NEWS
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September 28-30, 2022
GISEF researcher attends the 5th Congress of The Portuguese Psychologists' Order. Isabela Monteiro presented the paper: Sobrecarga de cuidadores informais de doentes com Alzheimer: O papel do perdão como estratégia de coping. This work has as co-author M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of this study and researcher at GISEF. |
September 28-30, 2022
GISEF researcher attends the 5th Congress of The Portuguese Psychologists' Order. Jonas Fraga presented the paper: Efeitos moderadores do Funcionamento Familiar e da Morbilidade Psicóloga no Burnout em pais de crianças dos 0 aos 6 anos durante a pandemia COVID-19. This work has as co-author M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of this study and researcher at GISEF. |
September 21, 2022
Life Cycle and Alzheimer's: Promoting skills, satisfaction, and well-being Some activities will be streamlined under the Alzheimer's day on September 21. The activities are part of the thematic days promoted by the Psychology School of the University of Minho. PROGRAM Presential activities: 9h:30 - 10h30 | Affection and Alzheimer (Colégio Teresiano de Braga) 11h00 - 12h00 | Game and Well-being (IPSS de Ponte de Barca) Online activity: 14h30 - 15h30 | Webinar on Good Practices in Health Promotion for Informal Caregivers. Zoom meeting: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/98584331817?pwd=VjJGblJ4NU50V2hJV25nSlZNcmRxZz09 Meeting ID: 985 8433 1817 Password: 000716 |
September, 8 to 10 of 2022
GISEF researcher attends the 14th National Congress of Health Psychology held at the University of Madeira. Martim Santos presented the paper: Quality of Life in Pediatric Burns: Predictors of Behavioral Problems in Children. This work has as co-author M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of this study and researcher at GISEF. |
September 8, 2022
GISEF Student defended her PhD Thesis. The GISEF researcher, Gabriela Ferreira, gave a PhD exam at the School of Psychology of the University of Minho the dissertation entitled "Quality of Life in Diabetic Foot Patients: Assessing the Impact of Two Interventions on Adherence to Foot Self-Care and Ulcer Heling". Many congratulations and best wishes for her promising career! |
23 a 27 de agosto de 2022
Investigador of GISEF attended the 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. Martim Santos presented the paper: Health-related quality of life in children during hospitalization after burn injuries. This paper was co-authored by M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of this study and researcher at GISEF. |
On June 13th, at 14:30, the second meeting of the "IADem em Festa" took place between Lar Condes da Folgosa and a room from the pre-school and kindergarten "José Carneiro Bouças" from Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Ponte da Barca, a class from the 3rd year of the 1st cycle from Colégio Teresiano de Braga and a class from the 5th year of EB Diogo Bernardes, to whom the IADem Plan team would like to express their appreciation and gratitude.
24 de Maio, 2022
Usage Patterns and Self-Esteem of Female Consumers ofAntiaging Cosmetic Products, published by Marta Evangelista (GISEF), Sandra Mota, Isabel Almeida e M. Graça Pereira (GISEF) was featured in the Cosmetic Design - Europe and in the MedEsthetics. https://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Article/2022/05/17/three-takeaways-from-anti-aging-self-esteem-study https://www.medestheticsmag.com/research/skin-care/news/22276121/antiaging-products-effects-on-selfesteem |
M. Graça Pereira participates in the coordination (external vice-coordinator) of the Special Topics in Health and Hospital Psychology Course a partnership between the Hospital das Clinicas/ Federal University of Goiânia and GISEF.
Universidade do Minho participa do “Curso Tópicos Especiais em Psicologia da Saúde/Hospitalar – Módulo 2022” do HC-UFG/Ebserh — Ebserh (www.gov.br) |
The Psychology Association of the University of Minho (APsi-UMinho) will hold a Webinar about the Program De-Stressar Saudavelmente, on March 14 at 6pm.
Registration is required to attend the Webinar. For that you should register at APsi-UMinho. Participation is free of charge! You will get to know the contents of the Program De-Stressar Saudavelmente and will have the possibility to clear any doubts... |
The Psychology Association of the University of Minho (APsi-UMinho) will hold a Webinar about the Program +Identity (program for chronically ill and their families), on February 23 at 6pm.
Registration is required to attend the Webinar. For that you should register at APsi-UMinho. Participation is free of charge! You will get to know the contents of the Program +Identity and will have the possibility to clear any doubts... Register now! |
February 4, 2022
GISEF collaborator distinguished as finalist of the pitch contest in the 1st Doctoral Symposium in Psychology at UNorte. Ana Ferraz was a finalist in the pitch contest at the 1º Doctoral Symposium in Psyhcology at UNorte, where she presented her PhD project entitled "Contribution of Individual and Family Psychological Factors to the Quality of Life in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, in Chemotherapy Treatment, and Family Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study". This work is co-authored by M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of this study and researcher at the GISEF. Other GISEF Collaborators also attended the 1st Doctoral Symposium in Psychology at UNorte Ana Mónica Machado, Laura Brito e Martim Santos also participated in the pitch contest, presenting their PhD projects entitled "Quality of Life and Cognitive Decline in Atrial Fibrillation: A Longitudinal Study", "Quality of Life and Burden in Informal Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Dementia in the Home Context: A Longitudinal Study", and "Quality of Life and Burn Injury Healing in the Paediatric Age: Contribution of Clinical, Sociodemographic, Psychological and Family Variables, respectively. These studies were co-authored by M. Graça Pereira, supervisor of these studies and coordinator/researcher of the GISEF. |
February 15, 2022
In the scope of the International Day of Children with Cancer, the Health & Family Research Group (GISEF) coordinated by Maria da Graça Pereira, from the School of Psychology of the University of Minho, invited João Pedro Abreu, a young survivor of pediatric cancer, and Débora Abreu, his sister and informal caregiver, to talk about their experiences from the diagnosis and treatment to the return to routine. To access the full interview click here. |
January 25, 2022
GISEF participated in the Development of the ELLA APP to promote women's sexual health, which is now available for download. Rosana Moysés, a GISEF collaborator, within the scope of APP ELLA on promoting sexual health in women, prepared a leaflet for use by Portuguese women. For more informations... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q9sfYLC5z5JTizRY1IUYNUhHUwVTwseY/view?usp=sharing |
In the area of Women's Sexual Healtj, GISEF participated in the creation of the ELLA application for smartphones, which was created to prevent cervical cancer and can be used by Portuguese Brazilian women.
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