Sonia Maria Ferreira Dias
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1683065 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sonia Maria Ferreira Dias |
| PRENOMES | Sonia Maria Ferreira |
| SOBRENOME | Dias |
| ASSINATURA | DIAS S M F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5085-0685 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 93 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 80 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 93 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1969 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Atributos Da Atenção Primária À Saúde E a Atenção À Saúde De Migrantes
As migrações configuram-se como fenômeno complexo e como é realizada principalmente por pessoas em contexto de vulnerabilidade, impõe desafios às políticas públicas em especial aos sistemas de saúde. Nesse contexto, a Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS), fundamentada nos seus atributos, apresenta-se como eixo estruturante do cuidado a populações em situação de vulnerabilidade, como migrantes. Este estudo objetivou compreender como os atributos da APS …
Reasons for referral to a social prescribing program through the Covid-19 pandemic and associated factors
Introduction: Social prescribing (SP) links patients with non-medical needs affecting their health to services and activities within the community as a strategy to prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing. There is limited evidence on the reasons for referral to SP through time and of factors associated with specific reasons of referral. Understanding SP referral patterns is relevant to inform practice and policy. We analyzed factors asso…
Healthcare stakeholders’ perspectives on coordinating cancer diagnosis in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador
Objective. To explore healthcare stakeholders’ experiences of care coordination during cancer diagnosis in Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador, including how these experiences are influenced by factors related to the countries’ public subsystems. Methods. A qualitative study was conducted based on 115 semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals and administrative personnel in both primary care ( n = 40) and secondary/tertiary care ( n = 46)…
Social prescribing for Not in Employment, Education or Training (Neet) young people
NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) status is associated with psychological distress and suicidality. Social prescribing may offer a policy solution to this. To test this proposition, this study evaluates the mental health outcomes of a social prescribing intervention—C.O.P.E. (Capabilities, Opportunities, Places, and Engagement) project—on young people in a NEET situation in Italy and Portugal. Adopting a realist evaluation approach…
A realist synthesis of interventions for youth not in education, employment or training (Neet)
Funding Information: This work was supported by the EaSI - European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation [VP/2020/003/0201]. This research was funded by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) through national funds to the Associated Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health REAL (LA/P/0117/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylo…
Assessment of Patients’ Profiles and Factors Associated With Uptake in Social Prescribing in Portugal
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are shaped by modifiable and nonmodifiable factors. Addressing them requires multisectoral strategies that complement clinical care. Social prescribing (SP) enables health professionals to identify health needs that might benefit from community supports and refer patients to services that promote well‐being. This study examined the characteristics of patients referred to an SP programme in Lisbon, Portugal, and fac…
Access and utilization of Portuguese mental healthcare services by migrant children and adolescents
Validação do modelo lógico da assistência integral às crianças com síndrome congênita da Zika
O objetivo deste estudo foi elaborar e validar o modelo lógico dos componentes da assistência integral às crianças com síndrome congênita da Zika (SCZ) no Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Foram desenvolvidas três etapas: (1) busca na literatura científica e em documentos oficiais para elaboração do modelo lógico; (2) aperfeiçoamento do modelo incorporando as sugestões de especialistas nas áreas de saúde da criança, da pessoa com deficiência, …
Understanding the health system drivers of delayed cancer diagnosis in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia and Ecuador
Although the greatest delays in cancer diagnosis in Latin America occur in the provider interval little is known about the related factors. This study aims to analyze factors influencing access to cancer diagnosis -from initial contact with health services to confirmation- from institutional stakeholders' perspective in public healthcare networks of Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador. A qualitative, descriptive-interpretative study was conducted in two…
Health literacy strengths and needs among migrant communities from Portuguese-speaking African countries in Portugal
Introduction: Health literacy among migrants is a matter of public health and social justice. Migrants from diverse backgrounds encounter challenges such as linguistic barriers, cultural disparities, restricted access to health services, and heterogeneous migration statuses. Addressing these challenges requires careful consideration of their unique experiences and needs to promote equitable health outcomes. This can hinder their ability to naviga…
Teleworking
Most teleworkers highlighted a positive perspective about teleworking. Yet, TW conditions are not favorable for all workers, with consequences on health, well-being, and productivity, suggesting that further support is needed for teleworkers to protect their health at home, and reach its maximum benefit
Risk perception and vulnerabilities for HIV/Aids among transgender women in Brazil
Transgender women (TW) are a key population in the dynamics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) dissemination, although little is known about their perceptions of HIV risk. In this embedded, nested, mixed-methods study, we assessed factors associated with condomless sexual intercourse among TW and explored their risk perceptions and vulnerabilities regarding HIV exposure. The first phase involved a cross-sectional study, followed by qualitative…
Can everyone hear me? Reflections on the use of global online workshops for promoting inclusive knowledge generation
Online research methods have risen in popularity over recent decades, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. We conducted five online workshops capturing the experiences of participatory health researchers in relation to power, as part of a collaborative project to develop global knowledge systems on power in participatory health research. These workshops included predominantly academic researchers working in 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Euro…
Global developments in social prescribing
Social prescribing is an approach that aims to improve health and well-being. It connects individuals to non-clinical services and supports that address social needs, such as those related to loneliness, housing instability and mental health. At the person level, social prescribing can give individuals the knowledge, skills, motivation and confidence to manage their own health and well-being. At the society level, it can facilitate greater collab…
Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
The WHO’s report Health literacy development for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) delivers practical what-to-do how-to-do guidance for health literacy development to build, at scale, contextually-relevant public health actions to reduce inequity and the burden of NCDs on individuals, health systems and economies. The key premise for health literacy development is that people’s health awareness and behaviours are link…
Health literacy measurement
Definitions of health literacy have evolved from notions of health-related literacy to a multidimensional concept that incorporates the importance of social and cultural knowledge, practices and contexts. This evolution is evident in the development of instruments that seek to measure health literacy in different ways. Health literacy measurement is important for global health because diverse stakeholders, including the WHO, use these data to inf…
How Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect Migrant Populations in Lisbon, Portugal? A Study on Perceived Effects on Health and Economic Condition
Increasing evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that its social and health impacts are being disproportionately shouldered by socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, including migrants. Knowledge of how these populations are experiencing the COVID-19 crisis is scarce. We examined the effects of the pandemic on the perceived individual financial situation and health condition of migrants in Lisbon, Portugal, and described…
The Implication of the First Wave of Covid-19 on Mental Health
The social conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic had a great potential to affect the mental health of individuals. Meta-analyses indicate a rise in these problems in these periods among general populations, patients and health professionals, even with substantial heterogeneous results. This paper examines mental health impacts specifically during the first wave of COVID-19. An online survey was conducted with a Portuguese convenience sample…
Patients’ Perspectives on Determinants Avoidable Hospitalizations
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) can be avoided through effective care in the ambulatory setting. Patients are the most qualified individuals to express the social and individual contexts of their own experience. Thus, understanding why potentially preventable hospitalizations occur is important to develop patient-centred policies or interventions that may reduce them. This study aims to develop and validate a questionnaire to capture …
I Didn’t Know Where to Go’
The COVID-19 pandemic put pressure on health systems, affecting populations' use of health services, especially those experiencing increased difficulties in healthcare access, as some migrant groups. This study aimed to investigate access and use of health services during the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants in Portugal. A mixed-methods approach was used. A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted involving migrant communities residin…
Barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening among under-screened women in Cuenca, Ecuador
The women considered access to health services the main barrier to screening, while the HPs identified a lack of investment in screening programmes and cultural patterns at the community level as major obstacles. To take an integrated approach to cervical cancer prevention, the perspectives of both groups should be taken into account. Additionally, new strategies and technologies, such as self-administered human papillomavirus (HPV) testing and c…
Integração das ações do Programa Saúde na Escola entre profissionais da saúde e da educação
O Programa Saúde na Escola tem como meta a construção de escolas saudáveis. Estudo de caso, de abordagem qualitativa com intenção de identificar e compreender como se comportam, no esforço de integração, profissionais envolvidos no Programa Saúde na Escola, a partir de sua inserção nas atividades preconizadas. Após construção do modelo lógico do programa, foi realizado consenso com experts para elaboração de matriz de indicadores, originando rote…
Integration of School Health Program actions among health and education professionals
The School Health Program aims to build healthy schools. This qualitative case study aimed to identify and understand how professionals involved in the School Health Program behave in the integration based on their inclusion in the recommended activities. The consensus was reached with experts to develop a matrix of indicators after building the Program's logical model, resulting in a semi-structured roadmap. Twenty-five interviews were held in t…
Análise da contribuição de intervenções de promoção da saúde
Políticas de promoção da saúde em diversos países propõem a prática de atividade física em suas diretrizes. Avaliar os resultados dessas intervenções, ao mesmo tempo em que se constitui em importante apoio às decisões, pode ser desafiador. Para este estudo, utilizou-se uma avaliação baseada na teoria, a análise da contribuição. Foi explicitada a cadeia de resultados da intervenção e a teoria da mudança (TM), para analisar os elementos relacionado…
Factors Associated with Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
It is critical to develop tailored strategies to increase acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine and decrease hesitancy. Hence, this study aims to assess and identify factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Portugal. We used data from a community-based survey, “COVID-19 Barometer: Social Opinion”, which includes data regarding intention to take COVID-19 vaccines, health status, and risk perception in Portugal from September 2020 to J…
Local response in health emergencies
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action. There is heightened concern about informal urban settlements because of the combination of population density and inadequate access to water and sanitation, which makes standard advice about social distancing and washing hands implausible. There …
Developing urban waste management in Brazil with waste picker organizations
In Brazil’s large cities, more than half a million people survive by collecting and selling solid waste. Most face very poor working conditions and have very low incomes as the intermediaries to whom they sell pay low prices. Their activities are even considered illegal in some nations. But the waste pickers save city governments money, contribute to cleaner cities and reduce the volume of waste that has to be dumped (by up to 20 per cent). After…
Healthcare-seeking patterns among immigrants in Portugal
Equity of access to health services is a major concern as it is an important precondition for positive health outcomes. However, inequities in use of health services among immigrant populations persist. Despite the increasing research in the field, patterns of healthcare seeking among immigrant populations and its associated factors are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate healthcare-seeking patterns among immigrants in Portugal …
Prática de chemsex entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) durante período de isolamento social por Covid-19
Investigar os fatores associados à prática do sexo sob o efeito de drogas (chemsex) entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH) durante período de isolamento social, no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19. Inquérito multicêntrico online, aplicado aos territórios de Brasil e Portugal em abril de 2020, enquanto os dois países vivenciavam medidas sanitárias restritivas para a doença. Os participantes foram recrutados valendo-se de uma adaptação do mét…
Ensino da promoção da saúde em pós-graduação em saúde pública internacional no contexto do processo de Bolonha
Nas décadas recentes tem sido destacada a necessidade de renovar a educação superior por meio do processo de Bolonha para responder às exigências de uma nova sociedade. Simultaneamente, a saúde pública e a promoção da saúde têm evoluído no sentido de concretizar a aspiração de aumentar os anos de vida saudáveis, diminuir as desigualdades em saúde e enfrentar os múltiplos problemas de saúde que afetam as populações na atualidade. Essa evolução tem…
Justifying treatment bias
These findings help to understand the persistence of lower quality medical treatment among immigrants, providing guidelines for future research. In particular, they suggest that perceiving immigrants as a threat to public health is indicative of the providers' engagement in a legitimizing process of self-reported biased treatment, making this engagement necessary only for providers with greater levels of contact with immigrant patients. (PsycINFO…
Can everyone hear me? Reflections on the use of global online workshops for promoting inclusive knowledge generation
Online research methods have risen in popularity over recent decades, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. We conducted five online workshops capturing the experiences of participatory health researchers in relation to power, as part of a collaborative project to develop global knowledge systems on power in participatory health research. These workshops included predominantly academic researchers working in 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Euro…
Integração das ações do Programa Saúde na Escola entre profissionais da saúde e da educação
O Programa Saúde na Escola tem como meta a construção de escolas saudáveis. Estudo de caso, de abordagem qualitativa com intenção de identificar e compreender como se comportam, no esforço de integração, profissionais envolvidos no Programa Saúde na Escola, a partir de sua inserção nas atividades preconizadas. Após construção do modelo lógico do programa, foi realizado consenso com experts para elaboração de matriz de indicadores, originando rote…
Being in the Closet. Correlates of Outness Among MSM in 13 European Cities
Data for MSM continue to show a high risk of acquiring HIV-STIs. Within this population, outness seems to have an impact on both risk-taking and on health seeking behaviors. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between socio-demographic, behavioral characteristics, testing behaviors, and outness level among MSM using data from a multi-center bio-behavioral cross-sectional study carried out in 13 EU cities. A multilevel analy…
Challenges for psychosocial rehabilitation services in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
In Portugal, a mental health reform process is in place aiming to redefine the model of service provision. In 2008, a National Mental Health Plan (NMHP) was approved to provide policy guidance over the transition period. The NMHP intended, among others, to develop community-based services, with a specific focus on rehabilitation and deinstitutionalization. This study aims to explore the perspectives of service managers of psychosocial rehabilitat…
Análise da sustentabilidade de uma intervenção de promoção da saúde no município de Recife, Pernambuco
Iniciativas de promoção de atividade física têm sido apontadas como relevantes na promoção da saúde. O município de Recife, Pernambuco, idealizou e implantou em 2002 política dessa natureza, denominada Programa Academia da Cidade (PAC). A sustentabilidade de intervenções de promoção da saúde constitui um desafio à manutenção dos seus resultados. Objetivou-se analisar o percurso dos eventos relativos à sustentabilidade do PAC Recife no período de …
Evolução da Política de Educação Médica em Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde é um dos Pequenos Estados Insulares em Desenvolvimento do mundo, com especificidades e desafios próprios. Independente há 43 anos, com meio milhão de habitantes, a formação dos seus médicos tem sido feita no exterior, incrementando a força de trabalho do país, mas não o suficiente, em número e diferenciação, para sustentar os desafios da saúde, nomeadamente a extensão da cobertura universal. Em 2015 as autoridades decidiram implantar a…
Labor market integration, immigration experience, and psychological distress in a multi-ethnic sample of immigrants residing in Portugal
The study findings emphasized the importance of labor market integration and access to good quality jobs for immigrants' psychological well-being, as well as the existence of family ties in the host country, intention to reside long term in the host country, and high subjective (physical) health. Our research suggests the need to foster cross-national studies of immigrant populations in order to understand the social mechanisms that transverse al…
The impact of migration on women’s mental health in the postpartum period
OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of I mmigration on the psychological health of women after childbirth. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, immigrant and Portuguese-native women delivering in the four public hospitals of the metropolitan area of Porto, Portugal, were contacted by telephone between February and December 2012 during the first postpartum month to schedule a home visit and fill in a questionnaire. Most immigrant (76.1%) and Portu…
Conhecimentos sobre o uso de contraceptivos e prevenção de DST
A saúde sexual e reprodutiva representa uma das principais preocupações da Saúde Pública, pois afeta a saúde e o bem-estar dos indivíduos e compromete o nível social e econômico das sociedades. Muitos problemas relacionados à saúde sexual e reprodutiva são acentuados em grupos socialmente desfavorecidos, como os imigrantes. Esta investigação aprofunda o conhecimento de alguns aspectos sobre a saúde sexual e reprodutiva de imigrantes brasileiras e…
Utilização de serviços de saúde relacionados com a infecção VIH por parte de homens gays
O estudo tem como objectivo descrever a utilização de serviços de saúde para informação, prevenção e teste do VIH por parte de homens gays em Portugal e identificar factores associados a ter efectuado o teste VIH em diferentes serviços. Para este estudo de abordagem participativa foi aplicado um inquérito por questionário a 1046 homens gays. Cerca de 27% dos participantes refere que recorreu ao CAD para obter informação sobre VIH/sida. Cerca de 8…
Utilização de serviços de saúde relacionados com a infecção VIH por parte de homens gays
O estudo tem como objectivo descrever a utilização de serviços de saúde para informação, prevenção e teste do VIH por parte de homens gays em Portugal e identificar factores associados a ter efectuado o teste VIH em diferentes serviços. Para este estudo de abordagem participativa foi aplicado um inquérito por questionário a 1046 homens gays. Cerca de 27% dos participantes refere que recorreu ao CAD para obter informação sobre VIH/sida. Cerca de 8…
Aids - related stigma and attitudes towards Aids-infected people among adolescents
UNLABELLED: This research examined the co-occurrence of accurate and inaccurate knowledge about HIV transmission among adolescents. Analyses were also conducted to examine the way in which variables related to demographic factors, personal characteristics, parent and peer relationships, and school involvement are associated with attitudes towards HIV/AIDS-infected people. Social and psychological processes that contribute to AIDS-related stigma a…
Impact of Socio-Demographic Factors on HIV Testing Among African Immigrants in Portugal
Avaliação dos cuidados de saúde
OBJETIVOS: descrever práticas relacionadas com a procura de cuidados de saúde e percepções relativamente a aspectos da utilização dos serviços de saúde por parte de uma população de mulheres imigrantes a residir em Portugal. MÉTODOS: em 2009 foi realizado um estudo transversal na área metropolitana de Lisboa onde foi aplicado um inquérito por questionário a uma amostra de 703 mulheres imigrantes. O questionário incluiu itens para caracterização s…
Conhecimentos sobre o uso de contraceptivos e prevenção de DST
A saúde sexual e reprodutiva representa uma das principais preocupações da Saúde Pública, pois afeta a saúde e o bem-estar dos indivíduos e compromete o nível social e econômico das sociedades. Muitos problemas relacionados à saúde sexual e reprodutiva são acentuados em grupos socialmente desfavorecidos, como os imigrantes. Esta investigação aprofunda o conhecimento de alguns aspectos sobre a saúde sexual e reprodutiva de imigrantes brasileiras e…
Good practice in health care for migrants
Health care professionals in different services experience similar difficulties when providing care to migrants. They also have relatively consistent views on what constitutes good practice. The degree to which these components already are part of routine practice varies. Implementing good practice requires sufficient resources and organisational flexibility, positive attitudes, training for staff and the provision of information
Health care for immigrants in Europe
Experts across Europe asserted the right to culturally sensitive health care for all immigrants. There is a broad consensus among experts about the major principles of good practice that need to be implemented across Europe. However, there also is some disagreement both within and between countries on specific issues that require further research and debate
Healthcare-seeking patterns among immigrants in Portugal
Equity of access to health services is a major concern as it is an important precondition for positive health outcomes. However, inequities in use of health services among immigrant populations persist. Despite the increasing research in the field, patterns of healthcare seeking among immigrant populations and its associated factors are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate healthcare-seeking patterns among immigrants in Portugal …
Developing urban waste management in Brazil with waste picker organizations
In Brazil’s large cities, more than half a million people survive by collecting and selling solid waste. Most face very poor working conditions and have very low incomes as the intermediaries to whom they sell pay low prices. Their activities are even considered illegal in some nations. But the waste pickers save city governments money, contribute to cleaner cities and reduce the volume of waste that has to be dumped (by up to 20 per cent). After…
Migração Internacional E Vulnerabilidade Em Saúde
O texto apresentado assenta numa revisão bibliográfica e documental sobre questões referentes à saúde, à migração internacional e seus impactos sobre o contexto social português, bem como no que se refere às condições de vida das imigrantes. A revisão aqui apresentada permite realizar algumas reflexões acerca dos riscos ligados à saúde que muitas vezes são enfrentados pelas comunidades imigrantes. Além disso, são apresentadas as políticas de saúd…
Interpersonal Violence Among Immigrants in Portugal
Percepção dos adolescentes acerca da influência dos pais e pares nos seus comportamentos sexuais
O presente estudo teve como objectivo compreender as percepções dos adolescentes acerca da influência parental e dos pares nos seus comportamentos sexuais. Neste estudo foi utilizada a metodologia “grupo focal” a uma amostra constituída por 72 adolescentes de escolas públicas do ensino regular de Portugal Continental. Os temas dos “grupos focais” foram discutidos em termos dos factores protectores e de risco para os comportamentos sexuais. Os dis…
Depressive Symptoms and Its Associated Factors in 13-Year-Old Urban Adolescents
The available estimates reveal that 20-50% of adolescents report depressive symptoms, being one of the most prevalent health problems in adolescence. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms in a community sample of 13-year-old adolescents and identify associated features. Thirteen year-old adolescents attending private and public schools in Porto (n = 1,988, 52.2% females) were evaluated from October 2003 to June…
Migrant Women’s Perceptions of Healthcare During Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
HIV Risky Sexual Behaviors and HIV Infection Among Immigrants
This study aimed to examine risky sexual behavior, its associated factors and HIV infection among immigrants. A participatory cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1187 immigrants at the National Immigrant Support Centre, in Lisbon (52.2% female; 34.0% Africans, 33.8% Brazilians, 32.2% Eastern Europeans). About 38% of participants reported ≥2 sexual partners in the previous year, 16.2% both regular and occasional sexual partners (last 12 mont…
Assessing maternal healthcare inequities among migrants
Considering pregnancy and motherhood as periods of increased vulnerability in migrant women, to characterize the healthcare provided to this collective, we sought to identify and understand patterns of satisfaction and demand of maternal and child healthcare, assessing women's perceptions about its quality. The study followed a qualitative methodology (semi-structured interviews) for collecting and analysing data (content analysis) and was conduc…
Rethinking gender and waste
This article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory participatory research action project with women waste pickers in Minas Gerais, Brazil, it reflects on the different forms of oppression experienced by women waste pickers at home, in the workplace and in their national movement. The article seeks to highlight how shared reflections on particular experiences …
Development of a theory-guided pan-European computer-assisted safer sex intervention
HIV is a growing public health problem in Europe, with men-having-sex-with-men and migrants from endemic regions as the most affected key populations. More evidence on effective behavioral interventions to reduce sexual risk is needed. This article describes the systematic development of a theory-guided computer-assisted safer sex intervention, aiming at supporting people living with HIV in sexual risk reduction. We applied the Intervention Mappi…
Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe
Through the implementation of combined and targeted prevention complemented by meaningful surveillance among MSM, Sialon II represents a unique opportunity to pilot a bio-behavioural survey in community settings in line with the SGSS approach in a large number of EU countries. Data generated through this survey will not only provide a valuable snapshot of the HIV epidemic in MSM but will also offer an important trend analysis of the epidemiology …
Health Services Use and HIV Prevalence Among Migrant and National Female Sex Workers in Portugal
Labor market integration, immigration experience, and psychological distress in a multi-ethnic sample of immigrants residing in Portugal
The study findings emphasized the importance of labor market integration and access to good quality jobs for immigrants' psychological well-being, as well as the existence of family ties in the host country, intention to reside long term in the host country, and high subjective (physical) health. Our research suggests the need to foster cross-national studies of immigrant populations in order to understand the social mechanisms that transverse al…
The impact of migration on women’s mental health in the postpartum period
OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of I mmigration on the psychological health of women after childbirth. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, immigrant and Portuguese-native women delivering in the four public hospitals of the metropolitan area of Porto, Portugal, were contacted by telephone between February and December 2012 during the first postpartum month to schedule a home visit and fill in a questionnaire. Most immigrant (76.1%) and Portu…
Ensino da promoção da saúde em pós-graduação em saúde pública internacional no contexto do processo de Bolonha
Nas décadas recentes tem sido destacada a necessidade de renovar a educação superior por meio do processo de Bolonha para responder às exigências de uma nova sociedade. Simultaneamente, a saúde pública e a promoção da saúde têm evoluído no sentido de concretizar a aspiração de aumentar os anos de vida saudáveis, diminuir as desigualdades em saúde e enfrentar os múltiplos problemas de saúde que afetam as populações na atualidade. Essa evolução tem…
Association between length of residence and overweight among adult immigrants in Portugal
The prevalence of overweight was higher for natives than immigrants. Length of residence (≥15 years) was positively associated with prevalence of overweight, among adult immigrant population. In the future, understanding dietary patterns and acculturation process may be important for health immigrant studies
Socio-demographic Characteristics, Sexual and Test-Seeking Behaviours Amongst Men Who have Sex with Both Men and Women
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