Connecting the dots on health inequalities–a systematic review on the social determinants of health in Portugal

I Campos-Matos, G Russo, J Perelman - International journal for equity in …, 2016 - Springer
Introduction Health inequalities are recognised as a public health issue worldwide, but only
a few countries have developed national strategies to monitor and reduce them. Despite its …

The neighbourhood natural environment is associated with asthma in children: a birth cohort study

J Cavaleiro Rufo, I Paciência, E Hoffimann, A Moreira… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background A lower exposure to the natural environment has been hypothesized to
adversely affect the human microbiome and its immunomodulatory capacity. However, the …

Mode of delivery and asthma at school age in 9 European birth cohorts

F Rusconi, D Zugna, I Annesi-Maesano… - American journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Evidence on the association between mode of delivery and asthma at school age is
inconclusive. We assessed the associations between specific modes of delivery and asthma …

Residential and school green and blue spaces and intelligence in children: The Generation XXI birth cohort

DQ Almeida, H Barros, AI Ribeiro - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Green and blue spaces have numerous health benefits. It has been hypothesized that
contact with these spaces can have an important role in cognitive development, because it …

Are the EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations associated with future cardiometabolic health?–Insights from the Generation XXI cohort from childhood into early …

B Teixeira, C Afonso, M Severo, A Oliveira - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The prospective effect of healthy and planetary diets on cardiometabolic health
at young ages remains unclear. Objectives This study aims to investigate the prospective …

Portugal: Health system review

JA Simões, GF Augusto, I Fronteira… - 2017 - apps.who.int
This publication reviews recent developments in organization and governance of health
system, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system …

[HTML][HTML] Food parenting practices and eating behaviors in childhood: a cross-lagged approach within the Generation XXI cohort

A Costa, M Severo, A Oliveira - The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Food parenting practices have been associated with children's eating
behaviors, but analyses exploring the bidirectional effects are limited. Objectives We aimed …

Neighbourhood green and blue spaces and allergic sensitization in children: A longitudinal study based on repeated measures from the Generation XXI cohort

I Paciência, A Moreira, C Moreira, JC Rufo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Evidence on the effect of natural environments on atopy in children is limited and
inconsistent, disregarding the time-varying and cumulative exposures throughout the life …

Maternal perception, concern and dissatisfaction with child weight and their association with feeding practices in the Generation XXI birth cohort

A Costa, MM Hetherington, A Oliveira - British Journal of Nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
What a mother thinks about her child's weight status might influence what and how she
feeds her child. We examined the association between maternal perception, concern and …

Household dysfunction is associated with bullying behavior in 10-year-old children: do socioeconomic circumstances matter?

S Fraga, S Soares, FS Peres… - Journal of interpersonal …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study measured the prevalence of bullying behavior in 10-year-old children and
investigated the effect of the socioeconomic context on the impact of household dysfunction …