Browsing Artículos by Author "Borrell, Luisa N."
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Spain: a Comparison of Native and Immigrant Populations
Rodríguez Alvarez, María Elena ; Lamborena Elorduy, Nerea ; Borrell, Luisa N. (Public Library Science, 2020-11-30)Cardiovascular disease (CDV) risk factors are highly prevalent among adults with low social class in Spain. However, little is known on how these factors are distributed in the immigrant population, a socio-economic ... -
Immigrant Status and Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries in Children: Bilbao, Spain
Rodríguez Alvarez, María Elena ; Borrell, Luisa N.; Marañon, Elena; Lanborena, Nerea (MDPI, 2022-04-08)This study examined the migratory status/ethnic inequities in dental caries in school children aged 4–9 years (n = 1388) and the impact of the Children’s Oral Health Program in the Municipality of Bilbao in the Basque ... -
Obesity Inequalities According to Place of Birth: The Role of Education
This study examined obesity inequalities according to place of birth and educational attainment in men and in women in Spain. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Spanish National Health Survey 2011-2012 ... -
Perceived discrimination and self-rated health in the immigrant population of the Basque Country, Spain
Rodríguez Alvarez, María Elena ; González Rábago, Yolanda; Borrell, Luisa N.; Lamborena Elorduy, Nerea (Elsevier, 2017-09)Objective: To examine the effect of perceived discrimination and self-rated health among the immigrant population in the Basque Country, Spain, and determine whether this effect varies according to region of origin, age, ... -
Racial/ethnic inequities in the associations of allostatic load with all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality risk in U.S. adults
Non-Hispanic blacks have higher mortality rates than non-Hispanic whites whereas Hispanics have similar or lower mortality rates than non-Hispanic blacks and whites despite Hispanics' lower education and access to health ... -
The role of birthplace and educational attainment on induced abortion inequalities
González Rábago, Yolanda; Rodríguez Alvarez, María Elena ; Borrell, Luisa N.; Martín Roncero, Unai (Biomed Central, 2017-01-13)Background: Induced abortion (IA) has shown social inequality related to birthplace and education with higher rates of IAs in immigrant and in less educated women relative to their native and highly educated counterparts. ...