Este artigo faz uma aproximação ao estudo sociológico da relação da sociologia e dos sociólogos com o campo político em Portugal. Dá atenção, em particular, a duas dimensões dessa relação, a sociologia aplicada às políticas públicas e a participação dos sociólogos na classe política. Na parte final deixa sugestões de agenda de mais pesquisa sociológica não só sobre essas duas dimensões, mas também sobre a relaç...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptive consequences in the economic, health, and educational sectors have impacted people's lives, contributing to a context of increased economic and social vulnerability. The pandemic has revealed and accentuated social inequalities and discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin. This study aimed to contribute to the promotion of the mental health and wel...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptive consequences in the economic, health, and educational sectors have impacted people’s lives, contributing to a context of increased economic and social vulnerability. The pandemic has revealed and accentuated social inequalities and discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin. This study aimed to contribute to the promotion of the mental health and wel...
Apresenta-se neste artigo uma proposta de abordagem sócio-histórica da sociologia enquanto realidade institucional inspirada pela sociologia da ciência mertoniana e bourdieusiana. Na primeira parte do artigo, são sistematizados e colocados em comparação e complementaridade os principais contributos de Robert K. Merton e Pierre Bourdieu para essa abordagem institucional da sociologia. Na segunda parte, é formula...
Apresenta-se neste artigo uma proposta de abordagem sócio-histórica da sociologia enquanto realidade institucional inspirada pela sociologia da ciência mertoniana e bourdieusiana. Na primeira parte do artigo, são sistematizados e colocados em comparação e complementaridade os principais contributos de Robert K. Merton e Pierre Bourdieu para essa abordagem institucional da sociologia. Na segunda parte, é formula...
In Portugal, like in other European countries, the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the risk of poverty and social exclusion faced by migrants. This study aimed to assess mental health and well-being, and their social determinants, among Brazilian and Cape Verdean immigrant populations two years after the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring the role of positive psychological factors such as resilience and perceived s...
The increasing number of international migrants (ranging from 153 million in 1990 to ~272 million in 2019) brought to attention the wide variation of national contexts concerning the policy measures to protect migrants' rights and ensuring their equal access to basic and essential services, namely in health. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a key component to the overall health and quality of life and is...
Based on data from the FEMINA study, this communication aims to explore inequalities in HPV vaccine uptake. Results highlighted differences between the Portuguese and the Cape Verdean women: 97% vs. 67% had heard about the HPV vaccine; 30% vs. 9% had been vaccinated, and 71% vs. 82% had reported a lack of medical recommendation as a major reason for not having been vaccinated. Further research on the mechanisms...
Background: The existing knowledge on the interplay between reproductive and sexual health, migration and acculturation is recent and inconsistent, particularly on the sociocultural motives and constraints regarding fertility. Therefore, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) surveys are needed to provide accurate and comparable indicators to identify and address SRH inequalities, with specific focus on under res...