Shaping the healthy subject in gentrified spaces: Two case studies in Barcelona (Spain).

Several studies have analysed the impact of gentrification on health. However, a more in-depth examination of the constitutive role of health discourses in shaping spaces is required. This article explores the links between the gentrification process and the subjectification of healthy subjects through a critical discourse analysis of 35 walking interviews and a visual semiotic analysis of 140 shopfronts. Health is put forth as a super value to justify market interference in the configuration of urban space and class privilege based on the health products and healthy practices that have undergone a process of elitisation.

Feminist contributions on sexual experiences of women with serious mental illness: a literature review.

This paper aims to explore the contributions of research that include gender perspective in analysing the sexual experiences of women diagnosed with serious mental illness and to identify any barriers and systems that impede sexual fulfilment. We have developed a qualitative literature review using the PRISMA statement. The databases SCOPUS, WOS and PsychINFO were used in this review. Studies were included if they were published up to March 15, 2022, and only studies in English were included. An initial database search was preformed; upon screening for eligibility, there remained 16 studies that explored the sexual experiences of women with diagnoses of serious mental illness. The studies were analysed by a thematic synthesis. Data was coded line-by-line which generated descriptive themes, resulting in four synthesised findings. The four synthesised findings that derived from the reviewed studies were stigma and subjectivity, the experience of interpersonal relationships, the socialisation of women and the effects of psychiatric hegemony. A feminist perspective highlights the interrelationship between gender and stigma as it relates to serious mental illness and sexuality. A feminist perspective and an intersectional approach should be adopted at the intersubjective and structural level to account for the complexity of human experience and to subvert the heteropatriarchal system.

La salud pública en el continuo salud-enfermedad: un análisis desde la mirada profesional / Public health in the health-disease continuum: an analysis from a professional perspective

Objetivo Explorar los componentes que las y los profesionales de salud utilizan para construir y delimitar el concepto de salud pública dentro de las políticas públicas de salud. Método Análisis cualitativo del contenido. A partir de 20 entrevistas semiestructuradas a profesionales de salud participantes del proyecto demostrativo de la Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya en la Garrotxa, España (periodo 2009-2012). Resultados Las y los profesionales de salud utilizan el continuo salud-enfermedad para situar a todas las políticas del Estado en materia de salud: sitúan a la salud pública hacia el extremo de salud y a la Asistencia Sanitaria hacia el extremo de la enfermedad. Asimismo, realizan un ejercicio de contraste de la salud pública con la asistencia sanitaria, para definir y delimitar cada una de las áreas de intervención, a partir del foco de abordaje, el objeto de intervención, la demanda, la temporalidad, la invisibilidad y la consistencia. Discusión El continuo salud-enfermedad es un elemento relevante para situar a las políticas públicas de salud. Es necesario profundizar sobre el concepto de bienestar para actuar bajo una mirada positiva de salud. Asimismo, el reconocimiento de la multiplicidad de elementos que inciden en la salud pública, hacen que se vuelva permeable a las iniciativas de otras instituciones, a la vez que tornan presente a la salud pública en otros espacios de intervención.(AU)

Objective To explore the components that health professionals use to build and define the concept of Public Health as a specific area of knowledge and intervention within public health policies. Method A qualitative analysis of content was performed based on 20 semi-structured interviews with health professionals participating in the demonstration project conducted by the Public Health Agency of Garrotxa in Catalonia, Spain (2009-2012). Results Health professionals use the health-disease continuum to provide guidance to all State policies on health: public health is usually related to health and care regarding disease. Also, professionals contrast public health against health care to define and delineate each intervention area based on the approach, the objectives, the demand, the timing, the invisibility and the consistency. Discussion The continuum health-disease is a relevant element to guide public health policies. It is necessary to develop the concept of wellbeing to act under a positive view of health. Moreover, recognizing the multiplicity of elements that affect public health makes it permeable to the initiatives of other institutions, while they turn to Public Health in other areas of intervention.(AU)

[Public health in the health-disease continuum: an analysis from a professional perspective]. / La salud pública en el continuo salud-enfermedad: un análisis desde la mirada profesional.

Objective To explore the components that health professionals use to build and define the concept of Public Health as a specific area of knowledge and intervention within public health policies. Method A qualitative analysis of content was performed based on 20 semi-structured interviews with health professionals participating in the demonstration project conducted by the Public Health Agency of Garrotxa in Catalonia, Spain (2009-2012). Results Health professionals use the health-disease continuum to provide guidance to all State policies on health: public health is usually related to health and care regarding disease. Also, professionals contrast public health against health care to define and delineate each intervention area based on the approach, the objectives, the demand, the timing, the invisibility and the consistency. Discussion The continuum health-disease is a relevant element to guide public health policies. It is necessary to develop the concept of wellbeing to act under a positive view of health. Moreover, recognizing the multiplicity of elements that affect public health makes it permeable to the initiatives of other institutions, while they turn to Public Health in other areas of intervention.