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Polícias, trabalho e consumos de performance
Gonçalves, Carlos Manuel; Tavares, David; Lopes, Noémia; Elias, RúbenO equacionamento das relações entre natureza do trabalho e os consumos de performance (medicamentos, suplementos alimentares e outros produtos naturais) para a melhoria do desempenho físico, intelectual e social do grupo profissional dos polícias, que integram a Polícia de Segurança Pública, é o objeto central do presente artigo. O recurso a tal tipo de consumos é um fenómeno social com relativa disseminação cu...
Medication use for the management of professional performance: between invisibi...
Lopes, Noémia; Tavares, David; Pegado, Elsa; Raposo, Hélder António; Rodrigues, CarlaThis article aims to explore pharmaceuticalisation processes in professional work contexts. The approach focuses on identifying patterns of medicine and dietary supplement use for managing work performance, and on discussing the relationship between these consumption practices and work-related pressure factors. This analysis adapts the notions of 'normalisation' to understand the extent of cultural acceptabilit...
Nurses under pressure: the demands of professional performance and their manage...
Raposo, Hélder António; Egreja, Catarina; Lopes, NoémiaThis article discusses the relationship between the demands on nurses’ professional performance and adherence to the use of medicines and supplements for their management. This approach allows us to analyze the transformations of nursing work and how nurses use various natural and pharmaceutical resources to cope with the pressures they face in their professional activities. To understand the interconnection be...
Polícias, trabalho e consumos de performance
Gonçalves, Carlos Manuel; Tavares, David; Lopes, Noémia; Elias, RúbenO equacionamento das relações entre natureza do trabalho e os consumos de performance (medicamentos, suplementos alimentares e outros produtos naturais) para a melhoria do desempenho físico, intelectual e social do grupo profissional dos polícias, que integram a Polícia de Segurança Pública, é o objeto central do presente artigo. O recurso a tal tipo de consumos é um fenómeno social com relativa disseminação cu...
Medication use for the management of professional performance : between invisib...
Lopes, Noémia; Tavares, David; Pegado, Elsa; Raposo, Hélder; Rodrigues, CarlaThis article aims to explore pharmaceuticalisation processes in professional work contexts. The approach focuses on identifying patterns of medicine and dietary supplement use for managing work performance, and on discussing the relationship between these consumption practices and work-related pressure factors. This analysis adapts the notions of ‘normalisation’ to understand the extent of cultural acceptabilit...
Nurses under pressure : the demands of professional performance and their manag...
Raposo, Hélder; Egreja, Catarina; Lopes, NoémiaThis article discusses the relationship between the demands on nurses’ professional performance and adherence to the use of medicines and supplements for their management. This approach allows us to analyze the transformations of nursing work and how nurses use various natural and pharmaceutical resources to cope with the pressures they face in their professional activities. To understand the interconnection be...
Contribution to the validation of the Portuguese version of the “Barriers to en...
Abade, Mário Rui; Lopes, Noémia; de Santo Amaro, JoséIn Portugal, there is no validated questionnaire to assess barriers to enteral nutrition administration in critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to validate the “Barriers to Enterally Feeding Critically Ill Patients” questionnaire in a Portuguese context (BEFIP-PT). The BEFIP-PT, which assesses 16 potential barriers divided into 4 domains, was applied to a sample (n = 165) of physicians, nurses, an...
Medication literacy and its social contextuality
Lopes, Noémia; Rodrigues, Carla; Pegado, ElsaThis article aims to contribute to the discussion about medication literacy, by focussing on the social contextuality of the information mobilised in the use of medicines. We aim to explore the social construction processes of medication literacy, as an essential dimension for a more layperson-centred approach in the promotion of literacy in this field. This approach is justified by the growing social and cultu...
Medication use for the management of professional performance : between invisib...
Lopes, Noémia; Tavares, David; Pegado, Elsa; Raposo, Hélder; Rodrigues, CarlaThis article aims to explore pharmaceuticalisation processes in professional work contexts. The approach focuses on identifying patterns of medicine and dietary supplement use for managing work performance, and on discussing the relationship between these consumption practices and work-related pressure factors. This analysis adapts the notions of ‘normalisation’ to understand the extent of cultural acceptabilit...
Polícias, trabalho e consumos de performance
Gonçalves, Carlos Manuel; Tavares, David; Lopes, Noémia; Elias, RúbenEquating the relationship between the nature of work and performance consumption (medicines, food supplements and other natural products) to enhance physical, intellectual and social performance of the professional group of police officers (Polícia de Segurança Pública) is the object center of this article. The use of such consumption is a social phenomenon with relative cultural dissemination within the scope ...