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Ayesha Sheikh; Jenna Jacob; Panos Vostanis; Florence Ruby; Inga Spuerck; Milos Stankovic; Nicholas Morgan; Catarina Pinheiro Mota; Rúben Ferreira; Seyda Eruyar; Elmas Aybike Yilmaz; Syeda Zeenat Fatima; Julian Edbrooke-Childs – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2024
Research demonstrates that young people value mental health support that is tailored to their needs and preferences, rather than a "one size fits all" offer, which is often not equitably accessible (National Children's Bureau, 2021). Understanding young people's lived experiences across different sociocultural contexts is important. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Cultural Differences
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Pingel, Emily S.; Llovet, Alexandra; Cosentino, Fernando; Lesser, Jeffrey – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Decreased engagement in preventive services, including vaccination, during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a grave threat to global health. We use the case of the Bom Retiro Public Health Clinic in São Paulo, Brazil, to underscore how continuity of care is not only feasible, but a crucial part of health as a human right. The long-standing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Urban Areas
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Pauli, Jandir; Chambel, Maria José; Capellari, Márcia Rodrigues; Rissi, Vanessa – Higher Education Quarterly, 2018
This research aims to investigate the organisational factors that influence the motivation to work and their consequences on health perception and satisfaction with life for teachers in private Higher Education institutions. The study has emerged as a result of the need to understand the teaching profession in Brazil since the implementation of…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Teacher Attitudes, Quality of Life, Higher Education
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Gomes-Neto, Joao Batista; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1997
Exploits a unique data set (EDRURAL) from three northeastern states of Brazil to investigate the complementarities of health with school attainment and cognitive achievement. The promotion models and value-added achievement models demonstrate the value of students' visual acuity. Achievement models highlight the role of good nutrition. Eye…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment, Elementary Education
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Fontes, Miguel B.; Hillis, Janette; Wasek, Glenn K. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Estimated the number of Brazilian children under 14 whose mothers are HIV-positive, living with AIDS, or dead due to AIDS. Found that of the 210,150 children, 17,600 were HIV-positive Findings underscore the urgent need for new programs to increase the longevity of persons with AIDS and to decrease the likelihood of child displacement and severe…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Childhood Needs
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Goodman, Anna; Fleitlich-Bilyk, Bacy; Patel, Vikram; Goodman, Robert – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To identify risk factors for poor child mental health in the southeastern Brazilian municipality of Taubate. Method: In 2001 we carried out a representative school-based survey of Brazilian schoolchildren ages 7 to 14 years (response rate, 83%). We collected extensive data on child mental health and on potential risk and protective…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Public Health, Intelligence Quotient, Health Needs