Sickle cell disease (SCD) represents an emblematic case of historical health neglect in Brazil. This article has made a historical course up to the current days and reflects how institutional racism produces health inequities by showing delay in the ...
The aim of this article was to analyze how institutional racism in a Brazilian public university affects the lives of black students. This is a mixed study, developed through the application of an online self-administered questionnaire to university ...
The relationship between democracy, citizenship and health has shaped the Unified Health System (SUS) over the last four decades. Despite structural difficulties, conflicts between projects, and differences between moments, until 2016 there was a str...
Objetivou-se associar condições de vida, de saúde e de saúde bucal à qualidade de vida (QLV) de crianças e adolescentes (CA) com Doença Falciforme (DF). Dos 120 usuários elegíveis de um serviço público hematológico, 106 CA entre 6 e 18 a...
In this study of 333 participants, we investigated how racial stereotypes and facial attractiveness impact moral evaluations in healthcare. We use images of faces with different levels of attractiveness in moral dilemma scenarios, performing statisti...
In the last 40 years, the National Health Service (NHS) has generated health gains that have placed Portugal at the top in terms of quality of life for millions of citizens and reduced many of the inequalities in Portuguese society. Revisit the crea...
This article analyzed the possible shifts in the senses and meanings of obesity for primary care health professionals in Bahia after a health education initiative. A qualitative study carried out with 37 participants, which used a semi-structured onl...
Objetivo: Analisar as associações da vitimização e perpetração do bullying com sintomas depressivos e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QVRS) em uma amostra de adolescentes brasileiros do ensino médio. Métodos: Os adolescentes (n = 852...