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Intestinal parasitic infections and adverse outcomes among pregnant women and t...
Vasconcelos, Alexandra; Sousa, Swasilanne; Bandeira, Nelson; Alves, Marta; Papoila, Ana Luísa; Pereira, Filomena; Machado, Maria do CéuIntroduction: The link between intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) and adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) during pregnancy remains unclear, with significant knowledge gaps. This study aimed to assess the impact of IPIs on maternal-neonatal-dyads in São Tomé & Príncipe. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based study was conducted among women admitted for delivery, who underwent copro-parastiological screening. ...
O papel das práticas e estilos parentais no estado nutricional das crianças: re...
Pereira, Filomena; Pereira, Ana Maria Geraldes RodriguesA obesidade infantil é um dos problemas de saúde pública mais preocupante. Estima-se que na Europa, quase 1 em cada 3 crianças vivam com excesso de peso/obesidade. Os hábitos e comportamentos alimentares das crianças e jovens é amplamente influenciado pelo meio familiar onde estão inseridos porque as figuras parentais servem como modelos principais, criam o ambiente físico e social, são responsáveis pela alimen...
Determinants of antenatal care utilization – contacts and screenings – in São T...
Vasconcelos, Alexandra; Sousa, Swasilanne; Bandeira, Nelson; Alves, Marta; Papoila, Ana Luísa; Pereira, Filomena; Machado, Maria Do CéuBackground: Sao Tome & Principe (STP) has a high peri-neonatal mortality rate and access to high-quality care before childbirth has been described as one of the most effective means of reducing it. The country has a gap in the coverage-content of antenatal care (ANC) services that must be addressed to better allocate resources to ultimately improve maternal and neonatal health. Therefore, this study aimed to id...
Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: a cross-sectional hospital-based...
Vasconcelos, Alexandra; Bandeira, Nelson; Sousa, Swasilanne; Pereira, Filomena; Machado, Maria do CéuBackground: Pregnancy starts early in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) and rates of adolescent pregnancy increased 16% in recent years reaching a 27.3% prevalence. This study aimed to understand the pregnant adolescents' characteristics and factors associated to early childbearing in STP. Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was undertaken in Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes between 2016 and 2018 with a rand...
Adolescent pregnancy in Sao Tome and Principe: are there different obstetric an...
Vasconcelos, Alexandra; Bandeira, Nelson; Sousa, Swasilanne; Machado, Maria Céu; Pereira, FilomenaBackground: Adolescent childbirth is a major public health problem in Sao Tome and Principe (STP). Adolescent pregnancy and childbirth can carry a risk of morbidity associated with the physiological and sociological characteristics of teenage girls. This study aims to identify the main adverse obstetric and perinatal outcomes for adolescent pregnancies in the Hospital Dr. Ayres de Menezes (HAM), the only hospit...
Health Problems During and After Travel: A Prospective Observational Study in a...
Conceição, Cláudia; Medeiros, Márcia; Pereira, Nélia; Gonçalves, Luzia; Antunes, Abilio; Blondé, Ellen; Teodósio, Rosa; Araújo, CarlosIntroduction: In order to improve the health of travellers during travel it is important to better understand the health problems faced by travellers in different destinations. The main objective of this study was to characterise the perceived health problems of travellers during and up to six months after travel on a pre-travel clinic in Lisbon, Portugal.Material and Methods: This is a prospective observationa...
Travellers’ health services
Sá Machado, Rita; Pereira, Filomena; Antunes, Delfina; Pereira Igreja, Ricardo; Patel, Dipti; Conceição, CláudiaWith the increasing of population mobility, there is a need to focus attention on the prevention of health problems related to travellers. The traveller’s medical consultation and availability of up to date information on all regions of the world is an essential part of this type of prevention. Due to the importance of Traveller’s Medicine, a roundtable was organized at the 5th National Congress of Tropical Med...
Time to diagnosis of pediatric oncologic disease: Ten-year experience from a Le...
Carneiro, Ines Marques; Ramos, Rita; Fonseca, Pedro; Martins, Teresa; Pereira, Filomena; Braga, ManuelaObjectives: Despite rare, childhood cancer is a major cause of child morbidity and mortality. Reducing time to diagnosis and engaging health professionals in early treatment are key when dealing with pediatric cancer. In this study, time to diagnosis and its determinants were assessed. Methods: A descriptive and observational study in the Pediatric Department of a Level II hospital was conducted using clinical ...
Antimicrobial resistance and molecular characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae...
Calado, Joana; Castro, Rita; Lopes, Ângela; Campos, Maria José; Rocha, Miguel; Pereira, FilomenaObjectives To analyze the susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates to penicillin (Pen), cefixime (Cfm), ceftriaxone (Cro), tetracycline (Tet), ciprofloxacin (Cip), azithromycin (Azm), and spectinomycin (Spt), and to verify the presence of mutations in resistance genes. Methods Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by Etest method on 30 N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected from the MSM (men who ha...
Afetivo-sexualidade e compulsão alimentar: qual a relação?
Pereira, Filomena; Castro, Ricardo de; Veiga-Branco, AugustaA bibliografia vem apresentando relação entre a Satisfação e a Compulsão Alimentar (CAP): pacientes com CAP revelam fenómenos que aqui serão estudados: primeiro, o ato de comer para eles, passa a substituir o prazer sexual, servindo para esconder desejos sexuais e escapar ao sexo, segundo expressam uma redução do interesse sexual e também menor qualidade de vida sexual. O presente estudo tem como objetivo conhe...