Erika Da Silva Maciel

Biographic Data

ID1652625
NAMEErika Da Silva Maciel
GIVEN NAMESErika Da Silva
FAMILY NAMEMaciel
SIGNATUREMACIEL E S
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Tocantins
ORCID0000-0002-9836-7665
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Effects of health education on family planning for Quilombola adolescents

    Maristelha Rodrigues Silva, Christine Ranier Gusman et al.ARTICLEHealth Education2026

    Purpose This study aims to evaluate whether an educational intervention on family planning for adolescents increases the knowledge level of the Quilombola community. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-experimental study. Pre- and post-intervention observations were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire to assess knowledge of family planning among Quilombola adolescents. Findings Five adolescents participated in the study, with a mean a…

  • Functional health literacy for maintaining active aging and self-care

    Krycia Renata da Rocha Conceição, André Pontes‐Silva et al.ARTICLEHealth Education2026

    Purpose To develop and apply functional health literacy strategies to promote self-care and improve the perception of quality of life in a group of active older people. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-experimental study. Findings About 41 elderly subjects participated in the study. The results of the group characterization show that most of them were women, married, illiterate or with incomplete primary education, users of the national health…

  • Linking fire incidence to chronic respiratory disease outcomes in Brazil’s Legal Amazon

    Open AccessAmanda Carvalho Nogueira, André Pontes‐Silva et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Wildfire activity has intensified in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, increasing population-level exposure to air pollutants associated with respiratory morbidity and mortality. To examine the association between wildfire occurrence and deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from chronic respiratory diseases in the states of the Legal Amazon. This ecological analytical study used secondary data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) databa…

  • A scoping review on health literacy in parental educational practices

    Open AccessIsadora Araújo, Ismael Barreto Neves Junior et al.ARTICLEHealth Education2025

    Purpose This study aims to synthesize evidence on health literacy assessment in parental educational practices of parents/caregivers of newborns from 0 to 13 months old. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review. We synthesized qualitative and quantitative research according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Database selection was based on specific content coverage of peer-reviewed articles in the …

  • Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in vulnerable populations

    Open AccessMarcele Pereira Silvestre Gotardelo, Allana Lima Moreira Rodrigues et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, forearms, wrists, back, lumbar spine, and lower limbs are the most common parts of the body affected by work-related musculoskeletal disorders in artisanal fishermen

  • Psychometric properties of the online Satisfaction with Life Scale in university students from a low-income region

    Open AccessAntonio Gibran De Almeida Cardoso, Mário Vieira De Carvalho et al.ARTICLEPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica2023References: 27

    Purpose To test the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in an online format in university students from a low-income region. Methods This was a psychometric study, involving a study of reliability (n = 117) and validity (n = 195) in university students from a region with a Gini index of 0.56. The scale was applied at two time points with an interval of 2 weeks. This scale measures satisfaction with li…

  • Physical inactivity level and lipid profile in traditional communities in the Legal Amazon

    Open AccessErika Da Silva Maciel, Bhárbara Karolline Rodrigues Silva et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    On the vulnerable populations studied, the insufficiently active or sedentary individuals (called the physical inactivity individuals) have more risk of the altered HDL-C

  • Inequalities in Mortality and Access to Hospital Care for Cervical Cancer—An Ecological Study

    Open AccessLuiz Vinicius de Alcantara Sousa, Erika Da Silva Maciel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the world among women, and it is estimated to be the third most frequent cancer in Brazil, as well as the fourth leading cause of death from cancer. There is a difference in cervical cancer mortality rates among different administrative regions in Brazil along with an inadequate distribution of cancer centers in certain Brazilian regions. Herein, we analyze the trends in hospital admissi…

  • The sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of a point of care method

    Open AccessErika Da Silva Maciel, Fernando Rodrigues Peixoto Quaresma et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2019

    The use of new technologies can improve screening in communities with difficult access to health. This article aims to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of a point of care test in comparison to laboratory methods for the determination of glucose (GLI), triglyceride (TG), and total cholesterol (TC) concentrations. This prospective study used data from the remaining adult population of quilombolas in Brazil. Laboratory tests usin…

  • Access to health services by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons

    Open AccessGrayce Alencar Albuquerque, Cíntia De Lima Garcia et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2016

  • The Relationship Between Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in the Physically Active Elderly

    Open AccessErika Da Silva Maciel, Erika Silva Maciel et al.ARTICLEEstudos Interdisciplinares sobre…2015

    O envelhecimento tem um impacto significativo na diminuição de massa magra e do nível de atividade física, estando relacionada à redução na taxa metabólica basal e ao aumento de sobrepeso e obesidade em idosos. O objetivo desse estudo foi identificar correlações entre os fatores de risco da Síndrome Metabólica, a medição do Perímetro Abdominal (PA) e Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC) com os parâmetros sanguíneos de Glicemia em Jejum (GJ), Colesterol…

  • Perfil Epidemiológico E Socioeconômico De Idosos Ativos

    Open AccessDenis Marcelo Modeneze, Erika Da Silva Maciel et al.ARTICLEEstudos Interdisciplinares sobre…2013

    Os componentes do perfil epidemiológico e social de idosos parecem ter forte associação com a percepção subjetiva da qualidade de vida. O objetivo desse estudo foi determinar a associação entre qualidade de vida e os aspectos socioeconômicos e de saúde de idosos ativos. Foram estudados 82 idosos com idade média de 68,08 (DP=4,36) anos, participantes da Universidade da Terceira Idade – UnATI – da cidade de Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil. A percepçã…

  • The relationship between physical aspects of quality of life and extreme levels of regular physical activity in adults

    Open AccessErika Da Silva Maciel, Roberto Vilarta et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013References: 31

    This study aimed to check for any significant differences in perceived quality of life, specifically aspects of a physical nature, among volunteers who are more physically active and those less physically active in a university community. The sample consisted of 1,966 volunteers in a university community in Brazil. To assess physical activity levels, volunteers responded to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and to analyse …