From unconditionality to disenchantment among primary healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study from Madrid, Spain.

Objectives: To explore the experience of primary healthcare (PHC) professionals in their professional role during the pandemic and to describe collective coping strategies.

Design: We conducted a qualitative study using interviews, focus groups and photovoice techniques from February to September 2021. The qualitative data were transcribed, aggregated and analysed, from a hermeneutic perspective, using applied thematic analysis and ethnographic approaches.

Using photovoice to generate policy recommendations to improve the alcohol urban environment: A participatory action research project.

The place where we live, work and play may influence our alcohol drinking behaviours. This study aimed to present local policy recommendations on urban determinants for alcohol consumption prevention in a low-income and a high-income area of Madrid (Spain) using a participatory action research method, with photovoice and nominal group techniques. Participants (n = 26) engaged in a photovoice project initiated a process of critical reflection by discussing and analysing their alcohol environment based on photographs they took themselves.

Understanding Urban Health Inequalities: Methods and Design of the Heart Health Hoods Qualitative Project.

Objective: Qualitative methods may help to understand features related to health urban inequalities as a way to include citizens' perceptions of their neighbourhoods in relation to their health-related behaviours. The aim of this article is to describe the methods and design of a qualitative urban health study.

Methods: The Heart Healthy Hoods (HHH) analyses cardiovascular health in an urban environment using mixed methods: electronic health records, quantitative individual questionnaires, physical examination, semi-structured Interviews (SSIs), focus groups (FGs) and participatory technics such as photovoice.