Irma Brito
Biographic Data
| ID | 72651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irma Brito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irma |
| FAMILY NAME | Brito |
| SIGNATURE | BRITO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8825-4923 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integrating health promotion into the educational mission: A 25-year bottom-up institutional trajectory in a Chilean university
Although universities worldwide are increasingly adopting health promotion strategies, there remains limited longitudinal evidence on how these initiatives are institutionally integrated and sustained over time, especially in Latin American contexts. This study explores the 24-year trajectory (1999–2023) of the first Health Promotion Policy implemented at a Chilean university, providing rare insights into a long-term bottom-up institutional proce…
Rethinking research ethics in diabetes: Lessons from participatory health research
Diabetes affects 589 million adults worldwide and is a powerful driver of social and economic inequity, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where cultural, economic, and structural barriers to prevention and care are frequently overlooked by conventional top-down research models. Participatory Health Research (PHR), by actively involving people living with diabetes in every phase of the research process, offers a pathway toward co-cre…
Perceptions of Educational Community Members: Deployment of a University Health Promotion Policy
Universities have been the focus of numerous studies on health promotion initiatives, mainly centred on results that determine outcomes and impacts. This study explores the perceptions of various community members regarding implementing the university health promotion policy. We employed qualitative methods (case study); semi‐structured in‐depth interviews were conducted at a Chilean university to gather data based on both inductive and deductive…
The Impact of a Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Coimbra United by the Heart
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Portugal and one of the most important causes of morbidity and incapacity in Portugal. Since 2016, through the project "Coimbra United by the Heart" (CUH) municipalities scaled-up efforts on cardiovascular disease prevention, creating a community health network that: 1) early identifies citizens with cardiovascular risk; 2) provide awareness-raising strategies for a healthy lifestyle; 3) improv…
Children and adolescents' voices and the implications for ethical research
A discussion on the ethical context and barriers to include children's voices in research and clarify the role of Research Ethic Committees. Twenty-one researchers from eight countries participated in two focus groups and ten individual in-depth interviews. The results highlight the need for reforming ethical regulations to facilitate greater and more meaningful participation of children and adolescent in research. This reform, however, requires …
Tradução, adaptação e validação do questionário Fantastic Lifestyle Assessment em estudantes do ensino superior
O presente estudo teve como objectivo realizar a tradução, adaptação transcultural e validação do questionário Fantastic Lifestyle Assessment num grupo de jovens estudantes do ensino superior em Portugal. O processo de tradução e validação constituiu-se de: tradução, retrotradução, revisão por comitê de especialistas, pré-teste e verificação das propriedades psicométricas. A versão final adaptada com 30 questões foi aplicada a uma amostra de 707 …
Children and adolescents' voices and the implications for ethical research
A discussion on the ethical context and barriers to include children's voices in research and clarify the role of Research Ethic Committees. Twenty-one researchers from eight countries participated in two focus groups and ten individual in-depth interviews. The results highlight the need for reforming ethical regulations to facilitate greater and more meaningful participation of children and adolescent in research. This reform, however, requires …
Tradução, adaptação e validação do questionário Fantastic Lifestyle Assessment em estudantes do ensino superior
O presente estudo teve como objectivo realizar a tradução, adaptação transcultural e validação do questionário Fantastic Lifestyle Assessment num grupo de jovens estudantes do ensino superior em Portugal. O processo de tradução e validação constituiu-se de: tradução, retrotradução, revisão por comitê de especialistas, pré-teste e verificação das propriedades psicométricas. A versão final adaptada com 30 questões foi aplicada a uma amostra de 707 …
Children and adolescents' voices and the implications for ethical research
A discussion on the ethical context and barriers to include children's voices in research and clarify the role of Research Ethic Committees. Twenty-one researchers from eight countries participated in two focus groups and ten individual in-depth interviews. The results highlight the need for reforming ethical regulations to facilitate greater and more meaningful participation of children and adolescent in research. This reform, however, requires …
Perceptions of Educational Community Members: Deployment of a University Health Promotion Policy
Universities have been the focus of numerous studies on health promotion initiatives, mainly centred on results that determine outcomes and impacts. This study explores the perceptions of various community members regarding implementing the university health promotion policy. We employed qualitative methods (case study); semi‐structured in‐depth interviews were conducted at a Chilean university to gather data based on both inductive and deductive…
The Impact of a Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Coimbra United by the Heart
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in Portugal and one of the most important causes of morbidity and incapacity in Portugal. Since 2016, through the project "Coimbra United by the Heart" (CUH) municipalities scaled-up efforts on cardiovascular disease prevention, creating a community health network that: 1) early identifies citizens with cardiovascular risk; 2) provide awareness-raising strategies for a healthy lifestyle; 3) improv…
Integrating health promotion into the educational mission: A 25-year bottom-up institutional trajectory in a Chilean university
Although universities worldwide are increasingly adopting health promotion strategies, there remains limited longitudinal evidence on how these initiatives are institutionally integrated and sustained over time, especially in Latin American contexts. This study explores the 24-year trajectory (1999–2023) of the first Health Promotion Policy implemented at a Chilean university, providing rare insights into a long-term bottom-up institutional proce…
Rethinking research ethics in diabetes: Lessons from participatory health research
Diabetes affects 589 million adults worldwide and is a powerful driver of social and economic inequity, especially in low- and middle-income countries, where cultural, economic, and structural barriers to prevention and care are frequently overlooked by conventional top-down research models. Participatory Health Research (PHR), by actively involving people living with diabetes in every phase of the research process, offers a pathway toward co-cre…
Psychology (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health and Wellbeing Research (2 works) · Health promotion (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Promotion (chess) (2 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 works)