Challenge
Torrelles de Llobregat Town Council wants to know the health needs and assets of the municipality in order to draw up a Local Health Plan that will allow the development of improvement actions that will make Torrelles a healthier environment.
Given that the state of health depends on multiple factors that go beyond biological ones, such as economic, social, cultural, environmental or political factors, it is essential to pay attention to the circumstances in which the people of the municipality live, as these condition their health. For this reason, it is useful to work from the perspective of the social determinants of health.
In order to design this type of intervention, it is essential to carefully define the needs of the population, taking into account the diversity of the people living in the municipality.
Response
In order to respond to this challenge, the Health Profile has been drawn up, a diagnostic document that aims to identify the needs and assets of the environment and the factors affecting health in order to identify the main challenges facing the municipality in terms of health.
This document has been prepared by collecting primary and secondary data from a combination of different qualitative and quantitative methodologies (documentary analysis, interviews and focus groups and health surveys). The use and integration of these methodologies makes it possible to obtain and generate exhaustive knowledge about the different issues related to health and its social determinants in the municipality. The Health Profile collects and analyses the following topics and issues:
– General socio-demographic data: Characteristics of the population, Movement of the population, Population in a situation of dependency.
– Physical context: Natural environment and public spaces, Mobility, Housing, Environmental variables and health protection.
– Social and economic context: Economic and labour sphere, Education, Social and community participation, Gender violence.
– Habits and lifestyles: Physical activity, Substance use, Habits of violence against women, Health habits.
– Health status: Perception of health status, Body mass index, Emotional well-being and mental health, Sexual and reproductive health, Traffic accidents, Mortality, Health services: the Primary Health Care Centre
