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Table 4 Deficits of the neighbourhood related to health promotion behaviours as identified by the three groups of participants

From: Health-care users, key community informants and primary health care workers’ views on health, health promotion, health assets and deficits: qualitative study in seven Spanish regions

NEIGHBOURHOOD DEFICITS

Key community informants

Primary Health Care workers

Health-care users

Resources of individuals

  

elderly

individualism

immigration

cultural differences

marginal population groups

elderly

take care of grandchildren

immigration

own beliefs

bad habits

population prone to litigation

floating population

elderly

individualism

it’s a village

Associations

  

Poor neighbourhood network; Poor social cohesion

  

Physical space

Natural resources

 

cold climate

 

dampness

lack of sunshine

Infrastructures

urbanism

very high buildings

lack of green space

industrial estate

lack of parks

structural barriers

empty houses

empty building sites

very high buildings

old neighbourhood

housing

dampness

poor quality

very old

poorly adapted

in bad condition

no elevator

 

Transport and mobility

 

too many cars-gases

too many cars

too many cars/traffic/traffic jams

Environmental characteristics

 

massification

dirt

neglected area

foul smells factory

car pollution

dirt

animals

car pollution

massification

noise (train, rubbish, dogs, children, neighbours,etc)

pollution (air, water..), cars

dirt/dog’s excrement

Cultural activities

  

lack of activities for children

no options to occupy free time

activities that require payment

  

Organizations’ resources

  

HC/professionals

lack coordination HC-org

bureaucracy

lack of awareness resources

HC/professionals

lack coordination HC-org

worse health resources

lack of awareness resources

few places for activities

corruption

town police

few police personnel

Socioeconomic aspects

Financial resources

 

↑ bars-normalisation of alcohol

junk food

↑ bars-normalisation of alcohol

↑ bars-normalisation of alcohol

it’s expensive

Socioeconomic factors

 

unemployment

socioeconomic problems

financial level and crisis

low cultural level

drugs

long working hours

ICT-only young people

unemployment

socioeconomic problems

financial level

low cultural level

drugs

social exclusion

isolation/limitations

unemployment

  1. HC: Health Care; HC-org: health centre with other organisms; ICT: information and communication technology
  2. ↑ bars-normalisation of alcohol: lots of bars