Barbara Sena
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Sena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Sena |
| SIGNATURE | SENA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Unitelma Sapienza University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8894-5169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Geospatial clustering reveals dengue hotspots across Brazilian municipalities, 2024
Introduction: Dengue virus (DENV) remains a major and recurrent public health challenge in Brazil. In 2024, the country experienced its largest recorded epidemic, with more than six million probable cases and substantial pressure on hospital systems. The epidemic's highly heterogeneous burden highlights the need for municipal-scale geospatial analyses to identify actionable hotspots for targeted interventions. Methods: We conducted a nationwide c…
Spirituality and palliative care
In recent years, healthcare organizations and scholars, particularly in Western societies, have increasingly recognized the importance of the spiritual dimension in patient care. However, this aspect still needs to be fully integrated into everyday practices. Palliative care has begun to emphasize spirituality, addressing patients' psychological and existential needs through a holistic approach beyond the traditional biomedical paradigm. This con…
Sex-specific public health data
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differential impact of arboviral infections, specifically dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus, on women in Brazil, with a focus on sex- and agedisaggregated analyses. METHODS: A comprehensive epidemiological and geospatial data analysis was conducted utilizing data from Brazil’s national health data system, including the disease notification system (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação) and mortal…
Cross-cultural adaptation of four instruments to measure stigma towards people with mental illness and substance use problems among primary care professionals in Chile
Stigma toward people with mental illness and substance use problems is a significant global concern, and prevents people with these conditions from accessing treatment, particularly in primary health care (PHC) settings. Stigma is a cultural phenomenon that is influenced by particular contexts and can differ by country and region. The majority of stigma research focuses on Europe or North America leading to a lack of culturally relevant stigma re…
Questioning and Disputing Vaccination Policies. Scientists and Experts in the Italian Public Debate
Most literature about vaccine hesitancy has been focused on parental attitudes. Less attention has been devoted to both scientists and experts (general practitioners, pediatricians, health care professionals and science journalists) who raise criticism about immunization policies and intervene in the public debate. This consideration aims to balance the current emphasis in the literature on parents’ attitudes about vaccination, offering a complem…
Managing the end of life in Covid patients. The role of palliative care in emergency departments during the pandemic
Managing COVID-19 patients has been an extremely difficult and dramatic task, especially for emergency departments during the strongest waves of the pandemic in Italy. Medical staff and health professionals were redeployed from their work setting to COVID units; many were overwhelmed by the deaths of so many patients in a very short time. This work aimed to explore palliative care health professionals' and physicians' perceptions of end-of-life c…
La tecnica Delphi
Delphi is a technique born in the Fifties of the last century that takes advantage of the group to collect opinions and build a consensual representation. Starting from a research experience in the socio-health field on the issue of interprofessional care, the paper aims to propose a methodological evaluation of the technique, highlighting its limits and potential for social research
Associations Between Public Housing Residency and Health Behaviors in a Cross-Sectional Sample of Boston Adults
This study aims to provide improved estimates of the association between public housing development (PHD) residency and health behavior outcomes, accounting for sources of confounding frequently overlooked in prior research. We combined novel data from two health surveys fielded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2015–2016. We fit a propensity score model of PHD residency to generate inverse probability of treatment weights, which work to synthesize as…
Dias potenciais de gravidez perdidos
No Brasil, o excesso de intervenções que antecipam o parto, como cesarianas e induções, tem resultado no encurtamento da gestação, com consequências negativas nos desfechos maternoinfantis. Neste comentário apresentamos uma medida inovadora da idade gestacional que estamos desenvolvendo: a variável contínua “dias potenciais de gravidez perdidos”. Utilizando dados do Sistema de Informações de Nascidos Vivos, contamos, quando possível, os dias falt…
Professionalization without Autonomy
The nursing professionalization is still a work in progress, especially because forms of medical dominance and conflicts with other health professions often undermine its professional autonomy. This article contributes to the understanding of the relationship between professionalization and autonomy building in the health professions by presenting the case of Italian nursing, where medical dominance, supported by the legal system, is the main fac…
L'approccio del case study nella ricerca socio-economica
The paper aims to clarify the concept and use of the case study method in social sciences. Even if this term has been long-used in literature, it has always had an ambiguous meaning and this has probably prevented a defined and universally accepted methodology connotation. In Italy this approach has not yet been examined in detail in the field of social research, especially in comparison to the Anglo-Saxon context. This essay aims therefore to fi…
The sociological link between risk and responsibility
The Charismatic Principle in Social Life
Sustainable development, which is as necessary for everyone as much as it is not yet shared by all since it calls issues of profits and advantage into question, needs courageous, creative, competent and enthusiastic people. People who add vigour to a theory where value does not always correspond just to stock market capitalization, but looks towards the intrinsic value which lies behind every act that man and organisations within which he operate…
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The Charismatic Principle in Social Life
Sustainable development, which is as necessary for everyone as much as it is not yet shared by all since it calls issues of profits and advantage into question, needs courageous, creative, competent and enthusiastic people. People who add vigour to a theory where value does not always correspond just to stock market capitalization, but looks towards the intrinsic value which lies behind every act that man and organisations within which he operate…
The sociological link between risk and responsibility
L'approccio del case study nella ricerca socio-economica
The paper aims to clarify the concept and use of the case study method in social sciences. Even if this term has been long-used in literature, it has always had an ambiguous meaning and this has probably prevented a defined and universally accepted methodology connotation. In Italy this approach has not yet been examined in detail in the field of social research, especially in comparison to the Anglo-Saxon context. This essay aims therefore to fi…
Professionalization without Autonomy
The nursing professionalization is still a work in progress, especially because forms of medical dominance and conflicts with other health professions often undermine its professional autonomy. This article contributes to the understanding of the relationship between professionalization and autonomy building in the health professions by presenting the case of Italian nursing, where medical dominance, supported by the legal system, is the main fac…
Associations Between Public Housing Residency and Health Behaviors in a Cross-Sectional Sample of Boston Adults
This study aims to provide improved estimates of the association between public housing development (PHD) residency and health behavior outcomes, accounting for sources of confounding frequently overlooked in prior research. We combined novel data from two health surveys fielded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2015–2016. We fit a propensity score model of PHD residency to generate inverse probability of treatment weights, which work to synthesize as…
Dias potenciais de gravidez perdidos
No Brasil, o excesso de intervenções que antecipam o parto, como cesarianas e induções, tem resultado no encurtamento da gestação, com consequências negativas nos desfechos maternoinfantis. Neste comentário apresentamos uma medida inovadora da idade gestacional que estamos desenvolvendo: a variável contínua “dias potenciais de gravidez perdidos”. Utilizando dados do Sistema de Informações de Nascidos Vivos, contamos, quando possível, os dias falt…
Questioning and Disputing Vaccination Policies. Scientists and Experts in the Italian Public Debate
Most literature about vaccine hesitancy has been focused on parental attitudes. Less attention has been devoted to both scientists and experts (general practitioners, pediatricians, health care professionals and science journalists) who raise criticism about immunization policies and intervene in the public debate. This consideration aims to balance the current emphasis in the literature on parents’ attitudes about vaccination, offering a complem…
Managing the end of life in Covid patients. The role of palliative care in emergency departments during the pandemic
Managing COVID-19 patients has been an extremely difficult and dramatic task, especially for emergency departments during the strongest waves of the pandemic in Italy. Medical staff and health professionals were redeployed from their work setting to COVID units; many were overwhelmed by the deaths of so many patients in a very short time. This work aimed to explore palliative care health professionals' and physicians' perceptions of end-of-life c…
La tecnica Delphi
Delphi is a technique born in the Fifties of the last century that takes advantage of the group to collect opinions and build a consensual representation. Starting from a research experience in the socio-health field on the issue of interprofessional care, the paper aims to propose a methodological evaluation of the technique, highlighting its limits and potential for social research
Cross-cultural adaptation of four instruments to measure stigma towards people with mental illness and substance use problems among primary care professionals in Chile
Stigma toward people with mental illness and substance use problems is a significant global concern, and prevents people with these conditions from accessing treatment, particularly in primary health care (PHC) settings. Stigma is a cultural phenomenon that is influenced by particular contexts and can differ by country and region. The majority of stigma research focuses on Europe or North America leading to a lack of culturally relevant stigma re…
Geospatial clustering reveals dengue hotspots across Brazilian municipalities, 2024
Introduction: Dengue virus (DENV) remains a major and recurrent public health challenge in Brazil. In 2024, the country experienced its largest recorded epidemic, with more than six million probable cases and substantial pressure on hospital systems. The epidemic's highly heterogeneous burden highlights the need for municipal-scale geospatial analyses to identify actionable hotspots for targeted interventions. Methods: We conducted a nationwide c…
Spirituality and palliative care
In recent years, healthcare organizations and scholars, particularly in Western societies, have increasingly recognized the importance of the spiritual dimension in patient care. However, this aspect still needs to be fully integrated into everyday practices. Palliative care has begun to emphasize spirituality, addressing patients' psychological and existential needs through a holistic approach beyond the traditional biomedical paradigm. This con…
Sex-specific public health data
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differential impact of arboviral infections, specifically dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus, on women in Brazil, with a focus on sex- and agedisaggregated analyses. METHODS: A comprehensive epidemiological and geospatial data analysis was conducted utilizing data from Brazil’s national health data system, including the disease notification system (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação) and mortal…
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