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Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a scoping...
Gorasso, Vanessa; Morgado, Joana Nazaré; Charalampous, Periklis; Pires, Sara M.; Haagsma, Juanita A.; Santos, João Vasco; Idavain, Jane; Ngwa, Che HenryObjectives: Within the framework of the burden of disease (BoD) approach, disease, and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease prevention. Considering the important differences in methods, and their impact on burden estimates, we conducted a scoping literature review to: (1) map the BoD assessments including risk factors perf...
Methodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe...
Charalampous, Periklis; Pallari, Elena; Gorasso, Vanessa; von der Lippe, Elena; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Pires, Sara M.; Plass, Dietrich; Idavain, JaneBackground: Calculating the disease burden due to injury is complex, as it requires many methodological choices. Until now, an overview of the methodological design choices that have been made in the burden of disease (BoD) studies in injury populations is not available. The aim of this systematic literature review was to identify existing injury BoD studies undertaken across Europe and to comprehensively revie...
Methodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe...
Charalampous, Periklis; Pallari, Elena; Gorasso, Vanessa; von der Lippe, Elena; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Pires, Sara M.; Plass, Dietrich; Idavain, JaneBackground: Calculating the disease burden due to injury is complex, as it requires many methodological choices. Until now, an overview of the methodological design choices that have been made in burden of disease (BoD) studies in injury populations is not available. The aim of this systematic literature review was to identify existing injury BoD studies undertaken across Europe and to comprehensively review th...
Association between the 2009-2014 economic crisis, suicide and self-harm in Por...
Pinheiro, VeraABSTRACT - Background: It is well established that the health of a population is highly influenced by its socioeconomic context, welfare systems, labour markets, public policies, and demographic characteristics. Thus, changes in these key determinants may be reflected in the mental health and wellbeing of a population, through risk factors such as unemployment, financial strain, debts and job-related issues, as...
Impact of the 2009-2014 economic crisis on suicide attempts and self-harm in Po...
Pinheiro, Vera; Nunes, Baltazar; Silva, Susana Pereira; Caetano, ConstantinoFollowing the worldwide economic crisis of 2008, studies have found an increased risk for self-harm and suicide attempts, many of which need hospital care. There is no research in Portugal on the matter. Therefore, our goal was to estimate the impact of the Portuguese economic crisis of 2009-2014 on the hospital admission rates by attempted suicide and self-harm in Portugal.
Access to medical specialization: the portuguese scenario
Soares dos Santos, Estevão; Moreira, Afonso; Regina Sá, Ana; Gabriel, Tiago; Pinheiro, Vera; Lopes, Pedro; Esteves, HugoIn the European Union each member state is responsible for organizing the specialization of medical doctors in order to ensure their appropriate training and their ability to provide the highest quality of care. However, since 2015, not all medical graduates in Portugal have been able to access a specialized training program. The main aim of this study was to calculate the cumulative number of candidates for me...
Relatório de Estágio Curricular – Farmácia Barbosa, Baião (Porto)
Pinheiro, VeraA unidade curricular Estágio Profissional II realizada na Farmácia Barbosa, no concelho de Baião, entre os dias 9 de Março e 17 de Junho de 2011 traduziu-se na realização de atividades inerentes à profissão de técnico de farmácia no âmbito de farmácia comunitária, e teve como objetivos principais a aquisição e desenvolvimento de aprendizagens e competências técnicas e científicas e a aplicação de princípios éti...