Content with the tag: Desigualdades em Saúde
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Why do children from disadvantaged families have a higher risk of developing childhood obesity?
April 2021
Ana R. Sepúlveda, Tatiana Lacruz, Santos Solano, Marta Rojo, Francisco J. Román e Miriam Branco, Grupo de Investigação ANOBAS, Universidade Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Adapted by: Sílvia Galilea e Carina Bellver (StoryData);
Does childhood obesity as a result of a disadvantaged family environment exist?
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An experimental examination of attentional bias in medical care during the covid-19 pandemic
August 2021
Filipa Madeira, Alexandre Vieira, Cicero R. Pereira & Emerson Do Bú, Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa;
In many countries, the incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates of the covid-19 virus have disproportionately affected non-white people, but there is a lack of published data explaining this phenomenon. Are admissions to intensive care units proportional among white and black people? Are physicians more likely to, unknowingly, pay more attention to white patients and therefore be more likely to offer them life-saving intensive care treatment?
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How have covid-19 prevention measures affected professionals working at nursing homes?
November 2021
Catarina Santos-Marques, ciTechCare, Polytechnic of Leiria; Catarina Mangas, CICS-NOVA.PLeiria – iACT, CI&DEI, ESECS, Polytechnic of Leiria; Tânia Marques, CARME, ESTG, Polytechnic of Leiria; Ana Paula Gil, CICS-NOVA, NOVA-FCSH; Nelson Campos Ramalho, BRU-ISCTE; Sónia Gonçalves Pereira, ciTechCare, Polytechnic of Leiria;
The impact of covid-19 on older people in nursing homes has been thoroughly researched, but less is known about the impact on health professionals.