOal?

The main goal of GREDS-EMCONET is to generate high quality scien-tific information to develop knowledge, analyses and interventions to increase health equity in communities and populations.

wiTh whOM wE COllabORaTE?

GREDS-EMCONET is involved in a close collaboration with Natio-nal and International Scientific Researchers, Public Agencies, Private Companies, Foundations, Unions, and a large variety of Non-Govern-mental and Social Organizations.

whaT DO wE RESEaRCh?

The main research analyses carried out by GREDS-EMCONET include the following topics:

1. Quality of Employment Employment Precariousness, and Informal Employment

Conceptualization of these employment conditions, analysis of its im-pact on health inequalities, and proposal of interventions and reco-mendations to tackle them.

See the example: : WHO Employment Conditions Network

2. Surveillance and Policies to monitor and reduce health inequalities

Development of new measurements and indicators to monitor health inequalities related with employment conditions (e.g., unemployment, employment precariousness, informal employment), according to di-fferent of countries and contexts based on its economic situation, the characteristics of the labor market and the levels of social protection.

See the example: GEHES (Global Employment Health Equity Survei-llance System, 2009-2012),

3. Social determinants vs Genetics inheritance

Genetic alterations that we inherit from parents to children have a relative impact on our health. There are other factors (social determi-nants of the health) that have major impact. It is relevant to know the real weight of each one of them on our health and the complex relation between them.

See the example: “La Genètica vs els determinants socials de la salut; càncer de còlon i càncer de mama”

4. Social and geographical inequalities in health

Study of overall and specific causes of mortality for men and women in small areas in Spain and Catalonia. In this research field, we have published three Atlases, many Reports and a large number of scientific papers.

See the example: Atlas of mortality in municipalities and small areas in Spain (2012) (preliminary link)

whaT DO wE OffER?

Research topics such as Social determinants of health, Health In-equalities, and Employment and Working Conditions developed by GREDS-EMCONET are of high relevance in the context of the current economic and social crisis. The implementation of political and social interventions (e.g., health, health services, administrations), as well as private programs (e.g., workplaces and organizations) will help to improve the Health and Quality of Life of the population, specially of the most vulnerable social groups. The private sector as well as the public administrations, and a large diversity of social groups, require regularly our services and research studies.

01. overview

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/es/

http://www.upf.edu/dcpis/en/

http://www.upf.edu/dcpis/en/

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/es/equip/coord.html

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/es/equip/coord.html

http://www.emconet.org


http://www.upf.edu/en/

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/en/equip/

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/es/equip/

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/es/Publ_cien/Articles.html

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/en/Publ_cien/seleccion_articulos.html

http://www.emconet.org/imagenes/A%20state-of-the-art%20of%20global%20child%20labor%20measures.pdf

http://www.sophie-project.eu/

http://www.jhu.edu/

http://www.ualberta.ca/

http://www.ualberta.ca/

http://www.undav.edu.ar/

http://www.utoronto.ca/

http://www.vub.ac.be/en/?via=accept-language

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http://wp.emconet.org/gehes?page_id=21&lang=es

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In addition to the development of scientific research projects and training courses, GREDS-EMCONET also offers to organizations its services on needs assessment and analysis of priorities . These analy-ses are key to understand and reduce social inequalities in health, both in countries or regions, as well as in the context of communi-ties or companies. Another key activity of GREDS-EMCONET is its global experience and capacity to organize courses, seminars, and workshops that can be adapted depending on specific requirements.

1. Research projects

GREDS-EMCONET strongly believes in the multiple cooperation and transversal knowledge achieved through the information and methods provided by many disciplines. For this reason, GREDS-EMCONET participates in research initiatives collaborating with many research groups, both at the National and International levels.

To see an example of a Project please see: click here

2. Advisory and consultancy

The GREDS-EMCONET members have a wide experience in the field of advisory and consultancy. They have been involved in many Global studies about Health Inequalities in Spain and elsewhere, being the only Spanish group who participated in the very influential Commission of Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) of the World Health Organization (2005-2008). GREDS-EMCONET has developed a large activity of Reports and Projects for Gover-nments Foundations, Private companies, Unions and Non-govern-mental organizations.

The main research lines that GREDS-EMCONET has put into action along the years to develop studies and analyses include:

• Social determinants of health and inequalities

• Employment and working conditions and the labor market

• Social determinants vs Genetics inheritance

• Global Reports on population’s health

• Equity in health as a key indicator of social justice

• Small area mortality atlases • Assessment of needs, surveillance, and policies on health in-equalities

3. Teaching and training

The members of GREDS-EMCONET are involved in a large number of initiatives linked to teaching activities. On one hand, they per-form scholar activities in the university (Masters, PhDs and other degrees), training courses in the fields of Public Health and Occupa-tional Health to unions, non-governmental organizations, and com-panies. On the other hand, they also perform activities in collabora-tion with social movements and NGOs.

OuR COllEaGuES aND paRTNERS

GREDS-EMCONET has collaborated with a large number of institu-tions and organizations. See below a small selection of them.

Universities

• Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)

• Universidad de Nijmegen ( Holanda)

• e-democracy Centre (Zurich University- Suiza)

• Dokuz Eylül University (Turkey)

National or International public agencies

• World Health Organization (WHO) (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Instituto de salud Carlos III (Madrid, Spain)

• Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas (Cuba)

• Barcelona Public health Agency (Barcelona, Spain)

Public administrations

• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and

Working Conditions (European Union)

• Ministry of Health, Equity and Social Services (Spain)

• Department of Health of the Catalonian Government

• Provincial Government (Catalonia-Spain)

• Barcelona City Council (Catalonia-Spain)

Institutions and Non-governmental organizations

• International Labor Organization (ILO, Geneva)

• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUI, Brussels)

• Health Alliance International (Mozambique)

• Union Institute of Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS, Spain)

Foundations

• Jaume Bofill Foundation ( Catalonia-Spain)

• Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation

• Pascual Maragall Foundation

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/en/projectes/

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/en/projectes/

http://www.uc.cl/

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http://www.edemocracycentre.ch/

http://www.deu.edu.tr/deuwebv2/en/

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http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

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http://www.eurofound.europa.eu

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http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/

http://www.msssi.gob.es/en/home.htm

http://www.gencat.cat/temes/eng/salut.htm

http://www.diba.es/en/web/guest/inici

http://www.bcn.cat/en/ihome.htm

http://www.bcn.cat/es/ehome.htm

http://www.bcn.cat/es/ehome.htm

http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--es/index.htm

http://www.etui.org

http://www.healthallianceinternational.org/programs/country/mozambique/

http://www.istas.net/web/portada.asp

http://www.fbofill.cat/

http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/home/index.jsp

http://www.fpmaragall.org/en_index.html

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GREDS-EMCONET MEMbERS aND COllabORaTORS

Director

Joan Benach i Rovira Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Assistant Manager

Gemma Tarafa Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Main Investigadors

Montse Vergara Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Carles Muntaner Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Univer-sity of Toronto

Christophe Vanroelen Universitat Pompeu Fabra- Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Alejandra Vives Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Marcelo Amable Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (Argentina)

Doctoral investigators

Mireia Julià Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Maria Menéndez Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Laia Ollé Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Vanessa Puig Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Marisol Ruiz Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Research Students *

Alba Caro, Yvonne Fontdevila , Alba Llop, Èrica Martínez, Sergio Salas,

Research technicians

Francesc Xavier Belvis Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Management and dissemination

Irene Galí Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Iñaki Vázquez Álvarez Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Other collaborators

Lucia Artazcoz Agencia de Salut Pública de Barcelona

Francisco Armada WHO Kobe Centre-WKC (Japon)

Françoise Barten Universidad de Nijmegen( Holanda)

Carme Borrell Agencia de Salut Pública de Barcelona

Maria Buxó Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Imma Cortés Agencia de Salut Pública de Barcelona

Haejoo Chung University of Toronto (Canada)

Yucel Demiral Dokuz Eylül University (Turkey)

Clara Llorens Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambi-ente y Salud

Neus Moreno

Salvador Moncada

Instituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambi-ente y SaludInstituto Sindical de Trabajo, Ambi-ente y Salud

Michael Quinlan University of New South Walles

Laurent Vogel European trades unión institute (Bèlgica)

Yutaka Yasui University of Alberta (Canada)

José Miguel Martínez Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Javier Ramos Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Luis Carlos Silva Ayçaguer Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas (Cuba)

Orielle Solar Universidad Chile

SElECTiON Of GREDS-EMCONET MEMbERS aND COllabORaTORS

DiRECTOR

Joan Benach de Rovira

He studied Medicine and History in Barcelona, obtaining a Master of Public Health at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), and a PhD in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Most of his tea-ching and research has been conducted at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. It is in this University where he is profes-sor and director of the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS) and the international network Employment Conditions Network (EMCONET), the only Spanish center that has been part of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

aSSiSTaNT MaNaGER

Gemma Tarafa i Orpinell

PhD in Molecular Biology at the Universitat de Barcelona, she ob-tained a post-doctorate degree at the Yale University. She was a re-searcher at the Catalan Institute of Oncology. She is currently a pu-blic health researcher at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in the Health Inequalities Research Group (GREDS). Lecturer and collabo-rator of Political Ecology on the Master’s course on Sustainability at UPC. She is also an investigator at the Observatory on Debt in Glo-balisation - UNESCO Chair of Sustainability, UPC, since its creation in 2000.

MaiN iNvESTiGaDORS

Montserrat Vergara

She holds a Diploma in Statistics, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2002), and a Bachelor’s degree in Statistic Sciences and Techniques from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2008). She obtained a Master of Public Health from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2006) and completed her PhD in Biomedicine (Specialization in Epidemiology and Public Health) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2009).

Carles Muntaner

He has a degree in Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona (1981) and a PhD in medical psychology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1985). He obtained a postdoctoral fellowship in Drug Abuse, Addiction Research Center, at the Natio nal Institute on Drug Abuse of Baltimore (1986-1988), and a Master of Health Science in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (1989-1991). He also completed a post-doctoral training at the Laboratory of Socio-environmental Stu-dies of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland (1992-1996).

Christophe Vanroelen

Secondary education “economy and modern languages” “VIA-Insti-tute”, Tienen, Belgium (1989 - 1995) Candidate (Bachelor) “Political and Social Sciences”, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels. Cum laude (1995 -1997) Licence (Master) “Sociology”, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels. Cum laude (1997 - 1999) ‘Advanced Master Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences’ Catholic University, Brussels, Magna cum lau-de (2005 - 2007) Phd in ‘Social Health Sciences’ Vrije Universiteit,

* Currently we have five research students, intending to be expanded each year



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Alejandra Vives

She graduated in Medicine at the University of Chile (1995) and com-pleted her residency in public health at the Universidad Católica de Chile (2005). She holds a Master of Public Health from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2007) and a PhD (2010) in Biomedicine specialising in Epidemiology and Public Health from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Today also works at the Univer-sidad Católica de Chile

Marcelo Amable

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Universidad de Bue-nos Aires and a Master in Occupational Hazards Prevention from the Universitat de Barcelona and Univesitat Pompeu Fabra. He completed his PhD in Public Health at the Univesitat Pompeu Fabra.

DOCTORal iNvESTiGaTORS

Mireia Julià

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Universitat de Barcelo-na (2006). She obtained a Master’s degree of Biotechnology of Assis-ted Human Reproduction from Universitat de València (2008), and a Master’s degree in Occupational Health from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2011). She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biomedicine speciali-sing in Epidemiology and Public Health at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

María Menéndez

María Menéndez has a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery and a Master in Epidemiology. She is health and safety technical expert and since 2011 works at the Higia union technical cabinet of the Oc-cupational Health Department of the trade union CCOO. Since No-vember 2010 is a PhD candidate at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands, in coordination with GREDS.

Laia Ollé Espluga

She received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Ad-ministration from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2003), and her Master of Public Health with distinction from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2011). In 2011 she started her PhD in Biomedicine specialising in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Vanessa Puig

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences from the Univer-sitat Pompeu Fabra (2004) and was awarded a Master’s of Public Health from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2011) (master thesis with distinction). Since 2009 is com-pleting a PhD in Biomedicine specialising in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Marisol Ruiz

She has a degree in social Anthropology, Universidad de Chile (2003) and obtained a Master in culture and gender studies, Universidad de Chile (2007). Post graduate student of a master programme in Public Health, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2011-2013). In 2012 she started a Phd programme in Biomedicine specialising in Epidemiology and Public Health at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

ONGOING DOCTORAL THESIS

ONGOING DOCTORAL THESIS PhD Student Director/Co-director

Monitoring employment conditions as social determinants of health inequalities Vanessa Puig Joan Benach & José Miguel Martínez

The impact of safety representatives on occupational health Maria Menéndez Carles Muntaner & Françoise Barten

Informal employment and health inequalities in high income European countries Mireia Julià Gemma Tarafa & Joan Benach

Interaction between safety representatives and workers: participation strategies and processes in occupational health

Laia Ollé Montse Vergara Duarte & Joan Benach de

Health inequalities and visual health Anna Rius Lucia Artazcoz & Joan Benach

Informal employment and health inequalities in South America: the Chilean case Marisol Ruiz Joan Benach & Gemma Tarafa

02. PROJECTS

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pREviOuS yEaRS (2004-2012 SElECTiON)

Project type Project title Funding entity Term

Competitive

Analysis of the distribution and evo-lution of mortality in small areas in Spain causes related to occupational hazards (1984-1998)

Fondo Investigaciones Sanitarias 2004-2005

Non-competitive AGAUR- Grup de Recerca Consolidat AGAUR 2005-2008

Non-competitiveStudy of avoidable mortality in Cata-lonia

Fundació Jaume Bofill i Diputació de Barcelona 2006-2007

Non-competitiveAvoidable mortality in Catalonia: analysis of the evolution of the geo-graphical distribution in small areas (1990 - 2001)

Fundació Jaume Bofill 2006-2007

CompetitiveEmployment Conditions Network WHO (Commission Social Determi-nants of Health)

World Health Organization 2006-2008

Non-competitive The Effectiveness of Safety Represen-tatives on Occupational Health: A Eu-ropean Perspectiva (EPSARE)

European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety, ETUI-REHS, and SALTSA

2006-2008

Competitive Atlas of Mortality in small areas in Spain (1984-2004) Fundación BBVA 2006-2008

Non-competitive CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health Instituto de Salud Carlos III 2006-2010

Competitive Mortality evolution Ministerio Ciencia Y Tecnologia 2008-2010

Competitive Immigration, work and health Fondo Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS) 2008-2010

Non-competitive Geographic analysis of mortality for dementia and related diseases in Spain (1984-2004)

Alzheimer Internacional – Fundació Pascual Maragall 2009-2010

CompetitiveGlobal survillance system of employment and health inequalities (GEHES) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación 2010-2012

Non-competitiveQuality of Employment, Participation and Occupational Health in Catalonia

Subdirecció General de Seguretat i Salut laboral, Departament de Treball i Ocupació, Generalitat de Catalunya

2011-2012

Competitive Secondary analysis of the data from the Fifth European Working Conditions Sur-vey on Lot 4:Employability Eurofound and security

Eurofound 2011-2012

GREDS-EMCONET has four main funding sources: competitive national and international research projects; collaboration and assignments with private institutions (foundations, corporations, unions, mutual insurance companies ... etc..); external consultancy and public administrations. GREDS-EMCONET has an extensive experience in the first three points, since for years and has applied and won competitive projects (FP7, Eurofound, National Plans on research and development, etc..), has collaborated with private foundations (BBVA Foundation, Pascual Maragall Foundation, Jaume Bofill Foundation), unions (CCOO, etc..) or in consultancy and analysis services for public bodies (WHO, councils, the Cata-lan government, the Chilean government, etc.)

02. PROJECTS



GREDS-EMCONET 2013

Project type Project title Funding entity Term

Non-competitive Impact of education on employ-ment”

Fundació Jaume Bofill 2012-2013

The project “Impact of education on employment” aims at studying the association between educational credentials held by an individual and his situation with respect to paid work, controlling for possible confounding variables. This is a panel study based on an initial cross-sectional sample representative of the Catalan working age population, followed over the period 2001-2010. Data come from the Panel of Social Inequality in Catalonia (PaD, waves 1 to 8). The project also includes writing an Introductory guide to statistical methods for longitudinal analysis geared towards the dissemination of these techniques.

Competitive SOPHIE -Evaluating the impact of structural policies on health inequa-lities and their social determinants and fostering change

Seventh Framework Programme 2011-2015

SOPHIE aims to generate new evidence on the impact of structural policies on health inequalities, and to develop innovative methodolo-gies for the evaluation of these policies in Europe. Particular attention will be put in increasing the involvement of affected stakeholders (civil society and deprived population groups) in the identification, design and evaluation of policies to tackle health inequalities.

CompetitiveEquity Action builds on key global policy initiatives such as Solidarity

in HealthEquity Action 2013-2013

To identify and evaluate employment policies that effect three key employment conditions (i.e., precariousness, unemployment and infor-

mal employment) and their potential impacts on health inequities in active population in European Union

Competitive Genetics versus social determi-nants of health, colon cancer and breast cancer. UB-UPF. PNGBB - 00908876013

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) 2014-2016

Strictly speaking, only between 5 and 10% of cancers are due to genetic inherited factors, the rest are caused by the interaction bet-ween genes and social factors. What is the real role of the Social Determinants on the generation of colon and breast cancer? What is the role played by genetic inheritance? Today there is a strong need to define causal models helpful to avoid or reduce those important diseases.

CuRRENT pROjECTS awaRDED

03. SCIENTIFIC PAPERS (SElECTION 2010-2013)

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SElECTiON 2010

Muntaner C, Borrell C, Vanroelen C, Chung H, Benach J, Kim IH, Ng E. Employment relations, social class and health: a review and analysis of conceptual and measurement alternatives. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Dec;71(12):2130-40. Epub 2010 Oct 15.

Vanroelen C, Levecque K, Louckx F. Differential exposure and differential vulnerability as counteracting forces linking the psychosocial work environment to socioeconomic health di-fferences. J Epidemiol Community health 2010;64:866-873

Vives A, Amable M, Ferrer M, Moncada S, Llorens C, Muntaner C, Benavides FG, Benach J. The Employment Precariousness Sca-le (EPRES): psychometric properties of a new tool for epi-demiological studies among wa ged and salaried workers. Occup Environ Med. 2010 Aug;67(8):548-55. Epub 2010 Jun 24. PubMed PMID: 20576923.

Benach J, Muntaner C, Chung H, Solar O, Santana V, Friel S, Hou-weling TA, Marmot M. The importance of government policies in reducing employment related health inequalities. BMJ. 2010 Jun 21;340:c2154. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2154. PubMed PMID: 20566594.

Benach J, Muntaner C, Chung H, Benavides FG. Immigration, employment relations, and health: Developing a research agenda. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Apr;53(4):338-43. PubMed PMID: 19585545.

Benach J, Muntaner C, Solar O, Santana V, Quinlan M. Conclusions and recommendations for the study of employment rela-tions and health inequalities. Int J Health Serv. 2010;40(2):315-22. PubMed PMID: 20440974.

Muntaner C, Sridharan S, Chung H, Solar O, Quinlan M, Vergara M, Benach J; EMCONET Network. The solution space: developing research and policy agendas to eliminate employment-re-lated health inequalities. Int J Health Serv. 2010;40(2):309-14. PubMed PMID: 20440973.

Quinlan M, Muntaner C, Solar O, Vergara M, Eijkemans G, Santa-na V, Chung H, Castedo A, Benach J; EMCONET Network. Policies and interventions on employment relations and health in-equalities. Int J Health Serv. 2010;40(2):297-307. PubMed PMID: 20440972.

SElECTiON 2011

Redondo A, Benach J, Subirana I, Martinez JM, Muñoz MA, Masiá R, Ramos R, Sala J, Marrugat J, Elosua R. Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of cardiovascular risk factors across educational level in the 1995-2005 period. Ann Epidemiol. 2011;21(8):555-63

Muntaner C, Li Y, Ng E, Benach J, Chung H. Work or place? As-sessing the concurrent effects of workplace exploitation and area-of-residence economic inequality on individual health. Int J Health Serv. 2011;41(1):27-50.

Vives A, Vanroelen C, Amable M, Ferrer M, Moncada S, Llorens C, Muntaner C, Benavides FG, Benach J. Employment precarious-ness in Spain: prevalence, social distribution, and popula-tion-attributable risk percent of poor mental health. Int J Health Serv. 2011;41(4):625-46.

Benach J, Malmusi D, Yasui Y, Martínez JM, Muntaner C. Beyond Rose’s strategies: a typology of scenarios of policy impact on popula-tion health and health inequalities. Int J Health Serv. 2011;41(1):1-9.

Puig-Barrachina V, Malmusi D, Marténez JM, Benach J. Monitoring social determinants of health inequalities: the impact of unemploy-ment among vulnerable groups. Int J Health Serv. 2011;41(3):459-82.

Muntaner C, Borrell C, Solà J, Marí-Dellolmo M, Chung H, Rodríguez-Sanz M, Benach J, Rocha KB, Ng E. Class relations and all-cause mortality: a test of Wright’s social class scheme using the Barcelona2000 Health Interview Survey. Int J Health Serv. 2011;41(3):431-58

EBenach J, Muntaner C, Delclos C, Menéndez M, Ronquillo C. Mi-gration and “Low-Skilled” Workers inDestination Countries. PLoS Med 2011;8(6): e1001043. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001043

Castro Marqueta P, Moreno-Crespi J, Buxó-Pujolràs M, Cervantes-Amat M, Pérez-Gómez B, Marcos-Gragera R. [In situ and invasi-ve cervical cancer epidemiology in the province of Girona, Spain 1990- 2004: incidence, mortality, survival and scree-ning history]. Med Clin (Barc). 2011 Feb 26;136(5):192-8. Epub 2010 Nov 3. Spanish

Muntaner C, Borrell C, Ng E, Chung H, Espelt A, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Benach J, O’Campo P. Politics, welfare regimes, and population health: controversies and evidence. Sociol Health Illn. 2011;33(6):946-64

Muntaner C, Benach J, Tarafa G, Chung H. The welfare state and glo-bal health: Latin America, the Arab world and the politics of social class. Gac Sanit. 2011;25(6):445-7.

SElECTiON 2012 Muntaner C, Rocha KB, Borrell C, Vallebuona C, Ibáñez C, Benach J, Sollar O. Social class and health in Latin America. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2012 Feb;31(2):166-75. Spanish. Muntaner C, Chung H, Benach J, Ng E. Hierarchical cluster analy-sis of labour market regulations and population health: a taxonomy of low- and middle-income countries.BMC Public Health. 2012 Apr 18;12(1):286. [Epub ahead of print]

Kim IH, Muntaner C, Vahid Shahidi F, Vives A, Vanroelen C, Benach J. Welfare states, flexible employment, and health: a critical review. Health Policy. 2012;104(2):99-127.

Malmusi D, Artazcoz L, Benach J, Borrell C. Perception or real Illness? How chronic conditions contribuye to gender in-equalities in self-rated health. European journal of Public Health 2012;22(6):781-6

Commission to Reduce Social Inequalities in Health in Spain [A pro-posal of policies and interventions to reduce social inequali-ties in health in Spain.]. Gac Sanit. 2012;26(2):182-9

03. SCIENTIFIC PAPERS (SElECTION 2010-2013)



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Benach J, Tarafa G, Muntaner C. The health copay and inequali-ty: science and policy. Gac Sanit. 2012 Jan-Feb;26(1):80-2. Epub 2012 Jan 20. Spanish. Benach, J . A proposal of policies and interventions to redu-ce social inequalities in health in Spain. Comisión Para Reducir las Desigualdade Sociales en Salud en España) Gac Sanit, 2012 Mar; 26(2):182-189. Epub 2011 Nov 22. Spanish

Benach J, Puig-Barrachina V, Vives A, Tarafa G, Muntaner C. The challenge of monitoring employment-related health inequa-lities. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012;66(12):1085-7

Benach J, Muntaner C, Tarafa G. [Copayment is inequitable, un-just and avoidable]. Gac Sanit. 2012;26(5):491.

Muntaner C, Ng E, Benach J, Chung H. Occupation and (social) class refer to different social mechanisms. Occup Environ Med. 2012;69(10):770-1.

Buxó-Pujolràs M, Martínez JM, Yasui Y, Borrell C, Martín JC, Vergara M, Cervantes M, Benach J. Monitoring the cluster of high-risk mortality areas in the southwest of Spain. Geospat Health. 2012;7(1):73-81.

SElECTiON 2013

Chung H, Ng E, Ibrahim S, Karlsson B, Benach J, Espelt A, Muntaner C. Welfare state regimes, gender, and depression: a multile-vel analysis of middle and high income countries. Int J Envi-ron Res Public Health. 2013;10(4):1324-41,

Vives A, Amable M, Ferrer M, Moncada S, Llorens C, Muntaner C, Be-nach J. Employment precariousness and poor mental health: evidence from Spain on a new social determinant of health. Journal of Environmental and Public health, 2013:978656. doi: 10.1155/2013/978656

Benach J, Malmusi D, Yasui Y, Martínez JM. A new typology of po-licies to tackle health inequalities and scenarios of impact based on Rose’s population approach. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013;67(3):286-91

Ollé-Espluga L, Menéndez M, Muntaner C, Benach J, et al. Safety representatives’ views on their interaction with workers in a context of unequal power relations: an exploratory qualita-tive study in Barcelona (Spain). Am J Industrial Medicine (2013)

GREDS-EMONET places high importance on the transfer of the knowledge generated within the research group. Therefore we ca-rry out activities aimed at different audiences and groups, trying to adapt speech, means and channels in order to ensure that potential interested audience is highly receptive to our communications. The following activities of knowledge transfer may be highlighted:

GREDS SESSiONS

Every two weeks Greds organises sessions open to the public at the Campus Mar UPF (Dr.Aiguader, 80). Such a session consists in a talk on social determinants of health, health inequlities and/or pu-blic health given by an expert.

CONfERENCES

During the year Greds-Emconet organises a great number of both national and international conferences in collaboration with other partners and research groups. Also Greds-Emconet’s members take part in other forums as invited guests.

MaSS MEDia

Greds-Emconet works closely with mass media: written press, TV, radio, digital media and social networks, whom Greds-Emconet as-sist according to their requests. The research group also promotes the participation in the mass media by proposing articles, taking part in TV and radio programs, etc.

publiCaTiON Of bOOKS

Thanks to a continuous relationship with the world of publishing, the members of Gred-Emconet have been publishing over the years a number of titles using accessible language, which are being distribu-ted both in Europe and Latin America. We are expanding our scope to the anglosaxon publishing world with the proposal to publish in English some of the most interesting works of the group.

publiCaTiON Of REpORTS

From the Greds-Emconet point of view, the production of reports re-sulting from the research or other projects the group is undertaking is a determining factor for the transfer of knowledge. In our case the report becomes relevant as a synthesis and a tool, and it seeks to transcend its traditional role.

auDiOviSual MaTERial, E-lEaRNiNG aND ONliNE pRESENCE

Since October 2011 Greds-Emconet is documenting all courses and public talks of the members of the group by video and makes these videos available through a Youtube Chanel ( http://www.youtube.com/user/gredsemconet/videos) and a trilingual Internet-platform (Catalan, Spanish and Eglish). This platform can be consulted at www.determinantssocials.org, www.determinantessociales.org, www. socialdeterminants.org. This web also intends to host teaching material (audio, video or documents) specifically prepared for this platform, and other contents of interest.

04. KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

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Atlas de mortalidad en municipios y unidades censales de España (1984-2004).Atlas of Mortality in Spanish Municipalities and Census Tracts (1984-2004)

Joan Benach, Jose Miguel Martínez

Edited by: BBVA Fundación, 2013

Health is on sale (and also our health)

Foreword by Vicenç Navarro

Joan Benach, Gemma Tarafa , Carles Muntaner , Clara Valverde . .

Edited by: Icaria Editorial, 2012.

Employment, work and health inequalities: A Global view

Benach J, Muntaner C and Solar O, Santana V, Quinlan M and the Employment Conditions Network (EMCONET).

Edited by: Icaria Editorial, 2010.

Learning to look at health.How social inequality harms our health

Benach J, Muntaner C (coords).

Edited by: El Viejo Topo Editorial, 2005.

The evolution of health inequalities in Catalonia

Borrell C, Benach J (coords).

Edited by: Jaume Bofill Foundation; Mediterrània, 2005.

Health inequalities in Catalonia

Borrell C, Benach J (coords). . Editd by: Mediterrània, 2003.

Atlas of mortality in Small areas in Spain (1987-1995)

Benach J, Yasui Y, Borrell C, Rosa E, Pasarín Ma, Be-nach N, Español E, Martínez JM, Daponte A.

Edited by: Pompeu Fabra University, 2001

Advancing towards equity. Policies and interventions

to reduce social inequalities in health in Spain (click here)

Commission to Tackle Health Inequalities in Spain

Edited by: Ministery of Health and Social Policy (2010)

Geographical study of mortality in Spain: Time trend analysis in municipalities and small areas

Benach J, Martínez JM, Borrell C, Pasarín Ma, Yutaka Y, Vergara M, Buxó M, Muntaner C, Daponte A, Ocaña R, Benach N

Edited by: FBBVA Foundation (2007)

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS (SELECTION)

Greds-Emconet (link)

Chanel Youtube Greds-Emconet (link)

Red Employment Conditions Network (link)

WEBS

http://www.mspsi.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/promocion/desigualdadSalud/docs/Propuesta_Politicas_Reducir_Desigualdades.pdf



www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/

http://www.youtube.com/user/gredsemconet/videos

www.emconet.org



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Project G.E.H.E.S (link)

Project Employment, Work and Health Inequalities A Global Perspective. Spanish and english book (link)

Health Inequalities Research Group

Political Sciences and Sociology Department Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Address: Edificio França Passeig de la Circumval·lació, 8 08003 Barcelona Catalunya-España

Tel. (+34) 93 542 28 39

Email: [email protected]. www.upf.edu/greds-emconet/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greds.emconet

05. CONTACT DETAILS

mailto:%20greds.emconet%40upf.edu?subject=

www.upf.edu/greds

http://www.facebook.com/greds.emconet

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05. CONTACT DETAILS

Documents

ACTIVITIES REPORT 2010-2013 GREDS-EMCONET