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The Health Education team is led by a group of investigators based at Faculdade de Motricidade Humana [PI: MARGARIDA GASPAR DE MATOS] and runs several projects in the areas of adolescent and child health and behaviour. Intense cross-participation is maintained with other CMDT group projects. 

Margarida Matos

Celeste Simões

Paula Lebre

Marina Carvalho

Tania Gaspar

Keywords: [Health Behaviour and Education] [Quality of life] [Competence & Resilience] [Youth, School  & Families]

More information at Group Report

Project CAJ- Youth' Friends Center (Luanda- ANGOLA) - VIH prevention and counselling

[Margarida Gaspar de Matos , collaborating with Institut Pasteur ( Dr Kemal Cherabi et Dr Jean Elie Malkin) and TOTAL. This study aims at developing, implementing and evaluating a clinical, educational and "peer education" approach to prevent VIH infection an support VIH infected. Includes the training and supervision of  health professionals, teachers and peers ( "activistas"). Includes the edition of a manual. Includes a more systemic work at institutional and policy level.

PeerDriveClean- A peer education approach to a safer driving, an EC peer education, multi-cultural approach.
Margarida Gaspar de Matos & Aventura Social Working Team (http://www.peer-projekt.de) This study aims at developing, implementing and evaluating a peer education approach to a safer driving, without alcohol, drugs, violence and unnecessary risk taking. Includes training of  "peers" and supervision of peers' classes in driving schools and evaluation of the procedure.

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Kidscreen - Health related quality of life in children - an EC cross sectional, multi-cultural study

[Margarida Gaspar de Matos,  Tania Gaspar & Aventura Social Work Team (www.kidscreen.org ). This research aims to gain knowledge about children and adolescents' health related quality of life, matching their perceptions with their parents'. The final aim is to develop intervention programs focusing on health related quality of life in Portuguese public schools and at community level. Includes the edition of a manual. Includes training of health and education professionals and working with families. Includes a more systemic work at institutional and policy level.

[Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Celeste Simões & Aventura Social Work Team (www.hbsc.org) This research aims to gain knowledge about adolescents' health related behaviours and to develop intervention programs focusing on the health promotion in Portuguese public schools, and at community level. Includes the edition of several manual covering different topics of adolescents' health. Includes the design an maintenance of an interactive webpage ( http://cmdtpt.ihmt.unl.pt/gestcont/research ). Includes training of health and education professionals and working with families. Includes a more systemic work at institutional and policy level.

[CELESTE SIMÕES] This research aims to gain knowledge of adolescents with special educational needs (SEN) health related behaviours and develop an intervention program focus on the health promotion for these adolescents. This project is focus on resilience area that seems to have a special sense for the adolescents with SEN.

RELATÓRIO DE ACTIVIDADES DE 2007

Celeste Simões