Health needs in the neighborhood of Montserrat, Terrassa

La Institució de les lletres Catalanes
Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB)
Casals Joves de Catalunya
Ajuntament d’Olesa de Montserrat
Ajuntament de Castellbell i el Vilar
Ajuntament de Torrelles de Llobregat
Santa Mònica
Spanish Society of Documentation and Scientific Information (SEDIC)
Montornès del Vallès municipality
Ivàlua – Institut Català d’Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques

Challenge

The neighborhood of Montserrat, in Terrassa, presents a complex reality that presents many opportunities for analysis and intervention within the framework of the determinants of health.

Answer

This research was developed with the objective of knowing the social determinants of health and health assets in the neighborhood of Montserrat de Terrassa. In this sense, the research was formulated with the aim of detecting opportunities for intersectoral work among the different areas of municipal work related to health (City Council, social services and health resources), as well as to define intersectoral work actions for improvement of health conditions in the Montserrat neighborhood.