Health impacts of direct displacement in a context of housing crisis and transnational gentrification: findings from Porto, Portugal.

Direct displacement of low-income, long-time residents has long been considered a key feature of gentrification. It has also been linked to adverse health impacts. Like elsewhere, Portugal is facing a "housing crisis".

Housing Insecurity and Older Adults' Health and Well-Being in a Gentrifying City: Results from the EPIPorto Cohort Study.

Using 2022 data from 600 adults (≥ 60 years) in Porto, Portugal, we explored the association between housing insecurity and various health outcomes. We examined housing conditions, affordability, and stability in relation to loneliness, quality of life, cognitive function, perception of healthy ageing, and sleep using regression models. Older adults without house heating (β = 2.

A double-edged sword: Residents' views on the health consequences of gentrification in Porto, Portugal.

Gentrification is currently shaping the urban environment in important ways. It also contributes to shaping the health of the inhabitants of gentrifying cities, although it is still unclear how. Gentrification processes are often linked to different drivers and have specific local translations, further complicating the study of the relationship between gentrification and health.

Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Processes and Dynamics and Healthy Ageing: A Scoping Review.

Elderly citizens are concentrated in urban areas and are particularly affected by the immediate residential environment. Cities are unequal and segregated places, where there is an intensification of urban change processes such as gentrification and displacement. We aimed to understand how neighbourhood socioeconomic processes and dynamics influence older people's health.

Mapping Geographical Patterns and High Rate Areas for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Portugal: A Retrospective Study Based on the National Epidemiological Surveillance System.

Objective: Monitoring disease variation using finer scales to identify high-rate communities is a critical aspect for precision public health and for efficient resource allocation. This study aimed to map the spatial patterns of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis; identify high-rate areas across Portuguese municipalities; and determine the association of these sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with socioeconomic deprivation, urbanicity level, and population density.

Methods: The STI notifications at municipality level for the period 2015 to 2017 were obtained from Portugal's Epidemiologic Surveillance System (Sistema Nacional de Vigilância Epidemiológica).