- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Information Science and Libraries
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Digital Media and Visual Art
- Linguistics and Education Research
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Community Health and Development
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Education Pedagogy and Practices
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Physical Activity and Health
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Philippine History and Culture
- Business and Management Studies
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Brazilian cultural history and politics
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2021-2024
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
2021-2024
Elabora Consultoria (Brazil)
2020
Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria
2005
To formulate strategic recommendations to strengthen primary health care (PHC) in Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS) based on expert consultation.The present qualitative study, developed from March August, 2018, included administration of an open questionnaire followed by consensus building among 20 participants representing the five Brazilian regions, selected using criterion recognized professional expertise field PHC. Participants answered online created authors. The findings were...
Background: The characterization of adolescents at high risk for developing depression has traditionally relied on the presence or absence single factors. More recently, use composite scores combining information from multiple variables gained attention in prognostic research field mental health. We previously developed a sociodemographic score to estimate individual level probability occurrence adolescence, Identifying Depression Early Adolescence Risk Score (IDEA-RS). Objectives: In this...
Purpose The goal of this study was to explore the perspectives different stakeholders regarding experiences adolescent depression in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Methods We conducted 54 key-informant interviews with adolescents, parents, social workers, health educators, and policy makers two focus group discussions 5 adolescents 6 parents. Data were analysed using a framework approach guided by adolescents' personal narratives, adult stakeholders' views supplementing these perspectives.Results Four...
Mental health status assessment is mostly limited to clinical or research settings, but recent technological advances provide new opportunities for measurement using more ecological approaches. Leveraging apps already in use by individuals on their smartphones, such as chatbots, could be a useful approach capture subjective reports of mood the moment.
Although there is a general perception that adolescent social media use global phenomenon, scarcity of data on patterns and preferences among youth in low- middle-income countries (LMICs). We here describe self-reported prevalence perceived effects school-based sample Brazilian adolescents.
In the present paper, we take a critical public health perspective that accounts for social determinants of and inequalities to explore challenges healthcare — including mental in Brazil. Brazil, which has been described as country continental dimensions, contrasts, future, was built on principles exploitation land its people, faced many social, economic, political throughout history. The creation Brazil's Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde SUS), providing universal free charge at...
To present the protocol and methods for prospective longitudinal assessments-including clinical digital phenotyping approaches-of Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence Risk Stratified Cohort (IDEA-RiSCo) study, which comprises Brazilian adolescents stratified at baseline by risk of developing depression or presence depression.
To explore associations between self-reported weekly physical activity and depressive symptomatology among adolescents in a school-based sample from Brazil.We surveyed 7,405 aged 14 to 16 years 101 public schools Porto Alegre, Brazil. We assessed using an adapted version of the Patient-Centered Assessment Counseling for Exercise Plus Nutrition - Adolescent Physical Activity Measure (PACE+), symptoms Brazilian Portuguese Patient Health Questionnaire Version. compared symptom scores with...
There is growing global interest in early detection and engagement with care for adolescents experiencing depression. However, there limited information on perceived barriers facilitators to adolescent mental health low- middle-income countries. Accordingly, this study examined the identification of depression Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria. Key informant interviews (n = 153) focus group discussions 31) were conducted Nigeria adolescents, parents, workers, social teachers, other stakeholders explore...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o impacto da indexação no SciELO e MEDLINE sobre número de artigos submetidos ao Jornal Pediatria. MÉTODOS: Análise do total submetidos, estrangeiros índices aceitação, nos seguintes períodos: estágio I - pré-site (janeiro/2000-março/2001); II site (abril/2001-julho/2002); III (agosto/2002-agosto/2003); IV (setembro/2003-dezembro/2004). RESULTADOS: Houve uma tendência significativa aumento linear submissões, durante período estudo (p = 0,009). O originais estágios a foi,...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Mental health status assessment is mostly limited to clinical or research settings, but recent technological advances provide new opportunities for measurement using more ecological approaches. Leveraging apps already in use by individuals on their smartphones, such as chatbots, could be a useful approach capture subjective reports of mood the moment. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aimed describe development and implementation Identifying...