2 documents found, page 1 of 1
Monthly tracking of infant mortality in Portugal: post-COVID trends
Nogueira, P.; Elias, C.; Camarinha, C.; de-Araujo-Nobre, M.; Bacelar-Nicolau, L.; Furtado, C.; Oliveira, M. M.; Costa, A. S.Background: The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is a fundamental health indicator that reflects the overall well-being of populations. Recognizing the need for more timely data to inform public health strategies, the authors have presented a novel method for monitoring IMR monthly instead of traditional annual reporting. Our work aims to increase further the robustness of a novel method for monitoring IMR monthly. ...
Determinants associated with uncontrolled asthma in Portugal: A national popula...
Camarinha, C.; Fernandes, M.; Alarcão, V.; Franco, J.; Manaças, M. E.; Bárbara, C.; Nicola, P. J.Introduction and objectives: Asthma is a chronic and heterogeneous disease that affects people of all ages and has a high estimated increase in prevalence worldwide. Asthma control represents a main goal in the disease management. International studies revealed low levels of disease control resulting in a significant burden for healthcare systems, not only in terms of quality of life, but also in terms of healt...