As cidades como espaços de transformação da natalidade na época contemporânea: influência da mobilidade geográfica na regulação da capacidade reprodutiva das populações

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As cidades como espaços de transformação da natalidade na Época Contemporânea: influência da mobilidade geográfica na regulação da capacidade reprodutiva das populações

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Access to information, and concerns, myths and truths about food safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: an overview of the Portuguese population

The COVID-19 pandemic raised questions and concerns about the possibility of the virus being transmitted through food, as the virus was found in sewage, shrimps and packages of frozen food. During the first wave of COVID-19, concerns about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through food arose. As the number of cases began to increase rapidly, so did the availability of information regarding the virus and ways to prevent infection. A significant portion of this information was disseminated by the media and the general public. Identifying and understanding the main doubts and concerns about food hygiene and safety raised by the Portuguese population during the first wave of COVID-19 is important in order to understand whether these issues have influenced their practices and what lessons can be learnt for food safety and hygiene education. The aims of this work were (1) to understand the doubts and concerns of the Portuguese population regarding food safety and hygiene during the first wave of COVID-19, and how these issues were clarified, (2) to analyze the population’s opinion on food/hygiene myths and truths related to the transmission and prevention of the infection, and (3) to understand how the first wave of COVID-19 may have influenced the population’s practices linked to food handling and consumption. The main doubts of the respondents were related to food handling (41.6%) and the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 through food (17%). Television was the main source of information used to clarify these doubts (32.9%), followed by a guideline issued by the Directorate-General of Health (30.7%). However, most respondents (50.9%) said that they had only found answers to some of their questions. Most respondents reported washing and disinfecting hands before (85% and 63.4%, respectively) and after (73.8% and 57.3%, respectively) the handling and organization of food purchases. Most respondents did not believe the myths about COVID-19 and food safety, but this depended on their level of education. Some practices may have changed as a result of the pandemic, particularly with regard to washing and disinfecting hands and food, as well as kitchen hygiene.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Migrações, Nupcialidade e Transição da Fecundidade. Estudo de caso no Bonfim, paróquia da cidade do Porto.

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Risk communication strategies (on listeriosis) for high-risk groups

Background: Most cases of listeriosis are domestically acquired. Although consumers have a key role in its prevention, it is generally agreed that individuals at higher risk have a low awareness of the infection. Scope and approach: A summary of the scientific information on listeriosis awareness among high-risk groups will be presented. Reasons explaining unawareness and potential strategies to communicate with target groups in a manner that can effectively change risk behaviours reducing the burden of listeriosis will be discussed. Key findings and conclusions: Research efforts are needed in particular experimental studies that can identify which communication factors have a causal effect on peoples’ risk behaviour and how these factors influence the processing of information by consumers.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Perfis Territoriais e Tipologias Criminais: Comunhão de Assimetrias

O objetive deste trabalho assenta na identificação da criminalidade segundo perfis territoriais, na previsão da criminalidade segundo perfis territoriais e na elaboração de propostas de políticas públicas de combate à criminalidade. A criminalidade ocorre no território: tem uma matriz geográfica. Tratar apenas dados reportados é insuficiente para efetuar uma análise correta da criminalidade e criar políticas de segurança e prevenção do fenómeno criminal. Tendo o território global características diferenciadas, é de supor que a criminalidade se diferencie segundo as categorias que se expõem: Territórios predominantemente urbanos. Territórios semiurbanos. Territórios predominantemente rurais.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Methodological proposal to evaluate public urban green spaces

Cities must be pleasant and healthy spaces able to contribute to ecosystems regeneration and to bring closer Humans and Nature. However, cities are unequal spaces regarding the distribution of environmental resources, resulting in environmental injustice: socioeconomic vulnerable areas are, simultaneously, those where is identified the bigger environmental vulnerability, in part due to the poor quality of public green spaces - resulting in poor air quality and the increase of noise level – and the social segregation. Therefore, the present work aim to present a methodological proposal to evaluate urban green spaces quality.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Emerging patterns of human behavior in urban green spaces: the potential of behavioral mapping towards responsive human-nature relations

Public Urban Green Spaces (PUGS) play a vital role in the dense urban fabric as places of people-nature contact but also as socialization spots. Despite some advances in the field, the relationship between the PUGS surroundings and their users’ behaviours remains unclear. Therefore, this study examined the patterns of human behaviour in four PUGS of the city of Porto, on the north Portuguese coast.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The potential of urban green spaces to face contemporary socioenvironmental challenges

Cities and urban spaces are, in our days, places of the most diversified dynamics. Since the beginning of the XX century, urbanization, demographic explosion (Kondo et al., 2018; UN, 2014) and consumer behaviour have affect environment and, consequently, human health. The connection between environment and human health is undeniable and as well as the impacts of environmental pollution, namely air pollution, on the population’s health (Raaschou-Nielsen et al., 2016; Pope et al., 2002). Towards this evidence, it is an urgent need that cities adopt strategies in order to face these contemporary social and environmental problems. Several studies had focused on the potentials of Urban Green Spaces (UGS), aiming to prove their capability to mitigate air pollution, rejuvenate urban areas, control stress and mental health, minimize ischemic diseases and empower social participation (Seymour, 2016; James et al., 2015; Haluza et al., 2014; Bowler, et al., 2010).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

O sentido das diferenças. Migrantes e naturais : observação de percursos de vida no Bonfim

Tese de Doutoramento em Sociologia - Metodologias Fundamentai