Background Evidence suggests that healthcare professionals often feel uncomfortable discussing vaccination with patients, largely due to a lack of training on the topic. In line with the scientific evidence gathered from the VAX-TRUST project, it is crucial to invest in training healthcare professionals and developing political measures to effectively address vaccine hesitancy. This paper explores the importanc...
Vaccine hesitancy presents significant challenges to public health, exacerbated by a lack of cohesive policies in Europe. Recognized as a complex social phenomenon influenced by various factors, vaccine hesitancy threatens health systems and public trust. This paper analyses the political background and current gaps in policies addressing vaccine hesitancy, with a specific focus on the role of healthcare author...
Objectives To evaluate and compare nurses' depression, anxiety and stress symptoms at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and after six months; to evaluate and compare the frequency of use of mental health promotion strategies during the same period; and to identify the relationship between the frequency of use of mental health promotion strategies, during the same period, with nurses’ depression, anxiety an...
Introduction: Depression and anxiety are mental diseases found worldwide, with the tendency to worsen in the current pandemic period. These illnesses contribute the most to the world’s rate of years lived with disability. We aim to identify and synthesize indicators for the care process of the person with depression and/or anxiety disorders, based on patient-centered care, going through the stages of diagnostic...
People have specific and unique individual and contextual characteristics, so healthcare should increasingly opt for person-centered care models. Thus, this review aimed to identify and synthesize the indicators for the care process of the person with depression and/or anxiety disorders, based on patient-centered care, going through the stages of diagnostic assessment and care planning, including intervention. ...
Objective: to understand the changing roles of nurses in labor division organization in hospitals from the Manchester Triage System implementation in an emergency hospital. Methods: this is an ethnographic study that used different production techniques and data analysis. Results: the Manchester Triage System organized flows and places resulting in quality of care and changes in work processes. Conflict relatio...
In the past few years, the glucose sensor FreeStyle Libre® has been associated with several cases of allergic contact dermatitis. The allergen responsible for most of these cases is isobornyl acrylate, a substance present within the sensor that migrates through the adhesive, thereby reaching the skin. Acquired leukoderma, which may occur in an area previously affected by allergic contact dermatitis, has been de...
O Kanban é um arranjo tecnológico de organização do cuidado hospitalar orientado para a gestão de leitos e da clínica, que visa à qualidade e integralidade da assistência, maior rotatividade dos leitos, com consequente redução do tempo de internação e custos hospitalares. O constante e atualizado acompanhamento do paciente, compartilhado pela equipe profissional em reuniões sistemáticas é seu elemento mais marc...
O Kanban, uma tecnologia de gestão do cuidado caracterizada pela valorização do trabalho multiprofissional e o uso intensivo da informação, tem sido crescentemente utilizado para enfrentar a superlotação dos serviços de emergência hospitalar (SEH). Pesquisadores acompanharam durante dez meses o Kanban em vários setores de um SEH municipal. Suas observações, registradas em diários de campo, foram discutidos em r...
Os últimos meses foram vertiginosos numa realidade desconhecida. Isso motiva a urgência da procura de novos factos e números atualizados, mas que nem sempre informam ou ajudam a compreender o que estamos a viver e o que podemos esperar. Nos primeiros dias de abril de 2020 fui desafiado pelo Observatório das Desigualdades para pensar sobre o que estávamos a viver no contexto da saúde e projetar o futuro em relaç...