RT Journal Article
T1 Urban regeneration policies and mental health in a context of economic crisis in Andalusia (Spain)
A1 Zapata Moya, Ángel R.
A1 Navarro, Clemente J.
K1 Urban renewal
K1 Housing policies
K1 Economic crisis
K1 Mental health
K1 Health inequality
AB Literature suggests that urban regeneration policies might contribute towards improving mental health of residents, but to date there is a lack of empirical research on how these policies and downward social mobility can interact and influence health outcomes. The current study aims to explicitly test whether regeneration policies implemented in deprived Andalusian urban places (southern Spain) moderate the use of anxiolytics and/or antidepressants, taking into consideration families’ downward social mobility during the recent period of economic crisis in Spain. We designed a post intervention survey to retrospectively compare the evolution of psychotropic drug consumption in target and comparison areas. We observe a general increase in the use of anxiolytics and/or antidepressants from 2008 to 2015, specifically for people in whose families the economic crisis had the greatest impact (odds ratio = 2.18; p value < 0.001). However, better evolution is observed among residents of the target areas compared with residents of similar urban areas where this kind of polices have been not in force (odds ratio = 0.50; p value < 0.05). Therefore, urban regeneration policies might act as moderators of the risk of mental health, particularly when people are subject to the loss of individual/family resources in urban vulnerable contexts.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25671
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/25671
LA en
NO Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 36(2), 393–405.
NO Departamento de Antropología Social, Psicología Básica y Salud Pública
NO THE URBAN GOVERNANCE LAB - CENTRO DE SOCIOLOGÍA Y POLÍTICAS LOCALES
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026