Objectives: The number of child and adolescent immigrants from the Indian subcontinent has been increasing in Portugal. Dental caries is the most common chronic disease in these ages, and toothbrushing is the most effective prevention measure. The objective was to characterize the toothbrushing habits of immigrant children and adolescents from the Indian subcontinent, living in Lisbon. Methods: In this cross-se...
Background: Epidemiologic evidence highlights the harmful consequences of unemployment on health and well-being. This emphasizes the need to design low-cost interventions to prevent the adverse mental health effects of unemployment. The main aim of this study was to create expert-consensus regarding development and implementation of a brief, sustainable, and effective intervention program for promoting mental h...
Tem sido amplamente relatada a importância da implementação de projetos de intervenção que facilitem o desenvolvimento de competências de linguagem oral, consciência fonológica, linguagem escrita, e matemáticas, desde a educação pré-escolar, bem como a necessidade de identificação atempada de crianças em risco educacional. Este estudo apresenta como objetivo analisar em que medida o desempenho das crianças em i...
Background: Economic crises and unemployment have profound impact on mental health and well-being. Main goal of the Healthy Employment (HE) project is to enhance intersectoral actions promoting mental health among unemployed, namely through the implementation and effectiveness-evaluation of short-term and sustainable group interventions. Methods: The project follows a RE-AIM-based (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoptio...
Introdução: Em Portugal, a percentagem de hipertensos tratados e controlados é relativamente baixa. Desconhece-se a relação dos determinantes socioeconómicos com o controlo tensional, particularmente nos imigrantes africanos. Objetivo: Comparar a frequência de controlo nos hipertensos tratados e identificar características associadas à hipertensão tratada não controlada, entre nativos portugueses (caucasianos) ...
Introduction: In Portugal, the frequency of patient with treated and controlled hypertension is low. It is unknown the relation of socio-economic determinants with hypertension control, particularly in African immigrants. Aims: To compare frequency of control in treated hypertension and to identify characteristics associated with uncontrolled and treated hypertension between Portuguese natives (Caucasian) and P...
Introduction: In Portugal, the frequency of patient with treated and controlled hypertension is low. It is unknown the relation of socioeconomic determinants with hypertension control, particularly in African immigrants. Aims: To compare frequency of control in treated hypertension and to identify characteristics associated with uncontrolled and treated hypertension between Portuguese natives (Caucasian) and Po...
Introduction: The growth of the immigrant population in Portugal has been consistent over the past decades. Nevertheless, information on the health of immigrant populations is scarce. This research uses data collected from the population from the Indian subcontinent living in the district of Lisbon to produce recommendations for the provision of culturally adapted health services.Material and Methods: Cross-sec...