O pensamento crítico e criativo, especialmente diante do agravamento dos conflitos e crises humanitárias, emerge como competência essencial a ser fomentado na formação dos futuros assistentes sociais. Mas, que estratégias pedagógicas podem ser mobilizadas? A arte tem sido usada como instrumento de ensino com estudantes de Serviço Social (Wehbi, McCormick, and Angelucci 2016) uma vez contribuiu para processos de...
Education and educational contexts are privileged spaces to generate change and build more socially just, sustainable, and inclusive societies. It is essential to think and rethink educational strategies in Social Work Curricula to promote this potential, particularly in the contemporary context where humanitarian and climate crises and the proliferation of fake news are worsening. Fenton (2020), for example, a...
Background: Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these ...
We aimed to identify persistent asthma phenotypes among adolescents and to evaluate longitudinally asthma-related outcomes across phenotypes. Adolescents (13-17 years) from the prospective, observational, and multicenter INSPIRERS studies, conducted in Portugal and Spain, were included (n = 162). Latent class analysis was applied to demographic, environmental, and clinical variables, collected at a baseline med...
We aimed to identify persistent asthma phenotypes among adolescents and to evaluate longitudinally asthma-related outcomes across phenotypes. Adolescents (13-17 years) from the prospective, observational, and multicenter INSPIRERS studies, conducted in Portugal and Spain, were included (n = 162). Latent class analysis was applied to demographic, environmental, and clinical variables, collected at a baseline med...
We aimed to identify persistent asthma phenotypes among adolescents and to evaluate longitudinally asthma-related outcomes across phenotypes. Adolescents (13–17 years) from the prospective, observational, and multicenter INSPIRERS studies, conducted in Portugal and Spain, were included (n = 162). Latent class analysis was applied to demographic, environmental, and clinical variables, collected at a baseline med...
Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these equitably re...
Poor medication adherence is a major challenge in asthma, and objective assessment of inhaler adherence is needed. The InspirerMundi app aims to monitor adherence while providing a positive experience through gamification and social support. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the InspirerMundi app to monitor medication adherence in adolescents and adults with persistent asthma (tr...
This paper addresses the creation of the Social Work scientific project based on the sociohistorical analysis of its emergence at the university, in Portugal and in the USA. Its central themes are the institutionalization of Social Work in graduate training as well as the creation and development of the PhD as advanced training. To this end, we explore the institutional determinants guiding the American case an...
Scientific research and professional practice have shown that the different forms of artistic expression (music, theatre, dance, etc.) are particularly effective instruments for social intervention, whether in the prevention, rehabilitation and treatment of people with psychosocial problems, or in their potential to empower and strengthen the social and personal development of individuals in a community. For th...