Geographical inequalities in energy poverty in a Mediterranean city: Using small-area Bayesian spatial models
Por:
Mari-Dell'Olmo, M, Oliveras, L, Vergara-Hernandez, C, Artazcoz, L, Borrell, C, Gotsens, M, Palencia, L, Lopez, MJ, Martinez-Beneito, MA
Publicada:
1 nov 2022
Resumen:
Energy poverty (EP) is becoming an increasingly important problem in the urban contexts of southern Europe. In Barcelona, EP indicators are higher than those of the European Union and are strongly associated with poor health status and high use of health services and medication, becoming a major public health problem. EP is unevenly distributed in the population of Barcelona, according to axes of social stratification. However, its geographic distribution at the small-area level remains unknown because it cannot be directly estimated with the available information sources and commonly used methods. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze geographical inequalities in EP in Barcelona by estimating reliable small-area EP indicators and a composite indicator (index). We used a novel method that allowed us to obtain 6 EP indicators for the 73 Barcelona neighborhoods and an EP index from a principal component analysis of these indicators. We found major geographical inequalities in the distribution of EP in Barcelona. Many neighborhoods had significantly higher EP than the city average, and these areas made up 3 well-defined spatial clusters. Therefore, the estimated small-area indicators and index allowed identification of the most affected neighborhoods. These results indicate the need to prioritize these areas for local interventions to alleviate EP, and could also be used for policy making. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc- nd/4.0/).
Filiaciones:
Mari-Dell'Olmo, M:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Ave Monforte Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain
Oliveras, L:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Expt & Hlth Sci, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain
Vergara-Hernandez, C:
FISABIO, Vaccine Res Unit, Ave Cataluna 21, Valencia 46020, Spain
Artazcoz, L:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Ave Monforte Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain
Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Expt & Hlth Sci, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain
Borrell, C:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Ave Monforte Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain
Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Expt & Hlth Sci, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain
Gotsens, M:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
Palencia, L:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Ave Monforte Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain
Lopez, MJ:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Pl Lesseps 1, Barcelona 08023, Catalonia, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Sant Pau IIB Sant Pau, St Quinti 77, Barcelona 08041, Catalonia, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Ave Monforte Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029, Spain
Univ Pompeu Fabra, Dept Expt & Hlth Sci, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain
Martinez-Beneito, MA:
Dept Estadist Invest Operat, Doctor Moliner 50, Burjassot 46100, Valencia, Spain
UV FISABIO, Unitat Mixta Recerca Metodes Estadist Dades Bi, Doctor Moliner 50, Burjassot 46100, Valencia, Spain
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