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  • Developing community partnerships for primary healthcare: An integrative review on management challenges
    Publication . Alves, Odete Maria Azevedo; Moreira, Joaquim Paulo; Santos, Paula Clara
    The aim of this review was to identify healthcare management barriers, challenges and obstacles in the development of health partnerships in community intervention projects. We conducted an integrative review using the following data sources: PubMed, B-on, Medline and EBSCOhost. The keywords in the search were: Health Partnerships AND Community Health AND Primary Health Care. We grouped results based on six categories: Environment; Membership; Process and structure; Purpose; Communication; Resources.
    2020-02-24Journal article Open access Show more
  • Low back pain and physical activity during pregnancy: a longitudinal prospective study
    Publication . Santos, Paula Clara Ribeiro; Bernardo, Diana Filipa Salvador; Moreira, Carla Marisa Maia; Abreu, Sandra Marlene Ribeiro de; Lopes, Diana; Alves, Odete Maria Azevedo; Mota, Jorge Augusto Pinto Silva
    Low back pain (LBP) is an increasingly reported condition, and physical activity (PA) may play an important role. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the proportion of pregnancy-related LBP and its association with type and intensity level of PA during pregnancy. A longitudinal prospective study was carried out with a cohort of 118 pregnant women. Participants were evaluated in all trimesters. LBP was assessed with a self-reported questionnaire and participants were categorized according to its occurrence. The type and intensity of PA were evaluated using the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire and categorized into tertiles. Binary logistic regression models were constructed to verify the relationship between LBP and type, the intensity of PA in all trimesters, and LPB pre-pregnancy. LBP was reported by 40.7%, 52.2% and 66.7% of the subjects in the first, second, and third trimesters, respectively. No significant associations were found between LBP and type and intensity of PA. However ,women who had LBP before pregnancy, compared to those who did not, had higher odds of expressing LBP during pregnancy (OR= 3.85, 95% CI: 1.344-11.025). LBP is a common condition and increased during pregnancy. Results of this study suggest that type and intensity of PA are not associated with emerging of LBP during pregnancy.
    2023Journal article Open access Show more