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The influence of home and environmental characteristics on 5-18 years old child...
Golzarpour, Majid; Santana, Paula; Sajjadi, Homeira; Ghaed Amini Harouni, Gholamreza; Costa, Cláudia; Ziapour, Arash; Azizi, Seyed Amar; Akbari, MehdiBackground: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically changed the health and wellbeing of children. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the home environment and the environmental characteristics on 5–18 years old children health in Iran. Method: An online survey was conducted among parents of children aged 5 to 18 living in large cities in Iran in 2021. The sta...
Inovação para a Saúde: Geografia da Investigação Translação Envolvendo Hospitais
Marques, Teresa Sá; Santana, Paula; Santos, Hélder; Gama, RuiEsta publicação foi desenvolvida no âmbito do projeto POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031686 (B2B4I – Interações de inovação Bench-bedside, Bedside-bench: abordagem geográfica multinível das redes centradas no papel dos hospitais), cofinanciado pelo Programa – Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI), através do Portugal 2020 e do Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) e por fundos nacionais atrav...
Seroepidemiology study of Cytomegalovirus and Rubella in pregnant women in Luan...
Vueba, Amélia; Faria, Clarissa; Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, Paula; Sousa, Maria do CéuBackground: Both CMV and Rubella virus infections are associated with the risk of vertical transmission, fetal death or congenital malformations. In Angola, there are no reports of CMV and Rubella studies. Therefore, our objectives were to study the seroprevalence of anti-CMV and anti-Rubella antibodies in pregnant women of Luanda (Angola), identify the risk of primary infection during pregnancy and evaluate th...
Strategic Assessment of Neighbourhood Environmental Impacts on Mental Health in...
Loureiro, Adriana; Partidário, Maria do Rosário; Santana, PaulaScientific evidence shows that each place/environment generates specific conditions with associated impacts on the mental health and well-being of the population. A holistic, multilevel and integrated environmental approach to mental health enhances the understanding of this phenomena, supporting the local decision-making processes to improve spatial planning of neighbourhood environments. The aim of this study...
Putting Health at the Heart of Local Planning Through an Integrated Municipal H...
Freitas, Angela; Santana, PaulaAs a cross-sectoral issue, the promotion of health needs to be addressed across all policies. In Portugal, as more competencies are being transferred to local governments, the integration of health considerations into municipal plans remains a challenge and guidance on how to develop an integrated municipal health strategy is absent. The aim of this study is to describe the conceptual and methodological approac...
Congresso GeoSaúde 2022: livro de resumos
Marques Da Costa, Eduarda; Louro, Ana; Cunha, Jeanna; Nossa, Paulo; Marques Da Costa, Nuno; Santana, Paula; Guimarães, R. B.; Almendra, R.O direito à proteção da saúde suscita um debate sobre a evolução dos direitos sociais e das políticas públicas consubstanciadas pelos Estados como instrumentos provisores desses direitos. Paralelamente, para além de um crescente envolvimento e responsabilização dos sujeitos pela gestão da sua própria saúde, assistimos à instalação de um conjunto de fatores que, estando presentes nos territórios têm merecido uma...
Unhealthy lifestyles, environment, well-being and health capability in rural ne...
Azul, Anabela Marisa; Almendra, Ricardo; Quatorze, Marta; Loureiro, Adriana; Reis, Flávio; Tavares, Rui; Mota-Pinto, Anabela; Cunha, António; Rama, LuísBackground: Non-communicable diseases are a leading cause of health loss worldwide, in part due to unhealthy lifestyles. Metabolic-based diseases are rising with an unhealthy body-mass index (BMI) in rural areas as the main risk factor in adults, which may be amplified by wider determinants of health. Changes in rural environments reflect the need of better understanding the factors affecting the self-ability f...
Evaluation of the drinking water quality surveillance system in the metropolita...
Faria, Clarissa Pérez; Almendra, Ricardo; Dias, Gisele Silva; Santana, Paula; Sousa, Maria do Céu; Bessa de Freitas, MarceloThe present work evaluated the surveillance of the drinking water quality information system database and correlated the findings of the microbiological analysis with the distribution of intestinal protozoa from the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. From the database, we obtained 1,654 georeferenced monitoring stations that were used in the analysis. The results indicate that the minimum number of samples ...
Trends of amenable deaths due to healthcare within the European Union countries...
Costa, Cláudia; Santana, PaulaThe study of premature deaths from causes that are generally preventable given the current availability of healthcare - called amenable deaths due to healthcare - provides information on the quality of services. However, they are not only impacted by healthcare characteristics: other factors are also likely to influence. Therefore, identifying the association between amenable deaths due to healthcare and health...
Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B virus among pregnant women in Luanda (Angola)...
Vueba, Amélia Nkutxi; Almendra, Ricardo; Santana, Paula; Faria, Clarissa; Sousa, Maria do CéuHIV and HBV infections remain responsible for high rate of morbidity and mortality in many African Countries, affecting women and newborns. This study aims to analyze the spatial pattern of HIV and HBV infections in pregnant women in Luanda, Angola, and the statistical association between HIV and HBV and socio-economic characteristics, hygiene, and health status. Methods: Detection of anti-HIV antibodies (total...