Estado: Completed

MYBACK – Effectiveness and implementation of a personalized self-management program to prevent recurrences and disability and promote musculoskeletal health in patients with low back pain. PTDC/SAU-SER/7406/2020 The “MyBack” project aims to compare the effectiveness of a personalized self-management program for the prevention of recurrences and usual care, relative to usual care alone, in individuals with… Continue reading MYBACK

ELEVATE – Early detection of cervical cancer in hard-to-reach populations of women through portable and point-of-care HPV testing Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the hard-to-reach populations in many countries are at a higher risk of developing the disease. Preventive screening programmes and vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) result in… Continue reading ELEVATE

CONCORDIA HF – Assessment of the main concerns of individuals with heart failure in disease management, impacts on daily life, key barriers to access, and the most valued factors in healthcare The CONCORDIA HF project aims to: (i) design a disease progression staging segmentation model focused on the study’s objectives, (ii) identify the main barriers… Continue reading CONCORDIA IC

Duration: 36 months PAFSE – Partnerships for Science Education will contribute to community preparedness to reduce the risk of communicable disease and epidemics. It will do so by establishing partnerships between schools, universities, non-formal education providers, enterprises and civil society organisations and engaging them in efforts to enrich Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education to… Continue reading PAFSE – Partnerships for Science Education

CONCORDIA DRC – Assessment of the main concerns of individuals with chronic kidney disease in disease management, impacts on daily life, and key barriers to access to healthcare The proposed project aims to expand the evidence base related to the importance of assessing the main concerns of individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), identifying the… Continue reading CONCORDIA DRC

COVID-19 pandemic challenged the world with vaccination shedding hope to its end. However, an estimated 10% of COVID-19 patients experience persisting physical and mental symptoms following the acute phase. Changes to respiratory and cardiac function have also been described. This poorly characterised phenomenon has been named Long COVID. The general objective is to describe the… Continue reading LOCUS: LOng Covid – Understanding Symptoms, events and use of services in Portugal

NOVA PSOA – Evaluation of the Social Prescription Project in Health Units in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo. Social Prescription is a complex and intersectoral intervention that enables Primary Healthcare services to refer patients with social and emotional needs to a variety of services provided by the voluntary and social sectors. It is an… Continue reading NOVA PSOA

PMCardImpact – Avaliação da carga de doença e do impacto económico das doenças cardiovasculares em Portugal atribuídas à exposição a PM2.5 / PMCardImpact – The health and economic impact of PM2.5-related cardiovascular diseases in Portugal Pollution is the worldwide largest environmental cause of disease and premature death, being considered costly, with attributable diseases resulting in… Continue reading PMCardImpact

C.O.P.E. – Capabilities, Opportunities, Places and Engagement: Approach for Social Inclusion of Difficult to Reach Young People through a “Relational Proximity” Community Network is a European project funded by the European Commission under the EaSI (European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation) aimed at the social inclusion of NEETs, young people aged between 15 and… Continue reading C.O.P.E. – Capabilities, Opportunities, Places and Engagement

Collaboration between the Direção Geral de Saúde and the NOVA National School of Public Health within the scope of the Public Health Emergency Center.