Introduction: Heart failure is a major health challenge with high morbidity and socioeconomic burden, especially when diagnosis is delayed. In primary care, HF detection can be challenging due to symptoms overlapping with other conditions, limited access to diagnostic tools, and resource constraints. This study explores the use of natriuretic peptides (NT-proBNP) and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) with artifi...
Creative tourism has a potential role in promoting social benefits for communities and social inclusion of artisans; however, studies investigating this are lacking. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by exploring the role of creative tourism in combating social exclusion among older artisans in the context of Loule Criativo, a pioneering creative tourism initiative in Portugal. This q...
Uma breve introdução a este capítulo enuncia informação partilhada nesta Semana Cultural, para recordar que os “Lugares de Globalização” deram nome à candidatura conjunta da Região de Turismo do Algarve, da Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve e dos Municípios de Vila do Bispo, Lagos, Aljezur, Monchique e Silves, a que também se associou a Universidade do Algarve; proposta que ficou inscrita na Lista Indicati...
Innovating through traditional products and resources is the main aim of HoST Lab Project located at the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism of the University of the Algarve. A new lab and new multidisciplinary way of working, that which to be a reference for research and development applied to Culinary Tourism and Eno-gastronomic experiences associated with the Mediterranean Diet (MD). A very enrichi...
Este plano de atividade foi dinamizado e coordenado pela Universidade do Algarve (UAlg), em colaboração com todas as entidades regionais, assumindo e mantendo a estrutura base do PASDM 2018-2021, que define, de acordo com a UNESCO, os objetivos e as iniciativas para a Salvaguarda do Património Cultural Imaterial da Dieta Mediterrânica no âmbito dos seguintes vetores estratégicos: identificação, investigação e d...
In Portugal, the project CREATOUR - Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas - has been working with a range of cultural/creative organizations (pilots) that are implementing new creative tourism experiences in the Portuguese territory. To improve their offers, CREATOUR carried out, between April 2017 and May 2019, a series of Idea Laboratories as a means to support content devel...
Com base nos resultados do CREATOUR, o presente relatório, apontado a políticas concretas, propõe recomendações às autoridades e organismos a todos os níveis (nacional, regional e local) a propósito do desenvolvimento de iniciativas de turismo criativo em cidades de pequena dimensão e áreas rurais de Portugal. O relatório tem primordialmente por base as necessidades das organizações-piloto do CREATOUR, por sua ...
How do you regenerate communities and places by combining culture, tourism and creativity? This booklet is intended to provide clarification and guidance to practitioners in the cultural, creative and tourism sectors currently developing or wishing to develop creative tourism projects based on collaborative practices, particularly in rural areas and small cities.
O presente folheto visa esclarecer e orientar profi ssionais do setor cultural e criativo e do setor do turismo que desenvolvam ou pretendam desenvolver projetos de turismo criativo com base em práticas colaborativas, em particular, em áreas rurais e cidades de pequena dimensão.
Within the project CREATOUR (Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas), we developed a detailed questionnaire for participants in the creative tourism pilot activities organized within the project, which was applied by the 40 participating organizations as they conducted their pilot activities in 2017, 2018, and 2019.; The chapter is an outcome of research conducted within the CR...