The Immigration and Health Subprogramme (SIS) was created in the Epidemiology and Public Health Biomedical Research Consortium (CIBERESP) in 2011. It was included in the Programme for the Biological, Behavioural and Structural Determinants in the Contraction and Spread of Communicable Diseases in Vulnerable Populations (DAPET Programme).
The purpose of SIS is to improve and monitor knowledge about the health status of the immigrant population in the Spanish State in connection with communicable and non-communicable diseases and with biological, structural and behavioural health determinants. The research activity of the SIS is cross-sectional and multidisciplinary where it coordinates and promotes collaborations and synergies between Groups that are part of the Subprogramme and in collaboration with other CIBERESP groups.
Steering Committee:
Research groups:
| Field | Group | Leader/Leaders |
|---|---|---|
| Contextual determinants | Group 3. Health Inequality | Carme Borrell ([email protected]); Davide Malmusi ([email protected]) |
| Non-communicable diseases | Group 47. Occupational Health | Elena Ronda ([email protected]) |
| Group 21. Mental Health and Drug Addictions | Teresa Brugal ([email protected]); Francisco Collazos ([email protected]) | |
| Group 6. Sexual and Reproductive Health | Paco Bolumar ([email protected]) | |
| Group 36. Cancer Prevention | Silvia de Sanjosé ([email protected]); Vanesa Rodríguez ([email protected]) | |
| Communicable diseases | Group 27. HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections | Cristina Agustí ([email protected]); Jordi Casabona ([email protected]) |
| Group 12. Tuberculosis and Vaccine-preventable Diseases | Joan Caylà ([email protected]) | |
| Group 29. Imported Diseases | María Roura ([email protected]) | |
| Group 33. Population Dynamics of Antibiotic Resistance | Fernando Baquero ([email protected]); Juan Carlos Galán ([email protected]); Ana María Moreno ([email protected]) | |
| Group 2. Molecular and Genomic Epidemiologies | Andrés Moya ([email protected]); Fernando González ([email protected]) | |
| Group 4. Role of Infectious Agents in Non-communicable Diseases | Enrique Calderón ([email protected]) | |
| Methodological aspects | Group 24. Health Surveys | Carmen Navarro ([email protected]); Rocío García ([email protected]); María José Tormo ([email protected]) |
A. Research projects
1. MEISI Project
Changes in health and healthcare of immigrants and vulnerable populations, in the context of a crisis. Analysis of multiple sources of evidence. MEISI: a number of pieces of evidence on health, healthcare, immigration and vulnerable populations.
1.1. MEISI I: Access to and quality of healthcare of vulnerable populations in Spain in the context of the financial crisis.
1.2. MEISI II: Impact of the economic crisis on major infectious diseases to which mandatory reporting applies: population-based study.
1.3. MEISI II: Evolution of biological and structural determinants in an immigrant family cohort.
2. PELFI: Platform of Longitudinal Studies on Immigrant Families
The PELFI project is being conducted in Badalona, Alicante and Barcelona, and includes several immigrant family sub-cohorts:
2.1. MEISI II: Evolution of biological and structural determinants in an immigrant family cohort.
2.2. Work, immigration and health in an immigrant population cohort in Spain.
2.3. Relationship between the psychosocial environment of adolescents and the mental health (R.E.P.A.S.A.M.E.)
B. Products
1. Communications in congresses
- 5th European Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health
- 2013 XXXI SEE Meeting
- 2014 XXXII SEE Meeting
XXXIII Reunión SEE 2015
XXXIV REUNIÓN SEE 2016
9h European Public Health Conference 2016
Preliminary findings on children health determinants in a multi-site cohort of immigrant families in Spain (PELFI Study)
2. Publications
- Scientific Articles
- Reports
