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Using Large Cohort Data to Strengthen Information-Based Public Health Policies:...

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Essay on the teaching of Epidemiology in master programs in Public Health and d...

In this essay, a reflection is made on epidemiology in actuality and its role in Public Health and Development. Starting from the definition of epidemiology and the current challenges facing the discipline, theorizing about the growing need to define the role of the epidemiologist and using as framing elements the principal master’s programs in Public Health and Development offered in Europe and in Portugal, th...

Non-specific effects of vaccines: a rapid review of studies conducted in Portug...

Introduction: Some vaccines seem to have effects beyond those of targeted diseases. These are called non-specific effects. Objective: To identify the studies conducted in PALOP on non-specific effects of human vaccines and summarize their main findings. Methods: Rapid review of experimental, cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies indexed in Pubmed, Scopus or LILACS on i) non-specific effects of vaccin...

Are the neglected tropical diseases under control in the tri-border region betw...

Covid-19 misinformation in Portuguese-speaking countries: agreement with conten...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a complex phenomenon called the “infodemic” has emerged, compromising coping with the pandemic. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of agreement with misinformation about COVID-19 and to identify associated factors. A web survey was carried out in Portuguese-speaking countries in two stages: 1. the identification of misinformation circulating in the included countrie...

Infodemic preparedness and COVID-19: searching about public health and social m...

We aimed to evaluate the associations between information searching about public health and social measures (PHSM) and university students’ digital health literacy (DHL) related to the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 3,084 Portuguese university students (75.7% females), with an average age of 24.2 (SD = 7.5). Sociodemographic data, DHL questionnaire and on...

The burden of alcohol, tobacco and others drugs among incarcerated population d...

A cross-sectional study using data from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System was carried out. TB cases confirmed from 2014 to 2018 in prisons located in Paraná, Brazil, were selected. The Prais-Winsten procedure was performed to identify time trends by calculating monthly rates and the percentage of monthly variation. The Seasonal-Trend by Loess decomposition method was used to verify the time s...

Tuberculosis forecasting and temporal trends by sex and age in a high endemic c...

The aim of this study was to describe the temporal trend of tuberculosis cases according to sex and age group and evidence the level of disease before the Covid-19 pandemic in a TB high endemic city

Factores determinantes de la exposición sexual al VIH en adolescentes luso-bras...

Objective: to analyze the direct and indirect effects of determinants of sexual exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus among male adolescents who have sex with men and the implications for nursing care. Method: cross-sectional study carried out with 578 Portuguese and Brazilian adolescents aged 18 and 19. Interrelationships of conjugal status, use of dating apps, practice of chemsex, unawar...

The use of antimicrobial-impregnated fabrics in health services: an integrative...

Objective: to analyze evidence concerning the feasibility of antimicrobial-impregnated fabrics in preventing and controlling microbial transmission in health services. Method: an integrative review using the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), re...