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Addressing vaccine hesitancy in the training of healthcare professionals: Insig...

Background Evidence suggests that healthcare professionals often feel uncomfortable discussing vaccination with patients, largely due to a lack of training on the topic. In line with the scientific evidence gathered from the VAX-TRUST project, it is crucial to invest in training healthcare professionals and developing political measures to effectively address vaccine hesitancy. This paper explores the importanc...

Policy recommendations for healthcare authorities, organizations and profession...

Vaccine hesitancy presents significant challenges to public health, exacerbated by a lack of cohesive policies in Europe. Recognized as a complex social phenomenon influenced by various factors, vaccine hesitancy threatens health systems and public trust. This paper analyses the political background and current gaps in policies addressing vaccine hesitancy, with a specific focus on the role of healthcare author...

(In)certezas em torno da vacinação infantil em Portugal: A perspetiva dos cidadãos

Existem poucos estudos em Portugal que abordem os temas do adiamento ou da recusa vacinal, o que compromete o esclarecimento e a desmistificação de dúvidas existentes em torno da vacinação, assim como o desenvolvimento de estratégias de intervenção. Tendo como base uma consulta pública sobre comunicação de ciência, analisam-se as perceções dos cidadãos sobre a adesão à vacinação, bem como sobre o seu adiamento ...

Food Insecurity and Nutritional Inadequacy in Children and Adolescents of Basic...

Food insecurity (FI) is a critical socioeconomic and public health problem globally, particularly affecting children's nutritional status and development. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of nutritional inadequacy among children and adolescents in the Cantagalo district of S & atilde;o Tom & eacute; and Pr & iacute;ncipe (STP), in Central Africa. It also assessed their households' FI si...

Ultra-Processed Foods and Nutritional Intake of Children and Adolescents from C...

Background: Globally, dietary patterns are shifting toward an increased consumption of ultra-processed foods, raising the risk of some metabolic and nutritional diseases from a young age. This trend is now also affecting low- and middle-income countries. Considering this, we aimed to assess the contribution of ultra-processed foods to total energy intake and their association with the nutritional intake of chil...

What Technologies Can the Nurse Use to Increase the Quality of Life of the Elde...

The purpose of this study was to identify the new technologies that nurses could use to increase the quality of life on an elderly person with leg ulcer. Methods: it was made a systematic revision of literature with qualitative synthesis and meta-analysis. Results: Elderly persons with chronic leg ulcers frequently experience multiple disabling symptoms and these symptoms are highly related with impairment of q...

(De)Bonding with embryos: The emotional choreographies of Portuguese IVF patients

In this article we develop the new concept of emotional choreography to describe how patients bond, debond and/or rebond with their embryos created in vitro using assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Using this concept, we explore how the patients' management of their own emotions intertwines with political, scientific, and religious factors. Our analysis relies on and further advances Thompson's concepts ...

Susceptibility and exposure to sea level rise in the Sado estuary and in the Ar...

Sea level rising is a major driver of three climate hazards in the Sado estuary and in the Arrábida coastal zone: estuarine flooding, coastal flooding and cliff retreat. In this work, the susceptibility to estuarine flooding, coastal flooding and cliff retreat is assessed for the present and at the end of the century, for the SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 emission scenarios. The exposure of people and assets to the con...

Instabilidade geomorfológica associada ao evento de 18 de novembro de 1983 na r...

What is gender awareness in health? A scoping review of the concept, its operat...

Gender awareness emerged in the 1990s and aimed to provide awareness and sympathy toward the needs of women, measuring health-care providers’ attitudes toward them and understand if providers possessed the knowledge for appropriate care. According to Miller et al.’s seminal model, gender awareness incorporates three sub-dimensions: gender sensitivity, gender ideology, and knowledge. Gender awareness has the pot...