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Títol: Analisi del treball en salut comunitària realitzat a la Unitat de Salut Internacional Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron

Estudiant que ha llegit aquest projecte:

Tutor/a o Cotutor/a: LOPEZ CODINA, DANIEL

Departament: FIS

Títol: Analisi del treball en salut comunitària realitzat a la Unitat de Salut Internacional Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron

Data inici oferta: 24-01-2024      Data finalització oferta: 24-09-2024

Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIS BIOLÒG 23

Lloc de realització:
EEABB

Segon tutor/a (UPC): PERRAMON MALAVEZ, AIDA

Paraules clau:
Unitat de Salut Internacional Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron,Creixement de la població migrant, Malaltia de Chagas,Hepatitis C, Reptes sanitaris, Infradiagnòstic,

Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
L'objectiu del treball és mostrar el valor i l'interès del treball en salut comunitària a Catalunya.
Es realitzarà un treball per conèixer les actuacions de salut comunitària sobre el terrenys. Es documentaran les actuacions per facilitar la seva difusió.
Es farà una anàlisi de dades d'aquestes actuacions. Es farà un estudi econòmic i social dels seus efectes. S'avaluarà, en ordre de magnitud, quines millores a llarg termini es produeixen.
S'analitzarà també a quines poblacions no arriben les actuacions i perquè no hi arriben. Es plantejarà possibles actuacions per minvar aquesta població.

Overview (resum en anglès): In recent years, there has been significant growth in the migrant population in Barcelona and Catalonia. Depending on their country of origin, immigrants face specific challenges from a healthcare perspective. The Catalan public healthcare system needs to understand what these challenges are and assess how to address them.

To explore how this situation is being addressed in the city of Barcelona and Catalonia, a study was conducted in collaboration with the Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron International Health Unit.

This unit, aware of the issues affecting immigrant communities, provides comprehensive and specialized care, conducts screenings, and carries out public health actions aimed at detecting and treating diseases such as Chagas disease and hepatitis C, especially among the Bolivian, Pakistani, and Chinese communities, which are at high risk for these pathologies.

The study analyzes the disease prevalence data provided by the unit and compares it with official data from the countries of origin to evaluate whether the screenings conducted in Barcelona and Catalonia reached all migrant individuals, and whether the healthcare actions were truly effective. It was observed that some communities were more covered than others, but in general, there was an underdiagnosis of diseases in the three studied communities, suggesting that current campaigns are insufficient to identify all possible cases. Therefore, it was proposed to increase or adjust the campaigns to reach more people for diagnosis.

Additionally, we did a statistical analysis of the individual data collected to determine whether socio-economic and cultural factors influenced the vulnerability of these communities to the diseases and their worsening. It was demonstrated that the vulnerability of these communities, combined with barriers such as the reason for immigration, lack of education, and limited access to healthcare services, negatively contributes to the incidence of these diseases.

Finally, this work has been a good way to apply engineering and the knowledge acquired throughout the degree to the field of medicine. It demonstrates how technical knowledge can be used to improve understanding and solve specific problems in the healthcare field.



The study analyzes the disease prevalence data provided by the unit and compares it with official data from the countries of origin to evaluate whether the screenings conducted in Barcelona and Catalonia reached all migrant individuals, and whether the healthcare actions were truly effective. It was observed that some communities were more covered than others, but in general, there was an underdiagnosis of diseases in the three studied communities, suggesting that current campaigns are insufficient to identify all possible cases. Therefore, it was proposed to increase or adjust the campaigns to reach more people for diagnosis.

Additionally, we did a statistical analysis of the individual data collected to determine whether socio-economic and cultural factors influenced the vulnerability of these communities to the diseases and their worsening. It was demonstrated that the vulnerability of these communities, combined with barriers such as the reason for immigration, lack of education, and limited access to healthcare services, negatively contributes to the incidence of these diseases.

Finally, this work has been a good way to apply engineering and the knowledge acquired throughout the degree to the field of medicine. It demonstrates how technical knowledge can be used to improve understanding and solve specific problems in the healthcare field.

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