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Home / Articles / Members of PPS-GHTM Research Group attended the 17th World Congress on Public Health

Members of PPS-GHTM Research Group attended the 17th World Congress on Public Health

June 6, 2023

PPS-GHTM Research Group members

 

Researchers, Master and PhD students from the PPS-GHTM Research Group attended the 17th World Congress on Public Health. This event, co-organized by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), the Sociedade Italiana de Higiene, Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública (Sltl) and the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), was held in Rome, Italy, between the 2nd and 6th of May.

During these days, the PPS-GHTM members presented the work that have been developed regarding the areas of research of human resources in health, determinants of health of vulnerable populations, health planning and migrants health.

 

Maria do Rosário Martins (PPS Research Group Leader), during a Poster presentation

Topics related to the strengthening of Training in Public Health and Field Epidemiology in Africa, namely in Portuguese-speaking countries, were presented.  In particular, the partial results of the clinical trial on the non-specific effects of BCG on health professionals from Cape Verde, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, and what is known about the immigration of Venezuelans to Brazil in regard of TB incidence and prevalence, and the diagnosis of oral health problems in an adult population of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Moreover, topics related to the impact of strikes by health workers during COVD19 and other Public Health Emergencies that have occurred since the 2000s, and to the development and validation of education materials and reinforcement of health literacy for women who have come out of prisons in Brazil were also exposed.

17th World Congress on Public Health, Poster presentation

One study addressing the patterns of anemia in children aged 6 to 59 months, who were treated at the Maputo Central Hospital in Mozambique, and another study on the prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in children aged 6/7 years living on Santiago Island in Cape Verde, were presented. In the context of the health of vulnerable populations, the research developed in health immigrant children related to the prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases, access to covid testing, and profile of trips to the emergency room before and during the period of the covid-19 pandemic were presented. Finally, issues related to access to health care for refugees living in Lisbon during the pandemic were addressed.

17th World Congress on Public Health, Poster presentation 2

To learn more about these topics, the abstracts of the presentations are available in the links below:

Strengthening public health capacity in Africa – the case of advanced public health education and training in Cabo Verde

Impacts of industrial actions, protests, strikes and lockouts by health and care workers during COVID-19 and other pandemic contexts: living systematic review

Prevalence of observed BCG scar in a cohort of health care workers from three Lusophone sub-Saharian African countries: cross-sectional comparative study

Evidence on tuberculosis in migrants at Brazil’s international borders: a scoping review

Implementation of policy and management interventions to improve health and care workforce capacity to address the COVID-19 pandemic response: living systematic review

Epidemiological survey of oral health in an adult population in São Tomé and Príncipe

Field epidemiology training program in West African Portuguese speaking countries: building capacity while strengthening health systems for health surveillance and outbreak response

Morphological patterns of anemia among children aged 6 to 59 months attending Maputo Central Hospital, Maputo City Province, Mozambique

Health literacy for women released from prison in Brazil: construction and validation of educational material

Prevalence of asthma, rhinitis and eczema symptoms and its determinants in children aged 6-7 years, Santiago island, Cape Verde

Migration Background and hospital emergency department use by children: evidence from a cohort study in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2019 and 2020

Immigration as a determinant of COVID-19 testing among children: a cross-sectional study in Amadora, Lisbon Metropolitan area, Portugal

Health care access in times of COVID-19: the experiences of refugees in Lisbon

Migration as a health determinant for asthma symptoms in children born in 2015, Lisbon region

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