Browsing by Author "Olave-Müller, Paola"

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    Effects of an urban regeneration program on related social determinants of health in Chile: A pre-post intervention study
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) López-Contreras, Natalia; Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; Olave-Müller, Paola; Gotsens, Mercè; CEDEUS (Chile); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Medicina
    Urban regeneration programs, such as “Programa Quiero mi Barrio” (PQMB) that is carried out in neighborhoods with greater deprivation across Chile, can improve health and quality of life in socio-economically deprived neighborhoods. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of this program on the physical, social, and safety environments of neighborhoods intervened between 2011 and 2018, according to gender and socioeconomic position. Four indices and six sub-indices were constructed to measure physical, social, and safety environments of the neighborhoods. We conducted a pre- and post-intervention analysis with 2095 people using linear models adjusted for repeated measurements. After the intervention, participants had an improved perception of physical, social, and safety environments, as well as the use of spaces, particularly among women and people with higher levels of education. Therefore, the PQMB program is a form of public policy that can improve the quality of life and health of people living in underprivileged areas.
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    Social inequalities in self-perceived health in Chile, does the urban environment matter?: a cross-sectional study
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023) López-Contreras, Natalia; Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; Olave-Müller, Paola; Gotsens, Mercé; CEDEUS (Chile); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Medicina
    Background: The health of a population is determined by urban factors such as the physical, social and safety environment, which can be modified by urban regeneration policies. The aim of this study was to analyze the associations of elements of the social, physical and safety environment of the neighborhood in the urban context with self-perceived health (SPH), according to axes of inequality, such as gender and educational level in Chile in 2016. Methods: Cross-sectional study using a nationally representative population-based survey of Chile. We used data from the 2016 National Survey of Quality of Life and Health. Poor SPH in the urban population older than 25 years was analyzed in relation to social, physical and safety environment variables. Poisson multilevel regression models were estimated to obtain prevalence ratios (PR) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). All analyses were stratified by sex and educational level. Results: SPH was worse in women than in men, especially in those with a lower education level. Poor SPH was associated with lack of support networks (PR = 1.4; 95%CI = 1.1–1.7), non-participation in social organizations (PR = 1.3; 95%CI = 1.1–1.6) and perceived problems with the quality of public space (PR = 1.3; 95%CI = 1.2–1.5) in women with a medium-high educational level and with a feeling of not belonging to the neighborhood (PR = 1.5; 95%CI = 1.2–1.8) and the perception of pollution problems (PR = 1.2; 95%CI = 1.0-1.4) in women with a low educational level. A feeling of unsafety was associated with both educational levels (PR = 1.3; 95%CI = 1.0-1.5). Poor SPH was associated with the feeling of not belonging (PR = 1.7; 95%CI = 1.2–2.5), and unsafety (PR = 2.1; 95%CI = 1.8–2.4) in men with a medium-high educational level, while there were fewer associations in men with a lower education level. Conclusions: Urban interventions are recommended to improve the health of the resident population and should take into account axes of inequality.