Background: Culex pipiens, Portugal’s most abundant mosquito, is a vector for several pathogens including the West Nile virus. Understanding its spatial distribution can contribute to vector-borne diseases control and public health planning, given Portugal’s favourable climate. National-level data on its spatial distribution, especially in relation to climatic variables is limited. We aimed to predict the suita...
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Only a small number of adolescents with suicidal behaviour receives any follow-up treatment. The implementation of recurrent behaviour prevention strategies is crucial in the period following suicide attempts and should take into account adolescents' opinions to be effective and congruent. WHAT DOES THIS PAPER ADD TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: This paper shows that the 33 adolescent par...
Objetivo: sistematizar o conteúdo de um programa de intervenção psicoterapêutica de prevenção de suicídio em adolescentes com comportamento suicidário. Método: estudo de Delphi, com recurso a grupo de peritos, para validar o conteúdo do programa de intervenção psicoterapêutica proposto. Foram incuídos como peritos, enfermeiros especialistas em enfermagem de saúde mental e psiquiátrica, com título atribuído pela...
Introduction: Several studies have shown independent risk factors for falling among community older people. However, there is few researches showing the importance of older person’s perception of their own fall risk. Aims: The study purpose was to identify independent risk factors for falls and to explore predictive factors related to the occurrence of falls in community-dwelling older people. Method: A cross-s...
INTRODUÇÃO: O suicídio é um fenómeno complexo, multifatorial e uma das principais causas de morte potencialmente evitáveis. Melhorar a compreensão deste fenómeno, pelo conhecimento das representações sociais do suicídio em adolescentes, contribuirá para a intervenção psicoterapêutica em enfermagem. OBJETIVO: Mapear as representações sociais do suicídio em adolescentes. MÉTODOS: Scoping review com base nos princ...
A better understanding of the meanings that adolescents associate with suicide, contributes to the development of psychotherapeutic intervention programs to be implemented by nurse specialists in mental health and psychiatric nursing. Therefore, adolescents need to characterize their adopted suicidal behaviors and identify the personal characteristics that contribute to this same behavior.
Enquadramento: A prevenção da recorrência de comportamentos suicidários em adolescentes é fundamental dada a sua dimensão, natureza repetitiva e o risco acrescido de morte por suicídio. Objetivos: Identificar a evidência científica atual e disponível sobre as intervenções psicoterapêuticas dirigidas a adolescentes com comportamentos suicidários e conhecer a eficácia dessas intervenções ao nível da ideação suici...
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES. The family has su'ered several changes throughout the times, leading to many elderly people living alone or with other elderly. In a family the situation of the elderly that depended on others can compromise the family’s relationships, which leads to little availability to motivate them to mobilization. The objective of the study was to understand the way the family functions in vie...