A5073112166- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
2021
Instituto de Medicina Tropical
2019
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Abstract Odemira, in the southeast litoral of Portugal, has 33% migrant citizens, mostly from Southeast Asia, going up to 50% counting transient citizens. Most them do not speak English, making communication with health services difficult. They tend live overcrowded houses unsanitary conditions. With emergence COVID-19 pandemic, all above resulted high incidence and ineffective contact tracing (CT), testing isolation by public teams. It was essential develop strategies manage control...
Public health, as an art and a practical science, focuses on population health seeks to promote protect prevent disease, through proactive healthy behaviours. In global context, systems are dealing with major challenges reflection is due in order develop risk minimization strategies. Some examples of these the shortage resources, rising expenses, ageing, climate change, inequities, emergent reemergent diseases, burden non-communicable diseases. Regarding these, it’s possible strategic axes,...
Abstract Background Suicide and voluntary self-harm (SVSA) accounted for 0.95% of all deaths in Portugal 2017. Economic evaluation includes indirect costs analysis, relating to Years Life Lost (YLL) premature death. This study aimed estimate compare the from loss productivity due SVSA 12 other causes death Methods YLL were adapted working age (18–66 years-old) ‘Years Productivity Lost’ (YPL) adjusting groups 15–19 years-old under, disregarding ages over 66 years-old. The based on European...