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COVID-19 e Segurança Sanitária: o que muda?
Opitz, Anja; Mateus, Céu; Sakellarides, Constantino; George, Francisco; Martins, Henrique; Gomes, Inês Lavado; Cardoso, Jorga Félix; Lapão, Luís VelezA pandemia COVID-19 veio colocar a Segurança Sanitária no centro da agenda política dos Estados e das Organizações Internacionais. As políticas de prevenção, deteção e resposta a este tipo de risco, têm sido objeto de debate e controvérsia. Neste IDN Brief convidámos diferentes especialistas a refletir sobre as implicações da pandemia em termos da segurança sanitária, da gestão e governação do sistema de saúde ...
National Health Service: Responding to Current Challenges Through Necessary Tra...
Sakellarides, ConstantinoAfter a decade experiencing clear difficulties, the Portuguese National Health Service needs a significant public investment for its development. This means more resources for the National Health Service, but also an increased capacity to manage its necessary transformation. Current health challenges differ significantly from those prevailing when the National Health Service was institutionalized, 40 years ago:...
From Viral City to Smart City: Learning from Pandemic Experiences
Sakellarides, ConstantinoN/a.; N/a.
A Public Health Strategy for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Portugal: Learning from I...
Sakellarides, Constantino; Araújo, FernandoN/a.; N/a.
COVID-19 and Seasonal Flu During the Autumn-Winter of 2020/2021 and the Challen...
Campos, Luís; Mansinho, Kamal; Telles de Freitas, Paulo; Ramos, Victor; Sakellarides, ConstantinoThe possibility of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic coexisting with a simultaneous epidemic of influenza and the co-circulation of other seasonal respiratory viruses sets the stage for a perfect storm. Preparing for the Autumn-Winter of 2020/2021 is complex, requiring centralized guidance but local and regional solutions, with strong leadership and a high level of coordination. It is essential to act upst...
A strategy for the promotion of health literacy in Portugal, centered around th...
Costa, Andreia Silva; Arriaga, Miguel; Mendes, Rita Veloso; Miranda, Débora; Barbosa, Patrícia; Sakellarides, Constantino; Peralta, AndréABSTRACT - Applied to health, literacy enhances the capacity to make the decisions that are necessary for autonomous health management. With this position paper, we intend to defend the thesis that the conditions for creating a national strategy for health literacy in Portugal along the life course are strengthened by the modernization of the National Health Service (SNS). First, we conducted a scope review on ...
Health in Europe and in Portugal – A Commentary on the ‘Health at a Glance: Eur...
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A strategy for the promotion of health literacy in Portugal, centered around th...
Costa, Andreia; Arriaga, Miguel; Veloso Mendes, Rita; Miranda, Débora; Barbosa, Patrícia; Sakellarides, Constantino; Peralta, AndréApplied to health, literacy enhances the capacity to make the decisions that are necessary for autonomous health management. With this position paper, we intend to defend the thesis that the conditions for creating a national strategy for health literacy in Portugal along the life course are strengthened by the modernization of the National Health Service (SNS). First, we conducted a scope review on health lite...
Sleep patterns and insomnia among portuguese adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Amaral, Odete; Garrido, António; Pereira, Carlos; Veiga, Nélio; Serpa, Carla; Sakellarides, ConstantinoIntroduction Inadequate sleep patterns and insomnia are frequently linked and represent common sleep disorders among adolescents. The present study provides data on sleep patterns and insomnia among Portuguese adolescents. Material e methods In a cross-sectional study we evaluated 6,919 students from the 7th to the 12th grade from twenty-six secondary schools. Data was collected using a self-administered questi...
Acesso dos pacientes aos seus processos clínicos
Laranjo, Liliana; Neves, Ana Luisa; Villanueva, Tiago; Cruz, Jorge; Sá, Armando Brito de; Sakellarides, ConstantinoUntil recently, the medical record was seen exclusively as being the property of health institutions and doctors. Its great technical and scientific components, as well as the personal characteristics attributed by each doctor, have been the reasons appointed for that control. However, nowadays throughout the world that paradigm has been changing. In Portugal, since 2007 patients are allowed full and direct acc...