Health Literacy contributes not only to promoting health and preventing diseases, but also to the effectiveness and efficiency of health services, and is, therefore, an essential tool for the sustainability of the National Health Service (SNS). As such, health literacy is one of the top priorities of the Directorate-General of Health (DGS). With regards to the Portuguese context, the SNS has been modernising it...
In Portugal, 5 in 10 people present low levels of health literacy, 11% of them have inadequate levels and 28% problematic. This low level of health literacy of the Portuguese population entails individual and social costs that, ultimately, lead to a decrease of the autonomy of the individual.Nowadays, the increase of the population’s health literacy levels is seen as both strategic and crucial, as well as a way...
As matérias-primas subsidiárias utilizadas no fabrico de enchidos tradicionais alentejanos são, principalmente, a massa de pimentão, a massa de alho, o sal, a água e a tripa. Foram recolhidas amostras daquelas matérias-primas subsidiárias em duas fábricas (designadas por A e B) de produção de enchidos instaladas em zonas diferentes do Alentejo. Analisaram-se 6 amostras de cada uma das matérias primas subsidiári...