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Social workers’ involvement in policy practice in Portugal

Carrilho, Rita; Branco, Francisco

This article presents the results of the first survey-based study in Portugal about the level of involvement of social workers in social policies, aiming to determine if policy practice is embedded in Portuguese social workers’ professional practice and which factors may enhance or constraint such practice. Combining the Civic Voluntarism Model by Verba and colleagues and the Policy Practice Engagement Model by...


A two-pronged approach against glioblastoma: drug repurposing and nanoformulati...

Mendes, Maria; Branco, Francisco; Vitorino, Rui; Sousa, João; Pais, Alberto; Vitorino, Carla

Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the most lethal types of neoplasms. Its biologically aggressive nature and the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) limit the efficacy of standard therapies. Several strategies are currently being developed to both overcome the BBB and deliver drugs site specifically to tumor cells. This work hypothesizes a two-pronged approach to tackle GB: drug repurposing with celecoxib (CXB)...


“A highly demanding measure”: practitioner contributions to improving practice ...

Diogo, Elisete; Branco, Francisco

Foster families provide at-risk children with a family environment. In Portugal, however, there appears to be a major lack of political investment in foster care programmes, with only around 191 children currently placed with a foster family. To increase these numbers, we need to listen and give a voice to the social workers who provide support to foster carers. This empirical study uses a qualitative methodolo...


The old-age social minima in Portugal: policy trajectory, trends and adequacy

Branco, Francisco

The paper focuses on the old-age social minima in Portugal, considering the first layer of social protection in old age, that consists of the minimum pension of contributory system (MP), the social pension (SP) and the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly (SSE), two non-contributory social minima for the elderly. The Portuguese old-age social minimum are also composed by several additional supplements. The pap...



Policy brief 2022: políticas de família e de apoio à parentalidade nos programa...

Deus, Paula Nobre de; Branco, Francisco

Este policy brief procede ao mapeamento do lugar que os diversos governos em Portugal, pós 1974, conferiram às políticas de família, com especial incidência na análise dos respetivos programas governativos. É atribuída particular atenção ao lugar que ocupa a promoção da natalidade e o apoio à parentalidade no discurso político, preocupação que decorre do problema demográfico que o país atravessa. A título ilust...


Social workers affecting social policy in Portugal

Branco, Francisco; Carrilho, Rita

Policy practice has been gaining a growing interest in social work literature, since it is considered that such practice may promote social policies committed with the furthering of social welfare and justice, but more research is needed on how policy practice is embedded in social worker’s professional practice and which factors may enhance or constraint such kind of practice. This communication is based on th...


A pobreza em Portugal: Trajetos e quotidianos

Diogo, Fernando; Palos, Ana Cristina; Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Pereira, Elvira; Ribeiro, Fernando Bessa; Branco, Francisco; Trevisan, Gabriela

[Excerto] Este livro é uma síntese dos resultados obtidos no projeto «Trajetos e quotidianos de pobreza em Portugal». Foi desenvolvido por uma equipa multidisciplinar e multi‑institucional para a Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.


Faces da pobreza em Portugal

Diogo, Fernando; Palos, Ana Cristina; Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Pereira, Elvira; Ribeiro, Fernando Bessa; Branco, Francisco; Trevisan, Gabriela

[Excerto] De acordo com os dados do Inquérito às Condições de Vida e Rendimento (ICOR), realizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), 17,2% da população em Portugal estava em risco de pobreza em 2018 (ICOR de 2019, dados de 2018). Se olharmos bem para aquele número, obser‑ vamos que é composto por três algarismos e por dois sinais matemáticos. No entanto, condensa as vidas de mais de 1,7 milhões de pe...


Os desempregados, trajetos e quotidianos da pobreza em Portugal

Diogo, Fernando; Ribeiro, Fernando Bessa; Palos, Ana Cristina; Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Pereira, Elvira; Branco, Francisco; Trevisan, Gabriela


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