Paulo Santos
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677964 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paulo Santos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paulo |
| FAMILY NAME | Santos |
| SIGNATURE | SANTOS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade do Porto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0134-6762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Health literacy and risk behaviours related to sexually transmitted infections among Portuguese university students: A cross-sectional study
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a growing concern for public health worldwide, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected. Factual knowledge and personal beliefs seem to play a role in preventing sexual risk behaviours. Furthermore, adequate health literacy has been shown to improve health outcomes. Understanding the determinants of safer sexual practices is essentia…
Social determinants of primordial prevention on youth: A Portuguese population-based cross-sectional study
Adolescence represents a critical period for developing health behaviours with long-term implications. This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of health risk behaviours and their determinants among a population-based sample of 726 adolescents and young adults (14–24 years old) in northern Portugal. Utilising random route sampling, participants completed a self-administered survey assessing socio-demographics, health behaviours (diet, p…
Entre laboratórios e cartas: A formação do acervo da Biblioteca Histórica da Fundação Ezequiel Dias (1907-1941)
Este artigo analisa a Biblioteca Histórica da Fundação Ezequiel Dias, criada em Belo Horizonte (MG), primeira filial da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. A partir da análise da correspondência trocada com bibliotecários, editores e livreiros, observou-se o desenvolvimento do acervo refletindo o pensamento de uma época e o valor da cultura científica. Palavras-chave: patrimônio bibliográfico e documental; história da ciência e saúde; memória institucional; f…
Adherence to the 24‐h Movement Behaviors Guidelines and Associations With Cognitive and Behavioral Self‐Regulation Among Brazilian Preschoolers
BACKGROUND: Adherence to 24-h movement guidelines has been associated with early health benefits, including neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, the associations between these guidelines and Cognitive (CSR) and Behavioral (BSR) self-regulation in preschoolers are underexplored. This study investigated the associations between adherence to 24-h movement guidelines and CSR and BSR in Brazilian preschoolers. METHODS: A total of 223 preschoolers (4.…
Prediction of football injuries using GPS-based data in Iranian professional football players: A machine learning approach
Introduction The study aims to assess and compare the predictive effectiveness of football-related injuries using external load data and a decision tree classification algorithm by unidimensional approach. Methods The sample consisted of 25 players from one of the 16 teams participating in the Persian Gulf Pro League during the 2022--2023 season. Player injury data and raw GPS data from all training and competition sessions throughout the footbal…
Exploring the inflammatory profile of homelessness population: A comprehensive analysis of individuals in two temporary shelters in Lisbon
Background: Homeless people are continuously facing adverse living conditions as poor access to basic nutrition, hygiene conditions and healthcare services, being at increased risk of severe infectious diseases as HIV and hepatitis as well as cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders. The characterization of homeless people's health is fundamental to identify their health care needs. Considering that the aforementioned diseases are associated …
Knowledge about cervical cancer in young Portuguese women: A cross-sectional study
Introduction: Health literacy is crucial to adherence to medical interventions in therapeutics, prevention, and diagnosis. The basis for literacy is knowledge. To accomplish the goals for the elimination of cervical cancer, one of the most prevalent and preventable cancers, we must understand the determinants of non-adherence and address them specifically to ensure patients' active participation. Aim: To determine women's knowledge regarding the …
Inclusão Escolar Em Tempos De Pandemia: Apontamentos Sobre Organização Do Trabalho Didático
O artigo insere-se no trabalho colaborativo entre pesquisadores do Centro-Oeste brasileiro que vem se dedicando a estudar a área de educação especial e tem como objetivo analisar o uso das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação na organização do trabalho didático para alunos com deficiência, a fim de problematizar as estratégias adotadas e o processo de inclusão escolar. Para tanto, tomou-se a organização do trabalho didático como categoria p…
Pau Brasil: Aspectos e desdobramentos políticos de sua proposta de revisão histórica e cultural
Uma das principais características da obra de Oswald de Andrade (1890-1954) é o seu conteúdo político. Tal produção provém de um contexto político muito diversificado, marcado por todo um novo conjunto de fronteiras simbólicas e sensíveis, em que o programa de revisão cultural de base primitivista de Andrade, Pau Brasil, aponta para um projeto político alternativo que difere igualmente do conservadorismo de base agrária, e ambas a modernização de…
Young People Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Contraception: A Portuguese Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Adolescents and young adults are an important target concerning reducing health-risk behavior adoption, including sexual health. Studying their knowledge concerning sexuality and their main counsellors, can be an important step in targeting an updated health promotion approach. This study characterized adolescents and young adults' knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and contraception, prospecting for their main tr…
Landscape heterogeneity, basis risk and the feasibility of index insurance: An analysis of rice in upland regions of Southeast Asia
Enfermagem Avançada – Conceptualização através de Grupos Focais
Advanced Nursing practice is a recent concept in Portugal, leading to Portuguese nurses in its appropriation contributing in professional development and the evolution of nursing science in Portugal. To understand how nurses conceptualize advanced nursing practice, is the main objective of this study, in which trough this article, we seek to emphasize the methodological aspects inherent to the realization of focus groups. We conclude that the nur…
The Impact of Health Literacy on Knowledge and Attitudes towards Preventive Strategies against Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional Study
Better health literacy is associated with better attitudes towards preventive strategies against COVID-19. We should invest in ways to improve health literacy, so we can improve people's attitudes and consequently reduce coronavirus' transmission
Landscapes on Prevention Quality Indicators: A Spatial Analysis of Diabetes Preventable Hospitalizations in Portugal (2016–2017)
Preventable hospitalizations due to complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), represented by the related prevention quality indicators (PQI), are ambulatory care-sensitive conditions that can be prevented and controlled through effective primary health care (PHC) treatment. It is important to reduce mortality and promote the quality of life to diabetic patients in regions with higher hospitalization rates. The study aims to analyze the results of …
Estudo exploratório sobre o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance no nível de estresse e ansiedade de músicos práticos brasileiros
Este texto discute o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance nos níveis de estresse e ansiedade de estudantes de música brasileiros atuantes tanto na graduação quanto na pós-graduação, e cruza informações sobre seus níveis de estresse e ansiedade. Inclui investigação de matrizes curriculares de universidades públicas brasileiras levantadas em estudo prévio (RAY et al., 2011). Os principais objetivos são: (1) investigar o quanto de i…
Motives for requesting an electrocardiogram in primary health care
The management of requests for diagnostic exams presents its own inherent characteristics in primary health care and reflects the specific nature of the physician-patient relationship. The scope of the study was to identify the reasons for requesting an electrocardiogram (ECG) in primary health care. A cross-sectional study was conducted in an urban region in Portugal, establishing the motives to ask for an ECG consecutively over two years, start…
The impact of changing rainfall variability on resource-dependent wealth dynamics
Targeting Redd: An Empirical Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Indonesia
Identity, Interest and Information Search in a Dynamic Rural Economy
Persistent poverty and informal credit
Concepções de professores sobre a inclusão escolar de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores
Buscou-se neste trabalho identificar e analisar as concepções de professores sobre a inclusão escolar de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores. Doze professores de escolas regulares participaram de entrevistas semi-estruturadas individuais conduzidas po um professor hospitalar sobre o processo ensino-aprendizagem de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores. Os dados, gravados e transcritos, foram submetidos a uma análise temática dialógica, permitindo a c…
Persistent poverty and informal credit
Identity, Interest and Information Search in a Dynamic Rural Economy
Targeting Redd: An Empirical Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Indonesia
Estudo exploratório sobre o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance no nível de estresse e ansiedade de músicos práticos brasileiros
Este texto discute o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance nos níveis de estresse e ansiedade de estudantes de música brasileiros atuantes tanto na graduação quanto na pós-graduação, e cruza informações sobre seus níveis de estresse e ansiedade. Inclui investigação de matrizes curriculares de universidades públicas brasileiras levantadas em estudo prévio (RAY et al., 2011). Os principais objetivos são: (1) investigar o quanto de i…
Concepções de professores sobre a inclusão escolar de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores
Buscou-se neste trabalho identificar e analisar as concepções de professores sobre a inclusão escolar de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores. Doze professores de escolas regulares participaram de entrevistas semi-estruturadas individuais conduzidas po um professor hospitalar sobre o processo ensino-aprendizagem de alunos com distúrbios neuromotores. Os dados, gravados e transcritos, foram submetidos a uma análise temática dialógica, permitindo a c…
Identity, Interest and Information Search in a Dynamic Rural Economy
Persistent poverty and informal credit
The impact of changing rainfall variability on resource-dependent wealth dynamics
Targeting Redd: An Empirical Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Indonesia
Motives for requesting an electrocardiogram in primary health care
The management of requests for diagnostic exams presents its own inherent characteristics in primary health care and reflects the specific nature of the physician-patient relationship. The scope of the study was to identify the reasons for requesting an electrocardiogram (ECG) in primary health care. A cross-sectional study was conducted in an urban region in Portugal, establishing the motives to ask for an ECG consecutively over two years, start…
Estudo exploratório sobre o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance no nível de estresse e ansiedade de músicos práticos brasileiros
Este texto discute o impacto da informação sobre psicologia da performance nos níveis de estresse e ansiedade de estudantes de música brasileiros atuantes tanto na graduação quanto na pós-graduação, e cruza informações sobre seus níveis de estresse e ansiedade. Inclui investigação de matrizes curriculares de universidades públicas brasileiras levantadas em estudo prévio (RAY et al., 2011). Os principais objetivos são: (1) investigar o quanto de i…
Landscapes on Prevention Quality Indicators: A Spatial Analysis of Diabetes Preventable Hospitalizations in Portugal (2016–2017)
Preventable hospitalizations due to complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), represented by the related prevention quality indicators (PQI), are ambulatory care-sensitive conditions that can be prevented and controlled through effective primary health care (PHC) treatment. It is important to reduce mortality and promote the quality of life to diabetic patients in regions with higher hospitalization rates. The study aims to analyze the results of …
Enfermagem Avançada – Conceptualização através de Grupos Focais
Advanced Nursing practice is a recent concept in Portugal, leading to Portuguese nurses in its appropriation contributing in professional development and the evolution of nursing science in Portugal. To understand how nurses conceptualize advanced nursing practice, is the main objective of this study, in which trough this article, we seek to emphasize the methodological aspects inherent to the realization of focus groups. We conclude that the nur…
The Impact of Health Literacy on Knowledge and Attitudes towards Preventive Strategies against Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional Study
Better health literacy is associated with better attitudes towards preventive strategies against COVID-19. We should invest in ways to improve health literacy, so we can improve people's attitudes and consequently reduce coronavirus' transmission
Young People Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Contraception: A Portuguese Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Adolescents and young adults are an important target concerning reducing health-risk behavior adoption, including sexual health. Studying their knowledge concerning sexuality and their main counsellors, can be an important step in targeting an updated health promotion approach. This study characterized adolescents and young adults' knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and contraception, prospecting for their main tr…
Landscape heterogeneity, basis risk and the feasibility of index insurance: An analysis of rice in upland regions of Southeast Asia
Pau Brasil: Aspectos e desdobramentos políticos de sua proposta de revisão histórica e cultural
Uma das principais características da obra de Oswald de Andrade (1890-1954) é o seu conteúdo político. Tal produção provém de um contexto político muito diversificado, marcado por todo um novo conjunto de fronteiras simbólicas e sensíveis, em que o programa de revisão cultural de base primitivista de Andrade, Pau Brasil, aponta para um projeto político alternativo que difere igualmente do conservadorismo de base agrária, e ambas a modernização de…
Exploring the inflammatory profile of homelessness population: A comprehensive analysis of individuals in two temporary shelters in Lisbon
Background: Homeless people are continuously facing adverse living conditions as poor access to basic nutrition, hygiene conditions and healthcare services, being at increased risk of severe infectious diseases as HIV and hepatitis as well as cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders. The characterization of homeless people's health is fundamental to identify their health care needs. Considering that the aforementioned diseases are associated …
Knowledge about cervical cancer in young Portuguese women: A cross-sectional study
Introduction: Health literacy is crucial to adherence to medical interventions in therapeutics, prevention, and diagnosis. The basis for literacy is knowledge. To accomplish the goals for the elimination of cervical cancer, one of the most prevalent and preventable cancers, we must understand the determinants of non-adherence and address them specifically to ensure patients' active participation. Aim: To determine women's knowledge regarding the …
Inclusão Escolar Em Tempos De Pandemia: Apontamentos Sobre Organização Do Trabalho Didático
O artigo insere-se no trabalho colaborativo entre pesquisadores do Centro-Oeste brasileiro que vem se dedicando a estudar a área de educação especial e tem como objetivo analisar o uso das tecnologias da informação e da comunicação na organização do trabalho didático para alunos com deficiência, a fim de problematizar as estratégias adotadas e o processo de inclusão escolar. Para tanto, tomou-se a organização do trabalho didático como categoria p…
Social determinants of primordial prevention on youth: A Portuguese population-based cross-sectional study
Adolescence represents a critical period for developing health behaviours with long-term implications. This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of health risk behaviours and their determinants among a population-based sample of 726 adolescents and young adults (14–24 years old) in northern Portugal. Utilising random route sampling, participants completed a self-administered survey assessing socio-demographics, health behaviours (diet, p…
Entre laboratórios e cartas: A formação do acervo da Biblioteca Histórica da Fundação Ezequiel Dias (1907-1941)
Este artigo analisa a Biblioteca Histórica da Fundação Ezequiel Dias, criada em Belo Horizonte (MG), primeira filial da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. A partir da análise da correspondência trocada com bibliotecários, editores e livreiros, observou-se o desenvolvimento do acervo refletindo o pensamento de uma época e o valor da cultura científica. Palavras-chave: patrimônio bibliográfico e documental; história da ciência e saúde; memória institucional; f…
Adherence to the 24‐h Movement Behaviors Guidelines and Associations With Cognitive and Behavioral Self‐Regulation Among Brazilian Preschoolers
BACKGROUND: Adherence to 24-h movement guidelines has been associated with early health benefits, including neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, the associations between these guidelines and Cognitive (CSR) and Behavioral (BSR) self-regulation in preschoolers are underexplored. This study investigated the associations between adherence to 24-h movement guidelines and CSR and BSR in Brazilian preschoolers. METHODS: A total of 223 preschoolers (4.…
Prediction of football injuries using GPS-based data in Iranian professional football players: A machine learning approach
Introduction The study aims to assess and compare the predictive effectiveness of football-related injuries using external load data and a decision tree classification algorithm by unidimensional approach. Methods The sample consisted of 25 players from one of the 16 teams participating in the Persian Gulf Pro League during the 2022--2023 season. Player injury data and raw GPS data from all training and competition sessions throughout the footbal…
Health literacy and risk behaviours related to sexually transmitted infections among Portuguese university students: A cross-sectional study
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a growing concern for public health worldwide, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected. Factual knowledge and personal beliefs seem to play a role in preventing sexual risk behaviours. Furthermore, adequate health literacy has been shown to improve health outcomes. Understanding the determinants of safer sexual practices is essentia…
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