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This article provides a detailed analysis of the Spanish context in relation to the independent living of people with disabilities. It emphasises the importance of accessibility, deinstitutionalisation, and personal assistance as key factors. Four years after Spain’s review by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a thorough examination of the policies and laws implemented by the Spanish government is conducted from a human rights perspective. The article updates and delves into the debates on achieving independent and autonomous living for people with disabilities in Spain, offering a comprehensive view of the legal and political environment that facilitates this essential transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study we aim to determine the topics and languages of information materials for foreign patients in Spain that are currently available in open access as well as to compile good practices in this regard. In addition, we aim to develop a multilingual corpus of health information texts useful for translators and interpreters in public services. The results show a general inclusive trend and there are several examples of good practices regarding the variety of health topics approached and languages in which the translated materials are available online. They also show the important work done especially by associations and foundations. However, there are very few texts with information on how the Spanish health system works and especially on the patients' rights and obligations. Moreover, the inclusion of more topics would also be helpful. Furthermore, the level of representation of the different languages is still unequal within the same autonomous community and between the different autonomous communities. The same applies regarding the topics approached and the number of translated texts that should be available. Our article proposes a basic work plan, a list of materials to be translated in the Madrid region, and a corpus of texts that can be manipulated for thematic research and to generate terminological materials for translators and interpreters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The accessibility of library products and services for use and profitability by people with hearing impairment is related to a comprehensive set of standards, including ISO 26000, on Social Responsibility, and its association with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. In order to verify the relationship between these accessibility regulations and the practices carried out in Spanish public libraries, a quantitative study was carried out. For this purpose, a data collection instrument has been designed to identify the websites and the service charters of the libraries under study that were compliant with accessibility standards and offered specific products and services for this group, basing this information on that provided by the Directory of Spanish Libraries. The results of this research reveal shortcomings in terms of accessibility for this specific group in Spain and suggest a series of recommendations to be taken into account in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a world where the transformations that are taking place are increasingly rapid and difficult to predict -the recent global crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is a case in point-there are also problems of a structural nature that affect specific territorial areas. In Europe and especially in Spain, the basic principles aimed at achieving economic, social, and territorial cohesion are hampered by the impact of phenomena such as depopulation and progressive ageing, which are very much entrenched in the most rural areas. It is therefore necessary to implement analysis tools aimed at complementing the Demographic Challenge Strategy and optimizing its results. This work provides a methodological proposal that provides a classification of the municipalities of the province of Badajoz (Spain), based on the preparation of a map to identify the most vulnerable areas to depopulation and its associated problems, according to the most significant socio-economic deficiencies. Seventy-three variables have been compiled, grouped into five thematic blocks (accessibility, demography, economy, territory and tourism), a multivariate analysis has been carried out and, finally, a map is obtained where the municipalities are classified according to their positive or negative characteristics with respect to the original variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article discusses the living and housing conditions experienced by immigrants in Andalusia, Spain. The authors comment on various characteristics of immigrant housing in the region, including habitability, accessibility, structural stability, and suitability for special needs. They also consider the statistics gathered from a survey of over 1700 immigrant houses in Andalusia, which demonstrate a great deficiency in the aforementioned categories. Suggestions for residential improvements in the region are also provided.

Social studies on disability have increased in number and importance in Spain and other countries over the last few years. Nevertheless, the majority of the available sources and studies do not adequately represent this heterogeneous group, which currently makes up about 9 per cent of the Spanish population. The implementation of social measures requires representative sources and studies containing relevant information. The aim of this paper is to identify the main difficulties involved in designing and developing social research methods concerning persons with disabilities, and offer proposals and recommendations in order to advance towards a more inclusive social research using the concepts of accessibility and design for all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social studies on disability have increased in number and importance in Spain and other countries over the last few years. Nevertheless, the majority of the available sources and studies do not adequately represent this heterogeneous group, which currently makes up about 9 per cent of the Spanish population. The implementation of social measures requires representative sources and studies containing relevant information. The aim of this paper is to identify the main difficulties involved in designing and developing social research methods concerning persons with disabilities, and offer proposals and recommendations in order to advance towards a more inclusive social research using the concepts of accessibility and design for all. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this paper is to show the process map for introducing the Accessibility Management System in the Saragossa city council web service. This map is a requirement of the Spanish Association for Standards and Certification (Aenor) for the "N" certification of ICT Accessibility, which guarantees users that an internet page is accessible. All public sector organizations are required by law to achieve this norm and display the "N" mark of certification.To identify the processes and design the process map, an expert reviewed documents and interviewed managers and staff. The processes were classified into strategic, key and support categories and so identified on the process map, which indicates sequences and the relationships between inputs and tasks. The results section describes the main activities and analyzes their inter-relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers the development and use of electronic administration (e-administration) in Spanish universities. It examines the role of e-administration in the dissemination of information and for providing services in public administration. The authors analyze the accessibility of e-administrative services and the extent of their use in higher education institutions in Spain.

The aim of this research is to determine the degree in quality, stated in terms of interactivity and usability, of websites from Spanish franchises in the field of Optics & Optometrics. For this purpose, all the existing bibliography was checked and the concept of interactivity and usability in websites was also defined. Besides, a series of indicators to set up parameters which could measure the level of interactivity were established. The objective public for the franchise firm was outlined and hence the analysis of websites of firms from the Optic & Optometrist sector carried out. The techniques of analysis used were those which limit observation to a single moment in time with the aim of describing the present situation. The objective was to determine whether the websites are being designed, and therefore used, as corporate catalogues or else, they favour the participation of possible users (customers, current franchisers and potential franchise-holders) thus establishing a feed-back process by means of which the addressees play an active role. As a final conclusion, the hypothesis of the research is corroborated and it can be stated that websites of franchises from the sector Optics & Optometrics are not designed offering a high degree in interactivity and accesibility in communication through Internet with their different objective publics. The possible advantages of the Internet are wasted by a low level of interaction. Our research team is in favour of a higher interactivity level which corresponds to that in which a marketing and communication strategy of the franchise may offer added value of the brand and could let the contributions of customers, franchisers and potential franchise holders be taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the main findings of a study of library services for people with disabilities at university libraries in the Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. The findings describe the perceptions of disabled library users regarding the library materials and services available to them. The study indicates that, while services are available to users with disabilities, these services are uneven and uncoordinated across universities.

The article examines compliance, by Spanish universities, with network accessibility standards in 2006. It explains that, while more Spanish universities were in compliance with the standards in 2006 than in 2001, fewer were compliant with specific regard to their automatically generated curriculum pages. The article notes that, relative to the rest of the world, Spanish university networks showed low levels of accessibility.

A bibliographical review of the literature on PhD thesis in Spain is presented. Their uses and applications, assessment, dissemination, access and reading are evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Recently an exhaustive study on the situation of students with disability of the University of Oviedo has been carried out. In this paper a summary of the complete report is offered, with information about the procedure, the main results, as well as the conclusions and suggestions obtained after a detailed analysis of the interview applied to the students with disability registered in the University of Asturias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To assess the accessibility level of Internet appointment scheduling in primary care and the fulfilment of the requirements of Spanish legislation., Method: Descriptive study of the accessibility of 18 web sites corresponding to the autonomic health services responsible for Internet appointment scheduling for primary health care services. The level of web accessibility was evaluated by means of five automated tools., Results: Only six websites self-declared to be in compliance with level AA of WCAG 2.0. The level of web accessibility according to the legal requirements in Spain is low. The evaluation tools identified the main errors to be corrected., Conclusions: Most of the autonomic health services responsible for Internet appointment scheduling in primary care need to improve their level of web accessibility and ensure that it complies with Spanish legislation., (Copyright © 2017 SESPAS. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

Introduction: Most elderly people or those with disabilities wish to stay in their own home rather than any other residential option, even when long-term care is required. The functional adaptation of homes is one of the key factors in doing this with safety and quality of life. This paper investigates whether people with disabilities (arising mainly from their advanced age) develop adaptive behaviours aimed at compensating for their functional loss through improvements in their home and environment, as well as knowing the covariables that explain it., Material and Methods: It starts from the so-called Lewin equation, which relates individual behaviours to personal and environmental characteristics. In this case the adaptive behaviour would be the economic expenditure on the home for its adaptation or improvement. The microdata of the Spanish EDAD 2008 survey are used, to which a bivariate logit model is applied to estimate the relationship between this adaptive expenditure and different explanatory covariates., Results: The results show that the Lewin model is fulfilled. The resulting coefficients and odds ratios show that the functional, economic, and environmental characteristics are what determine, above others of a personal or socioeconomic type, the adaptive expenditure., Conclusions: Housing adaptation is a voluntary adjustment behaviour justified by the functional conditions of the person and those of the housing and building environment. Given the importance of promoting better conditions for «ageing at home», there is a need to stimulate private expenditure on adaptation as a complementary formula to the necessary increase in existing public subsidy programs., (Copyright © 2018 SEGG. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)

The Department of Health of the Generalitat in Catalonia periodically draws up the Health Plan, which is the strategic document that brings together the reference framework for initiatives concerning public health in terms of the Catalan health administration. The 2011-2015 version of the Health Plan incorporates key care and system governance-related elements, which, in conjunction with health goals, make up the complete picture of what the health system in Catalonia should look like until 2015. The Plan was drawn up at a time when the environmental conditions were extremely particular, given the major economic crisis that began in 2007. This has meant that the system has been forced to address public health problems using a significant reduction in the economic resources available, while aiming to maintain the level of care provided, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and preserve the sustainability of the system whose defining traits are its universality, equity and the wide range of services on offer. The Health Plan focuses on three areas of action, 9 major courses of action and 32 strategic projects designed to respond to new social needs: addressing the most common health issues, comprehensive care for chronic patients and organizational modernization., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)