Estado: Completed

Better Care – Supporting emerging care economy, empowering caregivers to provide safe care at home The Action aims to improve safety for care recipients by addressing caregiver errors in home settings through collaborative discussions among stakeholders. It focuses on raising awareness about the impacts of unsafe care, particularly emphasizing gender differences, and addressing ethical and… Continue reading Better Care

CHiLDLIMaR – Health determinants and needs of migrant children in a pandemic context: A longitudinal study for the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region. PTDC/SAU-SER/4664/2020 The aim of this study is to analyze the health trajectories of migrant children in the Lisbon Region for the period 2021-23 and provide evidence on the socioeconomic impact of the… Continue reading CHiLDLIMaR

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

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

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

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

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