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Factors associated with chemsex in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Autores: Chone JS, Lima SVMA, Pimentel V, Fronteira I, Mendes IAC, Shaaban AN, Martins MDRO, Sousa AFL
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 29, e3474
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.4975.3474

ABSTRACT ‘Objective:’ to investigate the factors associated with the practice of sex under the influence of drugs (chemsex) among Portuguese men who have sex with men during the period of social distancing to prevent the COVID-19. ‘Method:’ online survey applied in May 2020 to a sample of 1,301 participants living in Portugal, recruited according to […]
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m-health in the surgical context: Prospecting, review and analysis of mobile applications

  • Autores: Bim LL, Schneider G, de Souza Hermann PR, de Andrade D, Sousa AFL, Fronteira I
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Open Nursing Journal
  • Link: https://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TONURSJ-13-18

Background m-Health initiatives can show an opportunity to improve the identification, prevention and management of certain diseases. Most health-care applications aims at chronic noncommunicable diseases care, and it is necessary to seek evidence from applications intended for surgical patient care, either before, during or after hospitalization. Objective: The Study Aims to identify and analyze, from […]
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Classifying and Measuring Human Resources for Health and Rehabilitation: Concept Design of a Practices- and Competency-Based International Classification

  • Autores: Jesus TS, Landry MD, Dussault G, Fronteira I
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Physical Therapy
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561749

The burden of physical impairments and disabilities is growing across high-, middle-, and low-income countries, but populations across the globe continue to lack access to basic physical rehabilitation. Global shortages, uneven distributions, and insufficient skill mix of human resources for health and rehabilitation (HRH&R) contribute to such inequitable access. However, there are no international standards […]
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Portuguese political cycles and the role of the State and private and social sectors in health

  • Autores: Simões J, Fronteira I
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: Revista Eletrónica de Direito Público

The relationship between the State, the social sector and the private sector has shifted in accordance with the dominant ideological mark of the political cycles. Throughout the 40 years of existence of the National Health Service (NHS), a common point subsists in each political cycle – the indispensability of the NHS qua a universalist system […]
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HIV Testing Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM): A Blind Spot?

  • Autores: Sousa AFL, Queiroz AAFLN, Fronteira I, Lapão L, Mendes IAC, Brignol S
  • Ano de Publicação: 2019
  • Journal: American Journal of Men's Health
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31288596

Middle-aged and older men who have sex with men (MSM) are one of the most underestimated populations with regard to HIV/AIDS infection, despite the worldwide trend of increasing prevalence in recent years. This population also has low rates of testing, although rare studies are done exclusively with middle-aged and older MSM assessing the factors associated […]
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