Ana Escoval

Biographic Data

ID3046151
NAMEAna Escoval
GIVEN NAMESAna
FAMILY NAMEEscoval
SIGNATUREESCOVAL A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
ORCID0000-0002-0269-4742
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Health literacy of the higher education community in a European country

    Open AccessPedro Lopes Ferreira, Carminda Morais et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study highlights a meaningful portion of students with inadequate health literacy (45%). Socioeconomic factors, including education and economic resources, significantly influence health literacy. Additionally, involvement in health-related fields and better self-assessed health correlate with higher health literacy. These findings underscore the need for targeted interventions and training to enhance health literacy across the academic commu…

  • Portuguese Version of the HLS-EU-Q6 and HLS-EU-Q16 Questionnaire

    Open AccessAna Rita Pedro, Beatriz Raposo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Health literacy refers to the competencies of individuals and the general population to navigate all the areas of health care, making health decisions. Health professionals need a set of skills and information to adapt to people's health literacy. To succeed, it is crucial to determine the health literacy level of a population, in this case, the Portuguese. This study aims to measure the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of HLS-EU…

  • Do sociodemographic factors influence the levels of health and oral literacy? A cross-sectional study

    Open AccessFrancisco Manuel Veigas Veladas, Giancarlo De la Torre Canales et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    HL and OHL levels are associated and could be influenced by sociodemographic factors

  • Self-perception of oral health in older adults from an urban population in Lisbon, Portugal

    Open AccessCatarina L Carvalho, Catarina Carvalho et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2016References: 16

    OBJECTIVE To analyze if the self-perception of oral health in the urban context is associated with sociodemographic factors that interfere in the life quality of oral health. METHODS Cross-sectional study with convenience sample of older individuals (65 years old or more) enrolled in the Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Lisboa Norte (ACES Lisboa Norte – Health Centers Groupings North Lisbon). The self-perception of oral health and associated li…

  • Contratualização na Atenção Primária à Saúde

    Open AccessVictor Cruz E Silva, Vanessa Costa E Silva et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2014

    A contratualização desenvolvida na Estratégia Saúde da Família é um tema ainda pouco estudado. É introduzida no Brasil em diferentes modelos, de acordo com o ente federativo contratante e o estatuto jurídico do prestador de serviços contratado; e em Portugal, a partir de modelo único de contratualização público-público com as Unidades de Saúde Familiar. Apresenta-se neste artigo o panorama atual da contratualização nos dois países, por meio de es…