[Response to the COVID-19 Health Crisis from a Gender Perspective: Lessons Learned]. / Respuesta a la crisis sanitaria de la COVID-19 desde la perspectiva de género: lecciones aprendidas.

OBJECTIVE: To delve deeper from a gender perspective into the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to address future health crises. METHOD: Study with key informants with experience in public health and gender from the Ministerio de Sanidad, ministries of the autonomous communities, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de La Princesa, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública and Universidad País Vasco. SOURCE OF INFORMATION: individual open-ended questionnaire on health and health inequalities/gender inequalities related to COVID-19. After presenting the findings, the key informants group discussed them in a meeting until reaching a consensus on the lessons learned. RESULTS: The lack of clinical statistics by sex could compromise epidemiological surveillance, losing the opportunity to characterize the disease. The performance of essential services fell more on women, exhausting them with double and triple shifts; with the differences according to sex in the clinical presentation of COVID-19, and the criteria for hospitalization/admission to the intensive care unit, their access to health care decreased. Increased: gender violence and mental health problems; delaying recognition of the second effects of vaccines in women; partially due to information biases in clinical trials. The gender perspective was lacking in academic, healthcare, and health management areas. CONCLUSIONS: Women's gender dimensions determined their higher frequency of COVID-19 and played a fundamental role in its control. Broadly considering the lessons learned will strengthen prevention systems and be able to provide effective responses to future health crises.

Respuesta a la crisis sanitaria de la COVID-19 desde la perspectiva de género: lecciones aprendidas / Response to the COVID-19 Health Crisis from a Gender Perspective: Lessons Learned

Objetivo: Profundizar desde la perspectiva de género en las lecciones aprendidas durante la pandemia de COVID-19 para hacer frente a futuras crisis de salud. Método: Estudio con informantes clave con experiencia en salud pública y género del Ministerio de Sanidad, Consejerías de las comunidades autónomas, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de La Princesa, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública y Universidad del País Vasco. Fuente de información: cuestionario individual de respuestas abiertas sobre inequidades o desigualdades de género sanitarias y en salud relacionadas con la COVID-19. Tras presentar los hallazgos, el grupo de informantes clave se reunió y debatió hasta llegar a un consenso sobre las lecciones aprendidas. Resultados: La falta de estadísticas clínicas por sexo pudo comprometer la vigilancia epidemiológica, perdiendo una oportunidad para caracterizar la enfermedad. El desempeño de los servicios esenciales recayó más en las mujeres, extenuándolas con dobles y triples jornadas, lo cual, junto con las diferencias según sexo en la presentación clínica de la COVID-19 y los criterios de hospitalización y de ingreso en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, disminuyó su acceso a la atención sanitaria. Aumentaron la violencia de género y los problemas de salud mental, retrasando el reconocer los efectos secundarios de las vacunas en las mujeres parcialmente por sesgos de información en los ensayos clínicos. La perspectiva de género faltó en los ámbitos académicos, asistenciales y de gestión sanitaria. Conclusiones: Las dimensiones de género de las mujeres determinaron su mayor frecuencia de COVID-19 y desempeñaron un papel fundamental en su control. Considerar las lecciones aprendidas fortalecerá los sistemas de prevención y permitirá poder dar respuestas eficaces a futuras crisis de salud.(AU)

Objective: To delve deeper from a gender perspective into the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to address future health crises. Method: Study with key informants with experience in public health and gender from the Ministerio de Sanidad, ministries of the autonomous communities, Institut Català de la Salut, Hospital de La Princesa, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública and Universidad País Vasco. Source of information: individual open-ended questionnaire on health and health inequalities/gender inequalities related to COVID-19. After presenting the findings, the key informants group discussed them in a meeting until reaching a consensus on the lessons learned. Results: The lack of clinical statistics by sex could compromise epidemiological surveillance, losing the opportunity to characterize the disease. The performance of essential services fell more on women, exhausting them with double and triple shifts; with the differences according to sex in the clinical presentation of COVID-19, and the criteria for hospitalization/admission to the intensive care unit, their access to health care decreased. Increased: gender violence and mental health problems; delaying recognition of the second effects of vaccines in women; partially due to information biases in clinical trials. The gender perspective was lacking in academic, healthcare, and health management areas. Conclusions: Women's gender dimensions determined their higher frequency of COVID-19 and played a fundamental role in its control. Broadly considering the lessons learned will strengthen prevention systems and be able to provide effective responses to future health crises.(AU)

Gender differences in the management of acute psychiatric episodes in the emergency department: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2017-2019 triennium.

There is growing evidence that gender is an important determinant of mental health and well-being. In this sense, both biological and socio-economic factors play a key role in how people experience psychological disturbances. This study examine whether there were sex- and gender-based differences in the management of psychiatric disorders in the emergency department (ED). A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted in the ED over the 2017-2019 period. Sex was codified as female/male and socio-economic deprivation index was compiled to address the impact of social determinants. Episodes were reclassified according to four major clusters. Psychotropic drug prescription was categorized according to the ATC classification. Poisson regression models, adjusted for age and socioeconomic status, were used. A total of 9789 episodes (53.9% females) of individuals who required an acute-related psychiatric intervention were retrieved. Age distribution and socioeconomic quintiles revealed gender differences. Anxiety-related consultations accounted for up to 50% of all episodes. Female gender was found to be overrepresented in anxiety and stress-related disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders. In contrast, Males accounted for 70% of all psychoactive substance use disorders. Considering main clinical syndromic clusters, analysis showed that female patients were more likely to be prescribed with anxiolytic treatment in ED treatment than men in the categories of "Common mental disorders" (PR = 1.122 [1.014-1.242; p = 0.025), "Severe Mental Disorders" (PR = 1.217[1.054-1.406] p = 0.007) and "Personality disorders" (PR = 1.398 (1.038 - 1.884); p = 0.028). This study highlights the relevance of considering sex and gender as potential determinants in both the clinical presentation and management of psychiatric emergencies.

[Gender perspectives in mental health plans in Spain: a pending task?] / Perspectiva de género en los planes de salud mental en España: ¿una asignatura pendiente?

OBJECTIVE: To develop a gender sensitivity index and analyse the regional mental health plans in force in 2021 in terms of their gender sensitivity. METHOD: We reviewed the regional mental health plans in force in 2021 using an ad hoc questionnaire design based on a review of documents and reports on gender sensitivity in health policies. We construct an index based on both the symbolic and operative sensibility of plans. RESULTS: Of the seven plans reviewed, four scored less than 13 out of 26. The maximum score was 18 and the minimum 2. Symbolic gender sensitivity was higher than operational sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS: Mental health plans have a low or very low degree of gender sensitivity. Not considering gender as a determinant of mental health in the formulation of specific health plans may reduce the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing gender inequalities in mental health.

Gender Inequalities in Publications about COVID-19 in Spain: Authorship and Sex-Disaggregated Data.

Gender inequalities in biomedical literature have been widely reported in authorship as well as the scarcity of results that are stratified by sex in the studies. We conducted a bibliometric review of articles on COVID-19 published in the main Spanish medical journals between April 2020 and May 2021. The purpose of this study was to analyse differences in authorship order and composition by sex and their evolution over time, as well as the frequency of sex-disaggregated empirical results and its relationship with the author sex in articles on COVID-19 in the main Spanish biomedical journals. We identified 914 articles and 4921 authors, 57.5% men and 42.5% women. Women accounted for 36.7% of first authors and for 33.7% of last authors. Monthly variation in authorship over the course of the pandemic indicates that women were always less likely to publish as first authors. Only 1.0% of the articles broke down empirical results by sex. Disaggregation of results by sex was significantly more frequent when women were first authors and when women were the majority in the authorship. It is important to make gender inequalities visible in scientific dissemination and to promote gender-sensitive research, which can help to reduce gender bias in clinical studies as well as to design public policies for post-pandemic recovery that are more gender-equitable.

Perspectiva de género en los planes de salud mental en España: ¿una asignatura pendiente? / Gender perspectives in mental health plans in Spain: a pending task?

Objetivo: Elaborar un índice de sensibilidad de género y determinar el grado de sensibilidad de género de los planes de salud mental autonómicos vigentes en 2021. Método: Se revisaron los planes de salud mental autonómicos vigentes en 2021 utilizando un cuestionario ad hoc diseñado a partir de una revisión de documentos e informes sobre la sensibilidad de género en políticas de salud. Se construyó un índice basado en la sensibilidad simbólica y operativa de los planes. Resultados: Se revisaron siete planes y la mayoría obtuvieron una puntuación menor de 13 sobre 26. La puntuación máxima fue 18 y la mínima 2. La sensibilidad de género simbólica fue mayor que la operativa. Conclusiones: Los planes de salud mental tienen un grado bajo o muy bajo de sensibilidad de género. No tener en cuenta el género como determinante de la salud mental en la formulación de los planes de salud específicos impedirá la puesta en marcha de intervenciones enfocadas a reducir las desigualdades de género en salud mental.(AU)

Objective: To develop a gender sensitivity index and analyse the regional mental health plans in force in 2021 in terms of their gender sensitivity. Method: We reviewed the regional mental health plans in force in 2021 using an ad hoc questionnaire design based on a review of documents and reports on gender sensitivity in health policies. We construct an index based on both the symbolic and operative sensibility of plans. Results: Of the seven plans reviewed, four scored less than 13 out of 26. The maximum score was 18 and the minimum 2. Symbolic gender sensitivity was higher than operational sensitivity. Conclusions: Mental health plans have a low or very low degree of gender sensitivity. Not considering gender as a determinant of mental health in the formulation of specific health plans may reduce the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing gender inequalities in mental health.(AU)

[Socioeconomic inequalities and COVID-19 in Spain. SESPAS Report 2022]. / Desigualdades socioeconómicas y COVID-19 en España. Informe SESPAS 2022.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown its syndemic nature where the contagion by coronavirus joins the high prevalence of chronic diseases in a context of great social inequality and a clear gradient of those pathologies. The objectives of this article are: 1) to show a conceptual framework of the determinants of social inequality in the COVID-19; 2) to review the available literature on socioeconomic inequalities in various aspects related to COVID-19 in Spain; and 3) propose recommendations to monitor, intervene with policies and communication guides to reduce social inequalities in COVID-19, showing examples developed in Spain. The conceptual framework includes structural and intermediate determinants reflecting the different axes of inequality that characterize the syndemic nature of COVID-19. The literature review published up to July 2021 in Spain describes a socioeconomic gradient of COVID-19, not always consistent among studies, as well as an uneven impact of many measures to control the pandemic. Finally, the proposals for reducing social inequalities in COVID-19 include: 1) to guarantee information systems and research with an equity perspective; 2) to reduce inequalities in COVID-19 through its intermediate, and economic and political determinants; and 3) to design communication models and understanding frameworks that break with hegemonies that hide the relevance of social inequality in the pandemic. Given the syndemic nature of COVID-19 and accumulated knowledge, surveillance systems, interventions and communication must include a clear perspective of health equity.

Monitorización de la COVID-19 en España: ¿es posible un análisis con perspectiva de género? / Monitoring COVID-19 in Spain: is a gender analysis possible?

Objetivo: Analizar la desagregación por sexo y la disponibilidad de indicadores de género en los informes de la Red Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica (RENAVE) y el Estudio Nacional de Sero-Epidemiología (ENE-COVID-19). Método: Revisión por pares de los indicadores disponibles en 72 informes de la RENAVE y cuatro rondas del estudio ENE-COVID-19 para calcular el porcentaje de los desagregados por sexo y su variación temporal. Resultados: En marzo de 2021, el 52,4% de los indicadores RENAVE estaban desagregados por sexo. Desde julio de 2020, el 54% de los indicadores desagregados dejaron de publicarse y el 23% perdieron su desagregación. En el estudio ENE-COVID-19, la primera ronda incorporó el 88,23% de los indicadores desagregados y la 4ª el 94,74%. La 2ª y 3ª no desagregan por sexo. Conclusiones: Los informes RENAVE no permiten un análisis con perspectiva de género, y el estudio ENE-COVID-19 es el que más información aporta sobre determinantes sociales. (AU)

Objective: To analyse the sex disaggregation and availability of gender indicators in the reports of the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE) and the National Study of Sero-Epidemiology (ENE-COVID-19). Method: Peer review of indicators available in 72 RENAVE reports and 4 rounds of the ENE-COVID-19 study to calculate the percentage of those disaggregated by sex and their variation over time. Results: In March 2021, 52.4% of RENAVE indicators were disaggregated by sex. From July 2020, 54% of disaggregated indicators ceased to be published and 23% lost their disaggregation. In the ENE-COVID-19 study, the 1st round 88,23% of the indicators are disaggregated and the 4th round 94,74%. The 2nd and 3rd round do not disaggregated by sex. Conclusions: The RENAVE reports do not allow for a gender-sensitive analysis while the ENE-COVID-19 study provides the most information on social determinants. (AU)

Desigualdad de género y medicalización de la salud mental: factores socioculturales determinantes desde el análisis de percepciones expertas / Gender inequality and mental health medicalization: Sociocultural determining factors from the analysis of expert perceptions Departamento de Sociología y Trabajo Social

Objetivo: Identificar las raíces socioculturales que explican la mayor frecuencia de diagnósticos de depresión y/o ansiedad y de prescripción de psicofármacos en las mujeres, con el fin de proponer un marco explicativo preliminar para la investigación de las desigualdades de género en la salud mental y su medicalización. Diseño: Estudio cualitativo con un diseño descriptivo-interpretativo, a través de entrevistas en profundidad realizadas en enero y febrero de 2021. Emplazamiento Las entrevistas se realizaron en diversas ciudades del País Vasco, Barcelona y Madrid. Participantes y/o contexto: Se incluyeron 12 personas expertas en género y salud mental del ámbito clínico (Atención Primaria y Salud Mental), académico y asociativo. Método: Muestreo intencional, siguiendo la técnica de bola de nieve, hasta cubrir la diversidad de perfiles previamente identificados y la saturación del discurso. Se realizó un análisis de contenido temático partiendo de una perspectiva epistemológica crítica-realista. Resultados: Los factores principales identificados que pueden explicar las desigualdades de género en los diagnósticos de depresión o ansiedad y de prescripción de psicofármacos fueron 1) La subordinación material y simbólica de las mujeres, 2) el papel de las ciencias «psi» en la patologización de lo femenino, 3) los sesgos epistemológicos y androcéntricos de la biomedicina, y 4) la agencia activa de las mujeres en los procesos de medicalización. Conclusiones: La reducción de las desigualdades de género en los diagnósticos y la prescripción de psicofármacos requerirá de la intervención conjunta en los planos clínico, comunitario y estructural que, desde una perspectiva feminista, logren revertir la posición de vulnerabilidad socioeconómica, simbólica y epistémica de las mujeres.(AU)

To identify the sociocultural roots that explain the higher frequency of diagnoses of depression and/or anxiety and the prescription of psychotropic drugs in women, in order to propose a preliminary explanatory framework for the investigation of gender inequalities in mental health and its medicalization. Qualitative study with a descriptive–interpretive design, through in-depth interviews conducted in January and February 2021. Interviews were held in various cities of the Basque Country, Barcelona and Madrid. 12 experts in gender and mental health from the clinical (Primary Care and Mental Health), academic and associative fields. Intentional sampling, following the snowball technique, until covering the diversity of previously identified profiles and the saturation of the discourse. An analysis of thematic content was carried out starting from a critical-realistic epistemological perspective. The main dimensions to explain gender inequalities in diagnoses of depression or anxiety and prescription of psychoactive drugs were: 1) the material and symbolic subordination of women, 2) the role of «psi» sciences in the pathologization of the feminine identity, 3) the epistemological and androcentric biases of biomedicine, and 4) the active agency of women in medicalization processes. The reduction of gender inequalities in the diagnoses and prescription of psychotropic drugs will require joint intervention at the clinical, community and structural levels that, from a feminist perspective, manage to reverse the socioeconomic, symbolic and epistemic vulnerability of women.(AU)

[Gender inequality and mental health medicalization: Sociocultural determining factors from the analysis of expert perceptions]. / Desigualdad de género y medicalización de la salud mental: factores socioculturales determinantes desde el análisis de percepciones expertas.

To identify the sociocultural roots that explain the higher frequency of diagnoses of depression and/or anxiety and the prescription of psychotropic drugs in women, in order to propose a preliminary explanatory framework for the investigation of gender inequalities in mental health and its medicalization. Qualitative study with a descriptive-interpretive design, through in-depth interviews conducted in January and February 2021. Interviews were held in various cities of the Basque Country, Barcelona and Madrid. 12 experts in gender and mental health from the clinical (Primary Care and Mental Health), academic and associative fields. Intentional sampling, following the snowball technique, until covering the diversity of previously identified profiles and the saturation of the discourse. An analysis of thematic content was carried out starting from a critical-realistic epistemological perspective. The main dimensions to explain gender inequalities in diagnoses of depression or anxiety and prescription of psychoactive drugs were: 1) the material and symbolic subordination of women, 2) the role of «psi¼ sciences in the pathologization of the feminine identity, 3) the epistemological and androcentric biases of biomedicine, and 4) the active agency of women in medicalization processes. The reduction of gender inequalities in the diagnoses and prescription of psychotropic drugs will require joint intervention at the clinical, community and structural levels that, from a feminist perspective, manage to reverse the socioeconomic, symbolic and epistemic vulnerability of women.

Occupational health, frontline workers and COVID-19 lockdown: new gender-related inequalities?

INTRODUCTION: The abrupt onset of COVID-19, with its rapid spread, has had brutal consequences in all areas of society, including the workplace. In this paper, we report the working conditions, health, and tranquilisers and opioid analgesics use of workers during the first months of the ensuing pandemic, according to whether they were frontline workers or not and also according to sex. METHODS: Our analysis is based on cross-sectional survey data (collected during April and May 2020) from the wage-earning population in Spain (n=15 070). We estimate prevalences, adjusted prevalence differences and adjusted prevalence ratios by sex and according to whether the worker is a frontline worker or not. RESULTS: Employment and working conditions, exposure to psychosocial risks, as well as health status and the consumption of tranquilisers and opioid analgesics all showed sex and sectoral (frontline vs non-frontline) inequalities, which placed essential women workers in a particularly vulnerable position. Moreover, the consumption of tranquilisers and opioid analgesics increased during the pandemic and health worsened significantly among frontline women workers. CONCLUSIONS: The exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to revalue essential sectors and to dignify such employment and working conditions, especially among women. There is an urgent need to improve working conditions and reduce occupational risk, particularly among frontline workers. In addition, this study highlights the public health problem posed by tranquilisers and opioid analgesics consumption, especially among frontline women.

Invisibilidad de género en la gestión de la COVID-19: ¿quién toma las decisiones políticas durante la pandemia? / Gender invisibility in the COVID-19 management: who are the policy decision-makers during the pandemic?

Objetivo: Analizar la composición por sexo de los comités de personas expertas creados para la gestión y la toma de decisiones políticas durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en España. Método: Se realizó una revisión por pares para identificar los comités destinados a la gestión de la COVID-19 en las comunidades autónomas y de ámbito estatal. Se recopilaron el nombre, el número de integrantes, el sexo y las fuentes de información, y se calculó el porcentaje de mujeres. Resultados: En las comunidades autónomas se identificó la composición de 11 comités específicos, con una media de representación de las mujeres del 39,2%, siendo del 42,9% en todo el Estado. El 75% del conjunto de los comités representó a las mujeres por debajo del umbral de paridad. Conclusiones: Existe una significativa infrarrepresentación de las mujeres en los comités para la gestión de la COVID-19, lo que puede limitar la necesaria mirada feminista para la recuperación de la crisis. (AU)

Objective: To analyse the gender composition of the advisory boards created for the management and policy decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Method: A peer review was carried out to identify the advisory boards involved in the management of COVID-19 in the autonomous regions and in Spain. Name, number of members, sex and sources of information were collected, and the percentage of women was calculated. Results: At the regional level, the composition of eleven advisory boards was identified, with a mean representation of women of 39.2%; 42.9% at the national level. 75% of all boards represented women below the parity threshold. Conclusions: There is a significant under-representation of women in the advisory boards for the COVID-19 management, which may limit a necessary feminist perspective for the crisis recovery. (AU)

Hacia el buen gobierno por la salud: incorporación de la diversidad de percepciones en salud urbana / Towards good governance for health: incorporating the diversity of perceptions around urban health

Objetivo: Analizar las similitudes y diferencias discursivas en torno a la conceptualización de la salud y los activos y necesidades en salud percibidas en los barrios y la ciudad de Bilbao, en un proceso participativo. Método: Se realizaron talleres participativos con profesionales, vecinos/as y ciudadanía asociada. Se analizaron las diferencias de percepciones en torno a los tres bloques de contenido con base en el modelo de salud referido, así como los tipos -de carácter más individual o estructural- de necesidades y activos de salud identificados. Resultados: La conceptualización de la salud desde una mirada biopsicosocial fue más clara entre las/los profesionales, si bien ambos perfiles apuntaron a la importancia de sus determinantes sociales. La formulación de necesidades y activos en salud por parte de las/los vecinas/os se realizó desde el impacto en su vida cotidiana y desde una posición de usuarias/os con respecto a una Administración proveedora de servicios. Entre la ciudadanía asociada y las/los profesionales, se aludió en mayor medida a determinantes intermedios y estructurales, así como a cuestiones relacionadas con el ámbito de actuación de la Administración. Conclusiones: La inclusión de la multiplicidad y la diversidad de percepciones en la planificación son aspectos clave para el buen gobierno local por la salud. Para afrontar sus contradicciones es necesario un compromiso de los gobiernos por la incorporación efectiva de la participación ciudadana. (AU)

Objective: To analyse the similarities and differences in the discourse surrounding the conceptualisation of health and the perceived health assets and needs in the neighborhoods and city of Bilbao in a participatory process. Method: Participatory workshops were held with professionals, neighbors and associated citizens. The differences in perceptions of the three content blocks were analysed on the basis of the health model referred, as well as the typologies -of a more individual or structural nature- of identified health needs and assets. Results: The conceptualisation of health from a biopsychosocial perspective was clearer among professionals, although both profiles pointed to the importance of its social determinants. The formulation of needs and assets in health by the neighbors was made from the impact on their daily life and from a position of users with respect to a service provider administration. Among the associated citizens and professionals, intermediate and structural determinants were more frequently mentioned, as well as issues related to the administration's scope of action. Conclusions: The inclusion of the multiplicity and diversity of perceptions in planning is key to good local government for health. To address their contradictions, a commitment by governments to effectively incorporate citizen participation is needed. (AU)

[Monitoring COVID-19 in Spain: is a gender analysis possible?] / Monitorización de la COVID-19 en España: ¿es posible un análisis con perspectiva de género?

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the sex disaggregation and availability of gender indicators in the reports of the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE) and the National Study of Sero-Epidemiology (ENE-COVID-19). METHOD: Peer review of indicators available in 72 RENAVE reports and 4 rounds of the ENE-COVID-19 study to calculate the percentage of those disaggregated by sex and their variation over time. RESULTS: In March 2021, 52.4% of RENAVE indicators were disaggregated by sex. From July 2020, 54% of disaggregated indicators ceased to be published and 23% lost their disaggregation. In the ENE-COVID-19 study, the 1st round 88,23% of the indicators are disaggregated and the 4th round 94,74%. The 2nd and 3rd round do not disaggregated by sex. CONCLUSIONS: The RENAVE reports do not allow for a gender-sensitive analysis while the ENE-COVID-19 study provides the most information on social determinants.

[Towards good governance for health: incorporating the diversity of perceptions around urban health]. / Hacia el buen gobierno por la salud: incorporación de la diversidad de percepciones en salud urbana.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the similarities and differences in the discourse surrounding the conceptualisation of health and the perceived health assets and needs in the neighborhoods and city of Bilbao in a participatory process. METHOD: Participatory workshops were held with professionals, neighbors and associated citizens. The differences in perceptions of the three content blocks were analysed on the basis of the health model referred, as well as the typologies -of a more individual or structural nature- of identified health needs and assets. RESULTS: The conceptualisation of health from a biopsychosocial perspective was clearer among professionals, although both profiles pointed to the importance of its social determinants. The formulation of needs and assets in health by the neighbors was made from the impact on their daily life and from a position of users with respect to a service provider administration. Among the associated citizens and professionals, intermediate and structural determinants were more frequently mentioned, as well as issues related to the administration's scope of action. CONCLUSIONS: The inclusion of the multiplicity and diversity of perceptions in planning is key to good local government for health. To address their contradictions, a commitment by governments to effectively incorporate citizen participation is needed.

[Gender invisibility in the COVID-19 management: who are the policy decision-makers during the pandemic?] / Invisibilidad de género en la gestión de la COVID-19: ¿quién toma las decisiones políticas durante la pandemia?

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the gender composition of the advisory boards created for the management and policy decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. METHOD: A peer review was carried out to identify the advisory boards involved in the management of COVID-19 in the autonomous regions and in Spain. Name, number of members, sex and sources of information were collected, and the percentage of women was calculated. RESULTS: At the regional level, the composition of eleven advisory boards was identified, with a mean representation of women of 39.2%; 42.9% at the national level. 75% of all boards represented women below the parity threshold. CONCLUSIONS: There is a significant under-representation of women in the advisory boards for the COVID-19 management, which may limit a necessary feminist perspective for the crisis recovery.

[Sexual and reproductive health effects of mainstream pornography use in adolescents.] / Relación de la pornografía mainstream con la salud sexual y reproductiva de los/las adolescentes. Una revisión de alcance.

BACKGROUND: The viewing of mainstream pornography can in some situations be detrimental to the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. This consumption generates gender inequalities by distorting the image of women. The aim of this study was to review the existing literature on the effects of mainstream pornography use on sexual and reproductive health in adolescents and university students. METHODS: A scoping review was conducted to examine the existing literature on the sexual and reproductive health effects of mainstream pornography use in adolescents and college students. The purpose of this review is to explore the evidence on this topic by assessing a wide range of articles and study designs. The proposed scoping review has been conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology (JBI). RESULTS: We identified 14 studies showing that mainstream pornography consumption may have a short- and long-term impact on adolescent sexual health. Adolescent exposure to a sexualized media environment is associated with stronger beliefs that females are sexual objects. CONCLUSIONS: Pornography viewing influences adolescent sexual and reproductive health. The sexual misrepresentation of women caused by viewing mainstream pornographic material is a serious problem that can increase gender inequality. Mainstream pornography should be addressed in sexual education programs in schools, as well as in the different Public Health institutions.

OBJETIVO: La visualización de pornografía de tipo mainstream puede conllevar en algunas situaciones un perjuicio para la salud sexual y reproductiva de los/las adolescentes. Este consumo genera desigualdades de género al desvirtuar la imagen que se tiene sobre las mujeres. El objetivo de este estudio fue revisar la literatura existente acerca de los efectos que tiene el uso de pornografía mainstream, en la salud sexual y reproductiva en adolescentes y universitarios/as. METODOS: Se realizó una revisión de alcance para examinar la literatura existente acerca de los efectos en la salud sexual y reproductiva que tiene el uso de pornografía mainstream en adolescentes y universitarios/as. La revisión de alcance propuesta se llevó a cabo de acuerdo con la metodología del Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). RESULTADOS: Se identificaron 14 estudios donde se puso de manifiesto que el consumo de pornografía mainstream puede tener una repercusión a corto y largo plazo en la salud sexual de los/las adolescentes. La exposición de estos a un entorno de medios sexualizados estuvo asociada con creencias más fuertes de que las mujeres son objetos sexuales. CONCLUSIONES: La visualización de pornografía influye en la salud sexual y reproductiva de los/las adolescentes. La distorsión sexual sobre las mujeres que provoca la visualización de material pornográfico de tipo dominante constituye un serio problema que puede incrementar la desigualdad de género. La pornografía mainstream debe abordarse en los programas de educación sexual en los colegios, así como en los diferentes estamentos de Salud Pública.

Which are the intermediate determinants of gender inequalities in mental health?: A scoping review.

BACKGROUND: Gender segmentation in the labour market and women's greater burden of domestic work and caregiving increase their risk of developing mental health problems, especially in vulnerable social groups. AIMS: The objectives of this study were to identify and describe the role of working and labour conditions, domestic work and caregiving and social support in gender inequalities in mental health, as well as to assess whether studies have taken an intersectional approach, describing its role in gender inequalities in mental health. METHODS: We carried out a systematic review of scientific articles published between 2010 and 2019 in PubMed, Scopus, WoS and PsycInfo, in Spanish and English, conducted in the European Economic Area in populations aged between 25 and 65 years. Studies were excluded if they were qualitative, focused on sexual identity or factors based on biological differences, or considered use of medical services, medicalisation or suicide as the outcome variable. RESULTS: A total of 30 articles were included, of which only four concerned studies in which intersectional analysis had been performed. The mental health of men was seen to be more influenced by employment conditions and that of women by working conditions, the double presence and civil status. Further, depending on the size of the household (women) and unemployment (men), people in lower social classes had poorer mental health outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: The results may be useful for designing policies focused on reducing gender inequalities in mental health. Additionally, they show the need for taking an intersectional perspective.

[COVID-19 and gender: certainties and uncertainties in monitoring the pandemic.] / COVID-19 y género: certezas e incertidumbres en la monitori-zación de la pandemia.

OBJECTIVE: Highlighting gender inequalities during the pandemic and its relationship with other axes of social inequality will be decisive for its adequate monitoring. The aim of this study was to assess the differences between men and women in the main measures of infection and mortality by COVID-19, considering its temporal evolution, raising awareness about the weaknesses and contradictions between sources of information. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis based on the microdata on COVID cases notified by the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE), the Death Statistics of the National Statistical Institute (INE) and the estimates of excess mortality from the INE and the Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) microdata. Standardized rates, prevalences and and ratios by sex were calculated for each indicator. The percentage of excess mortality without COVID-19 diagnosis in each sex was calculated. Male/female ratios for symptoms and risk factors of COVID-19 were also calculated. RESULTS: The rate of infection by COVID-19 was higher in women in the three waves of the pandemic, reaching 65% of infections during April and May 2020. Complications were between 1.5 and 2.5 times higher in men, especially in ICU admissions, which were 2.5 times more frequent than in women. Although mortality rates and excess mortality were also higher in men (around 1.8 times), the percentage of excess mortality without COVID-19 diagnosis was higher in women (44% in men vs. 52% in women the first wave). With regard to the symptoms of COVID-19, fever, cough, and dyspnoea were more frequent in men (20%, 10% and 19% more, respectively) compared to sore throat, vomiting or diarrhea that were more prevalent in women (90%, 40% and 10% more, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The analysis disaggregated by sex has made it possible to identify differences between men and women in the diagnosis, presentation and severity of the COVID-19 that can help a better clinical and epidemiological approach to the disease. However, official sources present important gaps when presenting information disaggregated by sex. It is therefore necessary to advance in the inclusion of a gender perspective in the statistics on COVID-19, starting with a necessary but not sufficient condition such as the disaggregation by sex of the data.

OBJETIVO: Visibilizar las desigualdades de género durante la pandemia y su relación con otros ejes de desigualdad social resultará decisivo para su adecuada monitorización. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar las diferencias entre hombres y mujeres en las principales medidas de contagio, complicaciones y mortalidad por la COVID-19 teniendo en cuenta la evolución temporal de las mismas a lo largo de la pandemia en el estado español, visibilizando las aportaciones y carencias entre fuentes de información. METODOS: Análisis transversal en base a los casos COVID notificados por la Red Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica (RENAVE); las estimaciones de mortalidad del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) y las estimaciones de exceso de mortalidad del INE y los microdatos del Sistema de Monitorización de la Mortalidad diaria (MoMo). Se calcularon tasas, prevalencias y ratios por sexo de cada indicador. Se calculó el porcentaje de exceso de mortalidad sin diagnóstico COVID-19 en cada sexo. Se calcularon, así mismo, las ratios hombres/mujeres para los síntomas y factores de riesgo de la COVID-19 recogidos. RESULTADOS: La tasa de infección por la COVID-19 fue superior en mujeres en las tres olas de la pandemia, llegando a constituir un 65% de las infecciones durante abril y mayo de 2020. Las complicaciones por coronavirus fueron entre 1,5 y 2,5 veces mayores en hombres de manera constante especialmente en las admisiones en UCI que llegaron a ser 2,5 veces más frecuentes que en mujeres. Si bien las tasas de mortalidad y el exceso de mortalidad fueron también superiores en hombres (en torno a 1,8 veces), el porcentaje de exceso de mortalidad sin diagnóstico COVID-19 fue superior en mujeres (44% en hombres frente a 52% en mujeres en la primera ola). Con respecto a los síntomas de la COVID-19, la fiebre, la tos y la disnea fueron más frecuentes en hombres (un 20%, 10% y 19% más, respectivamente) frente al dolor de garganta, vómitos o diarrea que se presentó más en mujeres (90%, 40% y 10% más, respectivamente). CONCLUSIONES: El análisis desagregado por sexo ha permitido identificar diferencias entre hombres y mujeres en el diagnóstico, presentación y gravedad de la COVID-19 que ayudarán a un mejor abordaje clínico y epidemiológico de la enfermedad. Sin embargo, las fuentes oficiales presentan importantes lagunas a la hora de presentar la información desagregada por sexo. Es por ello necesario avanzar en la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en la estadística sobre el COVID-19, empezando por una condición necesaria, pero no suficiente, como la desagregación por sexo de los datos.

The impact of precarious jobs on mental health: a gender-sensitive literature review.

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to analyse the extent to which research and knowledge production on a key occupational health issue-the impact of precarious employment on health-incorporates, and is sensitive to, a gender perspective. METHODS: A systematic literature review was carried out to identify studies that analysed the relationship between precarious employment and mental health in the period January 2010-May 2018 through. A minimum of two independent reviewers assessed each article for quality and eligibility. A checklist was used to determine whether the articles included in the review incorporated a gender perspective. RESULTS: The search retrieved 1522 papers, of which 54 (corresponding to 53 studies) met the inclusion criteria. Of these 54 papers, 22 (40.7%) stratified the analyses by sex. Only 5.4% of the total of articles both stratified by sex and considered variables of household composition and marital status, while only 33.3% incorporated an intersectional perspective. None considered the distribution of domestic work and only a quarter (25.9%) approached the study and interpreted the results in terms of gender. CONCLUSION: Too few studies researching paid work and health include a gender perspective. This omission necessarily implies a biased interpretation of the reality of precarious employment and its impact on health.