The Impact of Long-Term Care Needs on the Socioeconomic Deprivation of Older People and Their Families: Results from Mixed-Methods Scoping Review.

BACKGROUND: Long-term care (LTC), poverty, and socioeconomic deprivation are globally significant social issues. Ongoing population aging trends and the recent social and health emergencies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis have highlighted the need for macro-level LTC and welfare system sustainability strategies. AIMS: This scoping review (ScR) explores the relationship between LTC needs, the health status of older people, and the risk of socioeconomic deprivation for their households. METHODS: The methodology considers different relevant sources: (a) the guidelines for ScR proposed by Lockwood et al.; (b) the recommendations of Munn et al.; (c) the PRISMA guideline for scoping reviews; and (d) the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklist. Sixty-three papers are included in the mixed-methods analysis. RESULTS: The findings reveal the existence of a debate that seeks to understand the different characteristics of the relationship between the investigated issues. Relevant gaps in the literature are identified in terms of the concepts and approaches of the studies analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that the reciprocal relationship between LTC needs, supply, and the risk of socioeconomic deprivation is understudied. Future studies should focus on the causal relationship between the two phenomena and identify any internal factors that may be involved.

Exploratory study of the hoaxes spread via WhatsApp in Spain to prevent and/or cure COVID-19 / Estudio exploratorio de los bulos difundidos por WhatsApp en España para prevenir o curar la COVID-19

Objective: To review the hoaxes' characteristics spread through WhatsApp in Spain during COVID-19 lockdown and identify what kind of substances were promoted for consumption or application. Method: A phone number was activated to receive hoaxes via WhatsApp. A total of 2353 messages were collected, and among those 584 different hoaxes were identified and validated, between March 18 and April 18, 2020. From these 584 hoaxes, a sub-sample of 126 was selected, exclusively related to the object of study, and a content analysis table with fourteen registration fields was applied. Besides, the averages and medians of the quantitative fields were extracted. Results: Most of the messages received were texts (39%) and videos (30%). In the majority, the acting subject was presented as medical personnel (36.5%) or as an anonymous person (30.9%). The videos lasted between 2' 40” and 18' 18”, while the audios ranged between 1' 35” and 7' 48”. Regarding the gender of the informant, there was a significant difference, with 45.2% being male, and 13.5%, female and 41.3% non-identifiable. Conclusions: One out of five false health claims received was about prevention or cure of the coronavirus, based on the principle of medical authority, and basically promoting the use and consumption of substances of natural origin. (AUº)

Objetivo: Examinar las características de los bulos difundidos por WhatsApp en España durante el confinamiento por la pandemia de COVID-19 e identificar qué tipo de sustancias se promovieron para su ingesta o uso. Método: Se habilitó un número de teléfono para recibir bulos por WhatsApp. Se recibieron 2353 mensajes, de los que se identificaron y validaron 584 bulos distintos, entre el 18 de marzo y el 18 de abril de 2020. De los 584 bulos, se seleccionó una submuestra de 126 relacionados con el objeto de estudio y se aplicó una ficha de análisis de contenido con 14 campos de registro. Además, se extrajeron las medias y medianas de los campos cuantitativos. Resultados: La mayor parte de los mensajes fueron cadenas de texto (39%) y vídeos (30%). En la mayoría, el sujeto se presentaba como personal médico (36,5%) o como persona anónima (30,9%). Los vídeos tuvieron una duración de entre 2' 40” y 18' 18”, mientras que los audios fueron de entre 1' 35” y 7' 48”. Con respecto al sexo, se apreció una gran diferencia: el 45,2% de los protagonistas fueron hombres, frente al 13,5% de mujeres; el 41,3% no era identificable. Conclusiones: Uno de cada cinco bulos recibidos fue sobre prevención o curación del coronavirus, argumentados sobre el principio de autoridad médica y básicamente promoviendo el uso y consumo de sustancias de origen natural. (AU)

Uso del cine como herramienta de aprendizaje en salud pública / The use of cinema as a learning strategy in public health

Introducción: El abordaje de las epidemias/pandemias debe llevarse a cabo desde una enseñanza transversal que involucre un pensamiento completo. Objetivo: Evaluar diferentes herramientas pedagógicas para el aprendizaje significativo activo en el aula. Métodos: Estudio de caso (n = 10), sin grupo de control, en el contexto de un seminario internacional. Se empleó una encuesta de percepciones y creencias ante pandemias, a través de la estrategia didáctica para observar, reflexionar y aplicar mediante el cine, y otros insumos para apoyar el aprendizaje. Resultados: Los docentes se mostraron favorables a la utilización del cine en el aula durante la propuesta metodológica, y apoyaron los instrumentos empleados para el aprendizaje y la dinámica docente en situaciones epidemiológicas. Asimismo, mejoró el proceso pedagógico, el análisis de los fenómenos desde la perspectiva local, la capacidad de objetivar situaciones que fomenten un pensamiento complejo y el uso de la interdisciplinariedad en el aula. Conclusiones: La incorporación del género de cine pandémico, acompañado de la estrategia ORA, el uso de cuestionario de percepciones y creencias, y otros insumos, mejora el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, favorece el abordaje de problemas de pensamiento complejo, y mejora la empatía entre docentes y estudiantes en el aula(AU)

Introduction: Approach to epidemics/pandemics must be carried out from transversal teaching that involves complete thinking. Objective: To assess different pedagogical tools for active meaningful learning in the classroom. Methods: Case study (n= 10), without a control group, carried out in the context of an international seminar. A survey of perceptions and beliefs during pandemics was used by means of the didactic strategy to observe, reflect and apply through cinema and other elements to support learning. Results: The professors supported the use of cinema in the classroom during the methodological proposal, as well as the instruments used for learning and teaching dynamics in epidemiological situations. Likewise, there was an improvement of the pedagogical process, the analysis of phenomena from the local perspective, the ability to objectify situations that promote complex thinking, and the use of interdisciplinarity in the classroom. Conclusions: The incorporation of the pandemic cinema genre, accompanied by the observation-relation-application strategy, the use of a perceptions and beliefs questionnaire, as well as other elements, improves the teaching-learning process, favors the approach to complex thinking problems, and improves empathy between professors and students in the classroom(AU)

Una mirada histórico-geográfica de las pandemias: para entender de manera compleja la COVID-19 / A Historical-Geographical View of Pandemics: to Understand COVID-19 in a Complex Way

RESUMEN El abordaje para la investigación de brotes/pandemias es una actividad desafiante, necesaria y retadora para los salubristas y epidemiólogos. Esta actuación permite que los servicios de epidemiología y de vigilancia profundicen el conocimiento de la enfermedad, recaben datos históricos de episodios pandémicos, caractericen vulnerables, planteen hipótesis e intervengan los factores de riesgos en un contexto ambiental y sociocultural determinado con una actuación local y una perspectiva global. Se considera un abordaje sindémico, de tal manera que conjugan aspectos de determinantes sociales interconectados y profundizando en la pandemia.

ABSTRACT The outbreak/pandemic investigation approach is a challenging, necessary and challenging activity for health professionals and epidemiologists. This approach allows epidemiology and surveillance services to deepen their knowledge of the disease, collect historical data on pandemic episodes, characterize vulnerabilities, develop hypotheses and intervene risk factors in a given environmental and sociocultural context with local action and a global perspective. A syndemic approach is considered, in such such a way that it combines aspects of interconnected social determinants and deepening in the pandemic.

Exploratory study of the hoaxes spread via WhatsApp in Spain to prevent and/or cure COVID-19.

OBJECTIVE: To review the hoaxes' characteristics spread through WhatsApp in Spain during COVID-19 lockdown and identify what kind of substances were promoted for consumption or application. METHOD: A phone number was activated to receive hoaxes via WhatsApp. A total of 2353 messages were collected, and among those 584 different hoaxes were identified and validated, between March 18 and April 18, 2020. From these 584 hoaxes, a sub-sample of 126 was selected, exclusively related to the object of study, and a content analysis table with fourteen registration fields was applied. Besides, the averages and medians of the quantitative fields were extracted. RESULTS: Most of the messages received were texts (39%) and videos (30%). In the majority, the acting subject was presented as medical personnel (36.5%) or as an anonymous person (30.9%). The videos lasted between 2' 40" and 18' 18", while the audios ranged between 1' 35" and 7' 48". Regarding the gender of the informant, there was a significant difference, with 45.2% being male, and 13.5%, female and 41.3% non-identifiable. CONCLUSIONS: One out of five false health claims received was about prevention or cure of the coronavirus, based on the principle of medical authority, and basically promoting the use and consumption of substances of natural origin.

Percepciones y creencias al uso de película comercial tipo epidemia/pandemia en el aula: Insumos para orientar el aprendizaje / Perceptions and beliefs to the use of epidemic / pandemic commercial film in the classroom: Inputs to guide learning

RESUMÉN Objetivo: Valorar el uso de la película comercial "Contagión" como estrategia para la enseñanza del método epidemiológico aplicado al campo de epidemias/pandemias. Materiales y métodos: Se trata de un proyecto de aula que involucró diversas tecnologías emergentes y de comunicación para disponer de herramientas atractivas y pedagógicas que favorezcan aprendizaje significativo para abordaje de temáticas complejas. La actuación pedagógica involucró diversos insumos: inicialmente se presenta la caracterización de un cuestionario "ah doc" que valoró creencias y percepciones ante una epidemia/pandemia y cómo visibilizaban entes de salud locales e internacionales, los científicos, la comunidad y el uso de película en el escenario de aprendizaje. Participaron 131 estudiantes. Resultados: En síntesis, los estudiantes identifican que este tipo de película muestra una realidad para el 70,2% (acuerdo y totalmente de acuerdo),favorece conductas de protección en un 80,2 % y al 78,6 % le modifica su conocimiento con respecto a la protección de salud. Favorece un aprendizaje en el aula, y para el 42 % se expresa de manera indiferente un estereotipo muy alejado de los científicos. Con este insumo inicial se desarrolló la sesión introductoria de abordaje de puntos críticos en la metodología epidemiológica ante una epidemia/pandemia; lo que permitió ilustrar la acción epidemiológica versus el contexto real o simulado, destacando actuaciones que involucran actos humanos. Conclusiones: Los estudiantes expresaron actitud positiva respecto a la estrategia utilizada en el aula, que se constituye en un insumo pertinente, activo, crítico y eficaz para el aprendizaje en el aula.

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the use of commercial film "Contagion" as a strategy for teaching the epidemiological method applied to the field of epidemics/pandemics. Materials and methods: This is a classroom project that involved various emerging and communication technologies in order to have attractive and pedagogical tools that encourage meaningful learning to address complex issues. The pedagogical action involved several inputs: Initially, the characterization of an "ah doc." questionnaire was presented, which evaluated beliefs and perceptions in the face of an epidemic/pandemic and how local and international health entities, scientists, the community and the use of film in the learning scenario made them visible, with 131 students participating. Results: In summary, students identified that this type of film shows a reality "in agreement and total agreement in 70.2 %, favors protective behavior in 80.2 % and 78.6 % modify their knowledge with respect to health protection. This positions that it favors a learning in the classroom and for 42 % it expresses in an indifferent way a stereotype very far from the scientists. With this initial input, the introductory session was held to address critical points in the epidemiological methodology in the face of an epidemic/pandemic, which made it possible to illustrate the epidemiological action versus the real or simulated context by highlighting actions involving human acts. Conclusions: Students expressed a positive attitude towards the strategy used in the classroom, which constitutes a relevant, active, critical and effective input for classroom learning.

Estudio exploratorio de los bulos difundidos por WhatsApp en España para prevenir o curar la COVID-19 / Exploratory study of the hoaxes spread through WhatsApp in Spain to prevent or cure COVID-19

OBJETIVO: Examinar las características de los bulos difundidos por WhatsApp en España durante el confinamiento por la pandemia de COVID-19 e identificar qué tipo de sustancias se promovieron para su ingesta o uso. MÉTODO: Se habilitó un número de teléfono para recibir bulos por WhatsApp. Se recibieron 2353 mensajes, de los que se identificaron y validaron 584 bulos distintos, entre el 18 de marzo y el 18 de abril de 2020. De los 584 bulos, se seleccionó una submuestra de 126 relacionados con el objeto de estudio y se aplicó una ficha de análisis de contenido con 14 campos de registro. Además, se extrajeron las medias y medianas de los campos cuantitativos. RESULTADOS: La mayor parte de los mensajes fueron cadenas de texto (39%) y vídeos (30%). En la mayoría, el sujeto se presentaba como personal médico (36,5%) o como persona anónima (30,9%). Los vídeos tuvieron una duración de entre 2' 40" y 18' 18", mientras que los audios fueron de entre 1' 35" y 7' 48". Con respecto al sexo, se apreció una gran diferencia: el 45,2% de los protagonistas fueron hombres, frente al 13,5% de mujeres; el 41,3% no era identificable. CONCLUSIONES: Uno de cada cinco bulos recibidos fue sobre prevención o curación del coronavirus, argumentados sobre el principio de autoridad médica y básicamente promoviendo el uso y consumo de sustancias de origen natural

OBJECTIVE: To review the hoaxes' characteristics spread through WhatsApp in Spain during COVID-19 lockdown and identify what kind of substances were promoted for consumption or application. METHOD: A phone number was activated to receive hoaxes via WhatsApp. A total of 2353 messages were collected, and among those 584 different hoaxes were identified and validated, between March 18 and April 18, 2020. From these 584 hoaxes, a sub-sample of 126 was selected, exclusively related to the object of study, and a content analysis table with fourteen registration fields was applied. Besides, the averages and medians of the quantitative fields were extracted. RESULTS: Most of the messages received were texts (39%) and videos (30%). In the majority, the acting subject was presented as medical personnel (36.5%) or as an anonymous person (30.9%). The videos lasted between 2' 40" and 18' 18", while the audios ranged between 1' 35" and 7' 48". Regarding the gender of the informant, there was a significant difference, with 45.2% being male, and 13.5%, female and 41.3% non-identifiable. CONCLUSIONS: One out of five false health claims received was about prevention or cure of the coronavirus, based on the principle of medical authority, and basically promoting the use and consumption of substances of natural origin

Estudio de las noticias publicadas en prensa del éxodo de enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido / Study on press coverage about the exodus of Spanish nurses to the United Kingdom

Objetivo: Analizar la representación mediática del éxodo de las enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido a través de los diarios de información general. Métodos: Análisis de contenido, cuantitativo y cualitativo. Se localizaron con operadores booleanos los documentos publicados en los diarios ABC, El País, El Mundo y La Razón, sobre «emigrantes», «enfermeras» y «sanitarias emigrantes», desde el 1 de enero de 2007 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2016. El periodo seleccionado se corresponde con el inicio de la crisis económica y concluye con el año de la celebración del referéndum del Brexit en el Reino Unido. Tras aplicar los descriptores se obtuvieron 9559 textos. Una vez eliminado el «ruido» quedaron 484 unidades textuales. Para llevar a cabo un análisis más exhaustivo se seleccionaron los documentos específicos sobre «enfermeras emigrantes», que fueron 77, y se analizaron cualitativamente. Resultados: a) 2013 fue el año en que se publicaron más noticias sobre la emigración en general, y también en particular sobre el colectivo de enfermería; b) el diario ABC fue el que publicó más relatos (31) sobre el éxodo de enfermeras al Reino Unido; c) El País fue el que más textos publicó sobre la emigración española (397); d) el 98% de los titulares analizados (n = 77) tenían un tono negativo; y e) el discurso social tuvo mayor relevancia que el discurso político. Conclusiones: La prensa promovió el «efecto salida» de las enfermeras para emigrar al Reino Unido

Objective: To analyse the media representation of the exodus of Spanish nurses to the United Kingdom through general information newspapers. Methods: Content analysis, quantitative and qualitative. Documents published in the newspapers ABC, El País, El Mundo and La Razón, about "emigrants," "nurses" and "migrant health workers," were located from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2016, with Boolean operators. This selected period corresponds to the beginning of the economic crisis and concludes in the year of the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. After applying the descriptors, 9559 texts were obtained. Once the noise of the documents was eliminated, 484 textual units were found. To carry out a more exhaustive analysis, the specific documents on "migrant nurses", which were 77, were selected and analysed qualitatively. Results: a) 2013 was the year in which the most stories about emigration in general were published, and also about nurses in particular; b) the ABC newspaper published the most stories about the exodus of nurses to the United Kingdom (31); c) El País published the most texts on Spanish emigration, with a total of 397 documents; d) 98% of the headlines analysed (n = 77) had a negative tone; and e) social discourse had greater relevance than political discourse. Conclusions: The press promoted the push factor for nurses to migrate to the United Kingdom

Perfil sociodemográfico del usuario de la homeopatía en España / Sociodemographic profile of the homeopathy user in Spain

Objetivo: Identificar el perfil sociodemográfico del usuario de la homeopatía en España. Diseño: Estudio cuantitativo. Emplazamiento: España. Corpus: Base de datos del Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Estudio 3205, febrero de 2018), con un total de 2.486 entrevistas, y se analiza una submuestra (n = 124), que agrupa a todos los ciudadanos que afirman que han usado la homeopatía en España en los 12 meses anteriores. Mediciones principales: Se utilizaron los porcentajes, las medias y/o la desviación estándar de las medias, así como la significación de los cambios en las distintas variables analizadas entre la población en general y los usuarios específicos de la homeopatía en España. Esto se determinó mediante el análisis de la varianza o prueba χ2 de Pearson, dependiendo de la naturaleza de la variable en el estudio. Resultados: El perfil tipo del usuario de la homeopatía en España es una mujer, de clase media/alta, con estudios superiores universitarios y con una ideología política progresista. Conclusiones: El perfil trazado es similar al de otros estudios internacionales

Objective: To identify the sociodemographic profile of the homeopathy user in Spain. Design: Quantitative study. Location: Spain. Corpus: The Centre for Sociological Research database (Study 3205, February 2018), with a total of 2,486 interviews, and the sub-sample that includes all patients who have claimed to use homeopathy in Spain in the last 12 months (n = 124). Main measurements: The percentages, means and/or standard deviation of the factors were calculated, as well as the significance of the changes in the different variables analysed in the general population, and the specific users of homeopathy in Spain. This was determined by the variance analysis or Pearson's χ2 test, depending on the nature of the variable in the study. Results: The homeopathy user-type profile in Spain is a woman, of middle/high social status, with higher university studies, and with a progressive political ideology. Conclusions: The Spanish profile is similar to that in other international studies

[Study on press coverage about the exodus of Spanish nurses to the United Kingdom]. / Estudio de las noticias publicadas en prensa del éxodo de enfermeras españolas al Reino Unido.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the media representation of the exodus of Spanish nurses to the United Kingdom through general information newspapers. METHODS: Content analysis, quantitative and qualitative. Documents published in the newspapers ABC, El País, El Mundo and La Razón, about "emigrants," "nurses" and "migrant health workers," were located from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2016, with Boolean operators. This selected period corresponds to the beginning of the economic crisis and concludes in the year of the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. After applying the descriptors, 9559 texts were obtained. Once the noise of the documents was eliminated, 484 textual units were found. To carry out a more exhaustive analysis, the specific documents on "migrant nurses", which were 77, were selected and analysed qualitatively. RESULTS: a) 2013 was the year in which the most stories about emigration in general were published, and also about nurses in particular; b) the ABC newspaper published the most stories about the exodus of nurses to the United Kingdom (31); c) El País published the most texts on Spanish emigration, with a total of 397 documents; d) 98% of the headlines analysed (n = 77) had a negative tone; and e) social discourse had greater relevance than political discourse. CONCLUSIONS: The press promoted the push factor for nurses to migrate to the United Kingdom.

[Sociodemographic profile of the homeopathy user in Spain]. / Perfil sociodemográfico del usuario de la homeopatía en España.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the sociodemographic profile of the homeopathy user in Spain. DESIGN: Quantitative study. LOCATION: Spain. CORPUS: The Centre for Sociological Research database (Study 3205, February 2018), with a total of 2,486 interviews, and the sub-sample that includes all patients who have claimed to use homeopathy in Spain in the last 12 months (n=124). MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The percentages, means and/or standard deviation of the factors were calculated, as well as the significance of the changes in the different variables analysed in the general population, and the specific users of homeopathy in Spain. This was determined by the variance analysis or Pearson's χ2 test, depending on the nature of the variable in the study. RESULTS: The homeopathy user-type profile in Spain is a woman, of middle/high social status, with higher university studies, and with a progressive political ideology. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish profile is similar to that in other international studies.