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Disparities in cancer outcomes: A comprehensive analysis of cancer incidence, m...
Asensio, M.; Amaral, E.Cancer poses a substantial challenge in Europe’s public health landscape, contributing significantly to illness burden, diminished productivity, and escalating health-care costs. This article investigates the extent to which disparities in cancer outcomes are associated with factors influencing the performance of cancer control initiatives within the European Union (EU). The characteristics of health-care syste...
Labour-market reforms in Southern Europe: From protection to flexibility
Asensio, M.; Ferreira, C.The study delves into the post-Eurozone crisis transformations within the labor market of Southern Europe, emphasizing the shift from a protective model to one characterized by increased flexibility. Notable alterations in labor regulation systems, including a decline in union density, heightened labor market deregulation, rising unemployment rates, and the proliferation of atypical and precarious employment fo...
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Freire, A.; Accornero, G.; Queiroga, V.; Asensio, M.; Belchior-Rocha, H.; Santana Pereira, J.Na última década, Portugal e a Europa têm enfrentado profundas crises económicas e sociais, impactando o panorama político de muitos países, afetados pelos efeitos de longo prazo da crise de 2008, das medidas de austeridade (a Grande Recessão), e, mais recentemente, da crise pandémica de covid-19 e os seus efeitos sociais e políticos. Porém, esta área regional também tem sido caracterizada por espaços de recupe...
La transferencia del aprendizaje en el contexto de la administración pública: U...
Asensio, M.La transferencia del aprendizaje en la Administración Pública es esencial para la gestión de recursos humanos, ya que implica la aplicación en el trabajo de los conocimientos y habilidades adquiridos durante la formación. Este estudio investiga los factores que influyen en dicha transferencia tras la finalización de cursos de formación laboral. Los objetivos específicos son: a) comprender el proceso de transfer...
The political legitimacy of the healthcare system in Portugal: insights from th...
Asensio, M.This article investigates the political legitimacy of the health care system and the effects of austerity on the population’s welfare, paying particular attention to Portugal, a country severely harmed by the economic crisis. Based on analysis of data collected from the European Social Survey on 14,988 individuals living in private households during the years between 2002 and 2018, the findings of this study ai...
Immigration, integration, and citizenship policies in Portugal: The case of hea...
Asensio, M.; Padilla, B.This article investigates to what extent immigration is confronting the Welfare States with citizenship limitations as citizenship has been called into question by immigration, globalization, and the increasing internal debate of political communities. This case study of immigration in Portugal examines the contradiction between the rhetoric of immigrant integration portrayed by the State and the reality of imm...
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Asensio, M.Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook is a major new reference work, which provides historical background and up-to-date information and analysis on health politics and health systems throughout Europe. In particular, it captures developments that have taken place since the end of the Cold War, a turning point for many European health systems, with most post-communist transition countries privatizing their stat...
Processing of pre-impregnated thermoplastic towpreg reinforced by continuous gl...
Asensio, M.; Esfandiari, Puria; Núñez, K.; Silva, J. F.; Marques, A.; Merino, J.C.; Pastor, J.M.Packaging sector generates 40% of the plastics consumption in Europe. Among the most consumed plastics, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is still the material that undoubtedly continues to grow in the packaging sector. Hence, there is a concern related to the recycling process, which today is only around 56%. Therefore, the objective of this work focuses on the use of this recycled material as a source of raw m...
Portuguese healthcare reforms in the context of crisis: external pressure or do...
Asensio, M.; Popic, T.As a result of the recent economic crisis, in 2011 Portugal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (the 'Troika'). In exchange for Troika's financial assistance, the Memorandum required the implementation of a specific set of reforms targeted at the healthcare sector. The literature on policy reforms in the context of cris...
Public opinion towards healthcare in the context of economic crisis: evidence f...
Popic, T.; Schneider, S.; Asensio, M.This article investigates to what extent austerity-oriented measures introduced in the Portuguese health sector during the recent economic crisis were associated with changes in the public opinion on healthcare. We conducted multivariate regression analyses of cross-sectional, biannual data from the European Social Survey (2002–2015) for 13,271 individuals living in private households in Portugal. In line with ...