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Nurses' Social Representations of Men's Sexual Health Care Access: Preliminary ...
Tereso, Alexandra; Antunes, Lina; Brantes, Ana; Fernandes, João; Santos, Rui; Antunes, Ricardo; Curado, AliceMen’s access to sexual health care is influenced by the nurses’ symbolic universes, translated into maps of signification and normative idealization that structure their practices. Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze nurses’ social representations of men’s sexual health, considering the barriers and possibilities in accessing health care. Methods: Descriptive study with qualitative approach. Data were coll...
Assessment instruments to evaluate sexual function and satisfaction of pregnant...
Tereso, Alexandra; Curado, Alice; Brantes, Ana; Antunes, RicardoIntroduction Despite the fears and beliefs related to sexual function and satisfaction during pregnancy, the healthy experience of sexuality (which is not reduced to these aspects but encompasses them) is relevant to women. Although quality of life is associated with sexual function and satisfaction, the effect of pregnancy in those dimensions, needs to be further explored in order to prevent problems and respo...
Foetal exposure to lead and related effects on newborns in two portuguese regions
Reis, M. Fátima; Namorado, Sónia; Carrola, Rita; Aguiar, Pedro; Brantes, Ana; Simão, Filipa; Melim, Maurício; Cardoso, Liliana; Miguel, J. PereiraSubtoxic blood lead levels (BLL) during pregnancy can be responsible for intrauterine delays in foetal development and thus increased risk of morbi-mortality of newborns. Since there is no protective transplacental barrier to lead, foetal exposure is due to maternal environmental exposure together with either increased absorption or bone demineralization with consequent release of lead, or both, that may occur ...
Ethics issues experienced in HBM within Portuguese health surveillance and rese...
Reis, M. Fátima; Segurado, Susana; Brantes, Ana; Simões, Helena Teresinha; Melim, J. Maurício; Geraldes, V.; Miguel, José PereiraBackground: In keeping with the fundamental practice of transparency in the discussion and resolution of ethics conflicts raised by research, a summary of ethics issues raised during Portuguese biomonitoring in health surveillance and research is presented and, where applicable, their resolution is described. Methods: Projects underway aim to promote the surveillance of public health related to the presence of ...
Human exposure to heavy metals in the vicinity of Portuguese solid waste incine...
Reis, M. Fátima; Sampaio, Carla; Brantes, Ana; Aniceto, P.; Melim, M.; Cardoso, Liliana; Gabriel, Cátia; Simão, Filipa; Miguel, J. PereiraHuman exposure to heavy metals makes it necessary to monitor these elements in the human body if the objective is to relate heavy metal exposure to adverse health effects. In Portugal, biomonitoring projects on heavy metals are being carried out on people living in the vicinity of solid waste incinerators. The projects are being developed in the ambit of two environmental health surveillance programs related to...
Human exposure to heavy metals in the vicinity of Portuguese solid waste incine...
Reis, M. Fátima; Sampaio, Carla; Brantes, Ana; Aniceto, Pedro; Melim, M.; Cardoso, Liliana; Gabriel, Cátia; Simão, Filipa; Segurado, SusanaAs part of environmental health surveillance programs related to solid waste incinerators located near Lisbon and on Madeira Island, human biomonitoring projects have been implemented in Portugal, some of them focused on crosssectional surveys of heavy metals in blood. One of the general aims of these programs is to provide Portuguese data on the extent and pattern of human exposure to the pollutants potentiall...
Human exposure to heavy metals in the vicinity of Portuguese solid waste incine...
Reis, M. Fátima; Sampaio, Carla; Brantes, Ana; Aniceto, P.; Melim, M.; Cardoso, Liliana; Gabriel, Cátia; Simão, Filipa; Miguel, J. PereiraAs a part of environmental health surveillance programs related to Portuguese solid waste incinerators (SWI), two biomonitoring projects have been established to investigate additional exposure to lead in children under the age of 6 years living in the vicinity of those facilities. The above-mentioned programs, being the only ones in the country that integrate systematic observations on human exposure to heavy ...