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

  • Authors: Chone JS, Lima SVMA, Pimentel V, Fronteira I, Mendes IAC, Shaaban AN, Martins MDRO, Sousa AFL
  • Publication Year: 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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Determinants of HIV-1 Late Presentation in Patients Followed in Europe

  • Authors: Miranda MNS, Pingarilho M, Pimentel V, Martins MDRO, Vandamme A-M, Bobkova M, Böhm M, Seguin-Devaux C, Paredes R, Rubio R, Zazzi M, Incardona F, Abecasis A.
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Journal: Pathogens, 10(7), art 835
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10070835

ABSTRACT To control the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) set the 90-90-90 target to be reached by 2020. One major threat to those goals is late presentation, which is defined as an individual presenting a TCD4+ count lower than 350 cells/mm3 or an AIDS-defining event. The present study aims to […]
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Association between length of residence and overweight among adult immigrants in Portugal: A nationwide cross-sectional study

  • Authors: da Costa LP, Dias SF, Martins MDRO
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Public Health
  • Link: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-017-4252-5

Despite the importance of immigrant population in Portugal few studies have analyzed the patterns of overweight/obesity in this subpopulation. The aims of this study are: (i) describe and compare the prevalence of overweight between immigrants and natives in Portugal; (ii) analyze the association between length of residence and overweight among adult immigrants in Portugal. A […]
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Implementation strategies to increase access and demand of long-lasting insecticidal nets a before-and-after study and scale-up process in Mozambique

  • Authors: Arroz JAH, Candrinho B, Martins MDRO, Mendis C, Pinto J, Pinto L
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-017-2086-3

The universal coverage bed nets campaign is a proven health intervention promoting increased access, ownership, and use of bed nets to reduce malaria burden. This article describes the intervention and implementation strategies that Mozambique carried out recently in order to improve access and increase demand for long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). A before-and-after study with a […]
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