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Exploring the Association between Health Literacy and Diabetes Risk in Adults: ...
Batalha, Maria João; Gabriel, Tiago; Alves, Bartolomeu; Soledade, Ana; Passadouro, Rui; Dias, Sara SimõesIntroduction: Low levels of health literacy (HL) are related to behaviors that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, in Europe, there is still little knowledge about this relationship, and whether improving HL could be an effective strategy for preventing the disease. Therefore, this study aims to measure the association between HL and the risk of developing T2D in adults living in the...
Vaccination in children and adolescents: current practices
Miranda, Patrícia; Gaspar, Pedro; Passadouro, Rui; Moleiro, PascoalIntroduction: Enforcing the National Vaccination Program (PNV) is associated with population health gains. A competent workforce regarding vaccination practices should be a concern of health care services. Objectives: To assess knowledge about false contraindications to pediatric vaccination and to characterize counseling practices, comparing the results according to professional category, clinical activity, ye...
Health literacy – study protocol for LiSa cohort study
Batalha, Maria João; Gabriel, Tiago; Valentim, Ana; Soledade, Ana; Gomes, Cátia; Alves, Bartolomeu; Santos, Estêvão Soares dos; Passadouro, RuiBackground: Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others, whether at home, at the workplace, in the community, marketplace, healthcare sector, or the political arena. The main aim of this project is to measure health literacy in the adult population living in the ...
Complex network model for COVID-19: human behavior, pseudo-periodic solutions a...
Silva, Cristiana J.; Cantin, Guillaume; Cruz, Carla; Fonseca-Pinto, Rui; Passadouro, Rui; Santos, Estevão Soares dos; Torres, Delfim F. M.We propose a mathematical model for the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a homogeneously mixing non constant population, and generalize it to a model where the parameters are given by piecewise constant functions. This allows us to model the human behavior and the impact of public health policies on the dynamics of the curve of active infected individuals during a COVID-19 epidemic outbreak. After proving...
Optimal control of the COVID-19 pandemic: controlled sanitary deconfinement in ...
Silva, Cristiana J.; Cruz, Carla; Torres, Delfim F. M.; Muñuzuri, Alberto P.; Carballosa, Alejandro; Area, Iván; Nieto, Juan J.; Fonseca-Pinto, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced policy makers to decree urgent confinements to stop a rapid and massive contagion. However, after that stage, societies are being forced to find an equilibrium between the need to reduce contagion rates and the need to reopen their economies. The experience hitherto lived has provided data on the evolution of the pandemic, in particular the population dynamics as a result of the...
Conviver na Escola em Tempos de Pandemia COVID-19
Figueiredo, Felicia; Passadouro, Rui; Alves , Bartolomeu; Vieira, Alexandre; Silva, Ana; Mendes, OdeteA pandemia provocada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2 tem-se repercutido fortemente nas rotinas dos adolescentes com impacto na sua saúde física e mental. Esta situação é agravada pelo confinamento e pelo afastamento da comunidade escolar. O estudo tem por objetivo conhecer as perceções dos alunos do 2º e 3º ciclo do ensino básico sobre a COVID-19. O estudo, realizado através de um questionário online, integrou uma amostr...
Optimal control of the COVID-19 pandemic: controlled sanitary deconfinement in ...
Silva, Cristiana J.; Cruz, Carla; Torres, Delfim F. M.; Muñuzuri, Alberto P.; Carballosa, Alejandro; Area, Iván; Nieto, Juan J.; Fonseca-Pinto, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced policy makers to decree urgent confinements to stop a rapid and massive contagion. However, after that stage, societies are being forced to find an equilibrium between the need to reduce contagion rates and the need to reopen their economies. The experience hitherto lived has provided data on the evolution of the pandemic, in particular the population dynamics as a result of the...
Optimal control of the COVID-19 pandemic: controlled sanitary deconfinement in ...
Silva, Cristiana J.; Cruz, Carla; Torres, Delfim F. M.; Muñuzuri, Alberto P.; Carballosa, Alejandro; Area, Iván; Nieto, Juan J.; Fonseca-Pinto, RuiThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced policy makers to decree urgent confinements to stop a rapid and massive contagion. However, after that stage, societies are being forced to find an equilibrium between the need to reduce contagion rates and the need to reopen their economies. The experience hitherto lived has provided data on the evolution of the pandemic, in particular the population dynamics as a result of the...
Awareness and Attitudes towards Advance Care Directives (ACDs): An Online Surve...
Laranjeira, Carlos; Dixe, Maria dos Anjos; Gueifão, Luís; Caetano, Lina; Passadouro, Rui; Querido, AnaEvidence shows that facilitated advance decisions can increase the number of meaningful and valid Advance Care Directives (ACDs) and improve the quality of care when EndOf-Life (EOL) is near. Little is known about the awareness and attitudes of Portuguese adults towards ACDs. The present study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and preferences of a sample of Portuguese adults regarding EOL care decisions ...
Development and psychometric properties of the general public's attitudes towar...
Laranjeira, Carlos; Dixe, Maria dos Anjos; Gueifão, Luís Miguel Aleixo Oliveira; Caetano, Lina; Passadouro, Rui; Gabriel, Tiago; Querido, AnaBackground: To date, no instrument in Portugal has evaluated the attitudes of the population about advance care directives. This paper describes the development and testing of the General Public's Attitudes Toward Advance Care Directives (GPATACD) Scale. Design and Methods: Methodological study. The development of the instrument was based on a literature review, updated in 2018. Face and content validity were v...