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Informal Caregivers’ Health Literacy in Lisbon, Portugal: A Profile for Health ...

Health literacy (HL) allows people to access, understand and evaluate health information. Informal caregivers' levels of HL may impact long-term care outcomes. 'Informal caregivers' profile in Lisbon county: a health community approach' is a nurse-led research project aiming to assess informal caregivers' health literacy and associated factors in Lisbon county, as well as to foster the development of a local-sp...

Exploring subsurface fluid flow and active dewatering along the oceanic plate b...

R/V Meteor cruise M162 was conducted as a systematic continuation of ongoing work dedicated to understand if and howfluid flow through crust and sedimentscontinues along transform-type plate boundaries and fracture zones away from mid-ocean ridges and continental margins. Central target was the Gloria Fault in the central Northeast Atlantic. Previous findings along the eastern continuation of the Gloria Fault r...

Does Reality Overcome the Expected? Survey on Informal Caregivers' Profile: A N...

The increasing overload of chronic conditions raises challenges for the health system. Informal caregivers have a major role in ensuring the quality of life of the cared-for person, despite the reported lack of working resources which can lead to unmet needs. This article reports on the first part of a nurse-led research project entitled “Informal caregiver’ profiles in Lisbon county: a health community approac...

Simulating the effects of mobility restrictions in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in ...

Commuting flows and long-distance travel are important spreading factors of viruses and particularly airborne ones. Therefore, it is relevant to examine the association among diverse mobility scenarios and the spatial dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 cases. We intended to analyze the patterns of virus spreading linked to different mobility scenarios, in order to better comprehend the effect of the lockdown measures,...

Looking Ahead: Health Impact Assessment of Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling Sc...

This study aimed to describe the underlying process, used methods and major recommendations emerging from a comprehensive and prospective health impact assessment of the endorsement of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOP-NL) system by the Portuguese health authorities. A mixed-methods approach was used to gather information on the impact of four FOP-NL schemes on consumers' selection of food products accor...

Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on online food choices

Front-of-pack nutrition labels (FOP-NL) are efficient tools for increasing consumers' awareness of the nutritional quality of food products, prompting healthier food choices. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of four FOP-NL schemes - Traffic Light label (TL), Guideline Daily Amounts (%GDA), Nutri-Score (NS) and Health Star Rating (HSR) - on consumers' selection of food products according to...

Effectiveness of interpretive front-of-pack nutritional labelling schemes on th...

Tombs and Geology: Physical constraints and funerary choices during the 4th-3rd...

Within the project MEGAGEO (Moving Megaliths in the Neolithic) a review and inventory of the type of tombs has been conducted for the Central-South part of Portugal, crossing it with its geology background. This has highlighted that choices seem to have been conditioned to a certain level by physical conditions, as well as chronology of erection. Nevertheless, focusing the attention to some case studies of mega...

Caries prevalence and treatment needs in young people in Portugal: the third na...

Objective: To evaluate caries prevalence and dental treatment needs in Portuguese children and teenagers, as well as fluorosis prevalence in 12-year-old children, in order to address public oral health program strategies. Participants: A representative stratified random cluster sample of 3,710 participants of 6, 12, and 18 years old was selected. A questionnaire was applied to determine sociodemographic data an...

Eventos Adversos na Prestação de Cuidados Hospitalares em Portugal no Ano de 2008

Introdução: A criação pela Organização Mundial de Saúde da World Alliance for Patient Safety em 2004, é resultado da preocupação crescente face ao domínio da segurança do doente, sendo a ocorrência de erros reconhecida como um grande problema de saúde pública e uma ameaça à qualidade dos cuidados prestados. Objectivo, material e métodos: Tendo por base os códigos da Classificação Internacional de Doenças, 9.ª R...