André Pontes‐Silva

Biographic Data

ID7744045
NAMEAndré Pontes‐Silva
GIVEN NAMESAndré
FAMILY NAMEPontes‐Silva
SIGNATURESILVA A P
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal de São Carlos
ORCID0000-0002-3983-5342
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
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 …

  • The best internal structure of the Diabetes Quality of Life Measure (DQOL) in Brazilian patients

    Open AccessDenilson Menezes Almeida, Aldair Darlan Santos‐de‐Araújo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The structure with three domains and 24 items is the most appropriate based on factor analysis. The Brazilian version of the DQOL with a structure of 3 domains and 24 items has adequate measurement properties that support its use in the clinical and scientific context in patients with DM

  • Measurement properties of the Regular Physical Exercise Adherence Scale (Repeas) in individuals with chronic pain

    Open AccessCezar Augusto Brito Pinheiro, Daniela Bassi Dibai et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The REPEAS is a valid instrument with a two-dimensional internal structure consisting of 12 items. It has a reliable construct and is suitable for use in the clinical and epidemiological context for adults with chronic pain in Brazil

  • 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

  • Regular Physical Exercise Adherence Scale (Repeas)

    Open AccessFábio Henrique Ferreira Pereira, Aldair Darlan Santos‐de‐Araújo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The REPEAS is a scale with a valid two-dimensional internal structure, consisting of 12 items, reliable and with a valid construct, which supports its use in the clinical, epidemiological, and research contexts in Brazil

  • Intra- and Interrater Reliability of Short-Term Measurement of Heart Rate Variability on Rest in Individuals Post-Covid-19

    Open AccessLuisa Viana De Almeida, Aldair Darlan Santos‐de‐Araújo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Individuals affected by COVID-19 have an alteration in autonomic balance, associated with impaired cardiac parasympathetic modulation and, consequently, a decrease in heart rate variability (HRV). This study examines the inter- and intrarater reliability of HRV) parameters derived from short-term recordings in individuals post-COVID. Sixty-nine participants of both genders post-COVID were included. The RR interval, the time elapsed between two su…

  • 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