Publications by authors named "Amelia Simoes-Figueiredo"
Remote Parenting in Families Experiencing, or at Risk of, Homelessness: A Study Based on Grounded Theory.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
September 2024
The situation/risk of family homelessness presents multiple interrelated issues. It has considerable negative consequences, namely the deterioration of the family members' health and well-being, and alterations in the family's dynamics, with parents sometimes being separated from their children. The aim of this research was to understand how parenting takes place in families experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
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- Homeless people often have really bad living conditions and face health problems like infections and mental disorders.
- A study looked at the inflammation in the saliva of homeless individuals living in temporary shelters to understand their health needs better.
- The results showed that certain proteins related to the immune response were present at high levels, which can help doctors create better treatments and public health strategies for homeless people.
Background: Nurses in clinical practice settings share responsibility with academy teachers in the education of nursing students in clinical teaching. This dynamic is essential for the students' learning and their skill development. During preceptorship, the nurse has to mobilize the available resources to act competently and effectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) involves several processes and emotions during this transition. In addition to the family's natural transition when a child is born, the family of a child with ASD has to deal with the particularities of the disability, its characteristics, and its evolution.
Methods: This is a qualitative grounded theory study aiming to deepen the knowledge about the process of parenting children with ASD.
Objectives: to characterize the homeless families who use a Public Shower Room; identify significant life events/phenomena for the family's transition to homelessness; understand the relationship between significant life events; identify future expectations of respondents.
Methods: an exploratory, descriptive study using the interview and thematic content analysis. Sample consisted of public shower room users.
The objective of this systematic review was to identify the available qualitative data and to develop a framework to address the life experiences of homeless families in parenthood. The research was performed in the PubMed and CINAHL Complete databases, for works published in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. Studies that included qualitative data, or both qualitative and quantitative data, were considered for this research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In Portugal's capital, Lisbon, there are 19 public showers (PS) attended by a vulnerable population.
Aim: To describe the assessment and interventions performed during nursing consultations.
Method: This is a quantitative, observational, and cross-sectional study.
Background: Higher education teachers are increasingly challenged to adopt student-centered approaches.
Aims: To determine the strategic guidelines which promote a conceptual change in higher education students, in the context of student-centered approaches to teaching.
Methodology: Integrative literature review, using the PICO method, applied to the ERIC and EBSCO electronic databases.