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NEWSLETTER ISPUP
NOVEMBER, 2020 |
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COVID-19: Study suggests that football does not appear to be a high-risk activity |
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A study by the Portugal Football School of the Portuguese Football Federation in which ISPUP participated, suggests that football is not a sport with a high risk of respiratory exposure for the transmission of COVID-19. This result is in line with the “medium risk” classification attributed by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Health to the modality, in August. |
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What is the role of mobile technologies in the fight against COVID-19? |
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Two researchers from ISPUP published a comment on the role of mobile technologies - a concept that includes smartphone applications, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers draw attention to the importance of these technologies in optimizing strategies to face the pandemic, but they also highlight the various constraints inherent in their use, namely those related to data privacy and the invasion of personal space. |
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Study found a 20 cm height difference between young people in countries with the tallest and shortest population |
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A new global analysis led by Imperial College London, in which ISPUP participated, found a 20 cm height difference between young people in countries with the highest and lowest population. One possible explanation for these differences may be the practice of inadequate nutrition. |
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Aggressiveness of care at the end of the life of cancer patients in Portugal |
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Portugal has a high prevalence of therapeutic aggressiveness at the end of life for cancer patients - 7 out of 10 who died in a public hospital in mainland Portugal between 2010 and 2015 received care considered to be aggressive - according to a study published in ESMO Open of the European Society of Medical Oncology. |
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Improving knowledge about prematurity among parents with very preterm infants is important |
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Parents who experienced having at least one very premature child (born before 32 weeks of gestation) have gaps in knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of prematurity. The conclusion is of a study by ISPUP published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. |
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Project will help to assess maternal and child health care during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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ISPUP is part of the European project Improving MAternal Newborn CarE in the EURO Region, IMAGINE EURO, which is collecting data on the quality and resilience of the maternal and newborn health services among countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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ISPUP researcher was awarded by the Ordem dos Médicos |
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A clinical research study coordinated by André Moreira was awarded the “Banco Carregosa/SRNOM Award”, with the total value of 20.000 euros. The work showed that it is possible to improve the diagnosis and treatment of asthma through biomarkers in exhaled air, which may help to define a more personalized treatment for patients. |
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ISPUP researcher awarded at the International Symposium on Environmental Pollution |
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Joana Madureira was awarded the Best Scientific Presentation for a work which showed that continued exposure to particulate matter - one of the most serious air pollutants in terms of public health - inside homes, may pose health risks, particularly to children's health. |
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- EXPRESSO. “A 19-year-old girl in Bangladesh is the same height as an 11 year old girl in the Netherlands. Why?" (HERE);
- TVI24. “Study concludes that there are gaps in parents' knowledge about premature babies” (HERE);
- OBSERVADOR. “The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the North: what explains the increase in cases by 180% in a month?" (HERE) and “Ordem dos Médicos distinguishes a study on biomarkers to identify asthma in children and adults” (HERE);
- PÚBLICO. “Study suggests there is no ‘high risk’ of COVID-19 in football” (HERE)
- ANTENA 1. “Sara Soares - Social inequalities influence children's health” (HERE);
- NOTÍCIAS AO MINUTO. "When we need the National Health System in this way it is because we are losing the game" (HERE)
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- 04-12-2020: ProChild CoLAB: Linking research and intervention to promote children’s health, education, social participation, and protection (HERE);
- 15-12-2020: Speaking with scientists about sensitive research topics: animal experimentation and genome editing (HERE);
- 18-12-2020: Os desafios dos Estados-membros da CPLP no âmbito da Agenda 2030 para o desenvolvimento sustentável no contexto pós-COVID (HERE)
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