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Insights from the EQUALS4COVID19 study on migrant mental health in Portugal: A ...
Alarcão, V.; Candeias, P.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Neves, J.; Pintassilgo, S.; Machado, F. L.; Santos, O.; Virgolino, A.; Santos, R. R.Background The COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptive consequences in the economic, health, and educational sectors have impacted people’s lives, contributing to a context of increased economic and social vulnerability. The pandemic has revealed and accentuated social inequalities and discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin. This study aimed to contribute to the promotion of the mental health and well...
Mental health and well-being of migrant populations in Portugal two years after...
Alarcão, V.; Candeias, P.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Pintassilgo, S.; Machado, F. L.; Virgolino, A.; Santos, O.In Portugal, like in other European countries, the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the risk of poverty and social exclusion faced by migrants. This study aimed to assess mental health and well-being, and their social determinants, among Brazilian and Cape Verdean immigrant populations two years after the COVID-19 pandemic while exploring the role of positive psychological factors such as resilience and perceived s...
Exploring intersectional variations in sexual pleasure, sexual autonomy, and im...
Alarcão, V.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Candeias, P.; Pascoal, P. M.Research suggests that pressure to meet gender norms can limit social behaviors and ultimately promote poor health outcomes, such as disparities in decreased sexual pleasure, which are considered a central component of human rights and well-being. Previous studies have shown that sexual pleasure and sexual autonomy are gender-related, but little is known about these indicators in diverse populations. This study...
Exploring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being ...
Alarcão, V.; Virgolino, A.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Neves, J.The pandemic is aggravating health inequalities, particularly mental health inequalities, while revealing the social determinants of these inequalities, including migration as a social determinant that mediates the interaction of social, economic, cultural, institutional, and structural factors with health indicators. Therefore, it is of most relevance to identify the multiple interconnected factors that influe...
Reducing sexual and reproductive health inequities between natives and migrants...
Candeias, P.; Alarcão, V.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Santos, O.; Virgolino, A.; Pintassilgo, S.; Pascoal, P. M.; Costa, A. S.; Machado, F.L.The increasing number of international migrants (ranging from 153 million in 1990 to ∼272 million in 2019) brought to attention the wide variation of national contexts concerning the policy measures to protect migrants’ rights and ensuring their equal access to basic and essential services, namely in health. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) is a key component to the overall health and quality of life and is...
Intersections of immigration and sexual/reproductive health: An umbrella litera...
Alarcão, V.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Virgolino, A.; Santos, O.; Costa, A. S.Identifying the opportunities and barriers of promoting and fulfilling the sexual health rights of migrants remains a challenge that requires systematic assessment. Such an assessment would include estimating the influence of acculturation processes on sexual and reproductive health, and mapping intersectional inequities that influence migrants’ sexual and reproductive health in comparison with the native popul...
Maternal mental health in the workplace (MAMH@WORK): A protocol for promoting p...
Costa, J.; Santos, O.; Virgolino, A.; Pereira, M. E.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Silva, H.; Navarro-Costa, P.; Barbosa, M.; Neves, R. C.; Silva, I. D.Women are exposed to increased burden of mental disorders during the perinatal period: 13–19% experience postpartum depression. Perinatal psychological suffering affects early mother-child relationship, impacting child’s emotional and cognitive development. Return-to-work brings additional vulnerability given the required balance between parenting and job demands. The MAternal Mental Health in the WORKplace (MA...
Fertility, migration and acculturation (FEMINA): a research protocol for studyi...
Alarcão, V.; Stefanovska-Petkovska, M.; Virgolino, A.; Santos, O.; Ribeiro, S.; Costa, A.; Nogueira, P.; Pascoal, M. P.; Pintassilgo, S.; Machado, F. L.Background: The existing knowledge on the interplay between reproductive and sexual health, migration and acculturation is recent and inconsistent, particularly on the sociocultural motives and constraints regarding fertility. Therefore, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) surveys are needed to provide accurate and comparable indicators to identify and address SRH inequalities, with specific focus on under res...