The drivers of high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD) among migrants are well-documented. Health literacy is regarded as a potential tool to reduce health inequalities and improve migrant's access to and quality of health care. Yet, little is known about the health literacy needs among these groups and how to address them. This paper outlines the protocol for a migrant community-based co-design project that seeks to optimize health literacy, health promotion, and social cohesion in support of prevention of NCDs among migrants in Lisbon using the OPtismizing HEalth LIteracy and Access (Ophelia) process. This participatory implementation research project starts with a mixed-methods needs assessment covering health literacy strengths, weaknesses and needs of migrants, and local data about determinants of health behaviors, service engagement, and organizational responsiveness. Diverse migrant groups will be engaged and surveyed using the Health Literacy Questionnaire and questions on sociodemographic and economic characteristics, health status, use of health services, and perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews with migrants will also be conducted. Based on data collected, vignettes will be developed representing typical persons with diverse health literacy profiles. Migrants and stakeholders will participate in ideas generation workshops for depth co-creation discussions in simulated real-world situations based on the vignettes, to design health literacy-based multisectoral interventions. Selected interventions will be piloted through quality improvement cycles to ensure ongoing local refinements and ownership development. Through a genuine engagement, the project will evaluate the uptake, effectiveness and sustainability of the interventions. This protocol takes a grounded approach to produce evidence on real health literacy needs from the perspective of key stakeholders, especially migrants, and embodies strong potential for effective knowledge translation into innovative, locally relevant, culturally and context congruent solutions for prevention of NCDs among migrants. Given the diverse communities engaged, this protocol will likely be adaptable to other migrant groups in a wide range of contexts, particularly in European countries. The scale-up of interventions to similar contexts and populations will provide much needed evidence on how health literacy interventions can be developed and applied to reduce health inequality and improve health in diverse communities.

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a public health problem with a high risk of morbidity and community transmissibility. Evidence points to their continuous increase. This study describes the design, development, and implementation of a community-based STI prevention program for community healthcare users. Methods: Based on the Health Planning Process design method, a structured, community-based intervention program on STI counseling and detection was conducted in a primary health care unit in Lisbon. Two data collection instruments were applied in the diagnosis of the situation, namely the Health Literacy Survey Portugal (ILS-PT) and the STD Attitude Scale, to 47 patients who attended the health consultation on STI counseling and detection in a primary care unit in Lisbon. Two interventions were implemented, the health education session and the provision of an educational poster. In the evaluation of the project, the acceptance and satisfaction of the patients with the implemented interventions were considered as outcome indicators. A descriptive statistical analysis of the data was performed. Results: The participants shows considerably low levels of health literacy and high-risk behaviors for acquiring STIs. After an intervention, a high percentage of the participants point out the project as exciting and valuable and reveal having acquired knowledge that allowed them to improve their health. Furthermore, the patients were very satisfied with the implemented health education session and the educational poster. Conclusion: This project revealed the urgent and important need to implement community intervention projects to prevent STIs and promote health literacy among the most vulnerable groups.

Introduction: Health literacy among migrants is a matter of public health and social justice. Migrants from diverse backgrounds encounter challenges such as linguistic barriers, cultural disparities, restricted access to health services, and heterogeneous migration statuses. Addressing these challenges requires careful consideration of their unique experiences and needs to promote equitable health outcomes. This can hinder their ability to navigate the healthcare system, understand health information, and engage in health-promoting behaviours. However, there is still a significant gap in our understanding of health literacy within migrant communities. This study has a dual aim: to identify health literacy strengths and needs among migrants from Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) countries in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and to examine associations between demographic, socioeconomic, migration and health condition characteristics and the health literacy domains.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Data were collected from 506 PALOP migrants using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). We also collected demographic, socioeconomic, migration, and health condition data. We employed multiple linear regression to understand the relationship between the HLQ nine domains and these characteristics.Results: The HLQ scores revealed distinct patterns of health literacy between the groups. Health literacy needs were particularly evident in the domains related to feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers and navigating the healthcare system. Conversely, higher scores and potential strengths were observed in actively managing one’s health and understanding enough health information to make informed decisions. However, in these, the average scores suggest that a high proportion of people recognised difficulties. ‘The results also indicated that a higher educational level was associated with increased health literacy. In contrast, low self-perceived health status, living alone, shorter duration of residence in Portugal, and being either undocumented or in the process of obtaining legal status were associated with lower health literacy.Conclusion: Our study highlights the importance of migration-related variables and self-reported health status in understanding health literacy among migrant communities. Factors such as length of stay and low self-perceived health status are associated with potentially disadvantageous levels of health literacy, which could exacerbate health inequalities. Assessing these variables is critical to identify gaps in health literacy and develop tailored interventions to reduce health inequalities.

The knowledge of long-term informal care is particularly interesting for social and health measures related to ageing. This study aims to analyze how Portugal differs from Denmark regarding long-term informal care, specifically referring to personal care received by older people. A cross-sectional study was developed in Portugal and Denmark through the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2015, with a total of 2891 participants. Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were performed. The findings suggest a significant association for older people from Portugal who receive long-term informal care from non-household caregivers and household caregivers. Moreover, as they age and are from Portugal, their availability to receive long-term informal care from non-household caregivers increases. Furthermore, older people in Portugal are more likely to receive long-term informal care from a household caregiver. It is important to take a closer look at long-term informal care in both countries and think about healthy ageing policies in the current context of the ageing population. This study provides knowledge about disaggregated health data on ageing in the European region, helping to fill research gaps related to older people.

Introduction Health literacy in people over 65 years of age is insufficient, translating deficits in quality of life and situations of inequality (Brainard et al., 2016, Chesser, Amy, Woods, Nikki, Smothers, Kyle; Rogers, 2016). The objective is to identify interventions promoting health literacy in elderly population.

Background: prone Position is a well-established evidence-based clinical practice in patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. Little evidence in non-intubated patients is known. Due to the increasing rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome, the need to know the effectiveness in non-intubated patients has emerged. Objective: to know the effectiveness of prone position in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in non-intubated adults. Methodology: Systematic reviews based on the manual of Joanna Briggs Institute and carried out using PICO strategy. Research conducted in August 2021 in the access platforms Web of Science, PubMed, and EBSCO Host. Selection was done after elimination of duplicates, title reading, reading of abstracts, and full texts according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses diagram Results: 741 results were identified, and seven were included in the review. Conclusion: Early prone position is advantageous in non-intubated patients with mild and moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome. A risk intervention in non-intubated patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Mortality/survival, physiological/clinical, adverse events/effects and functioning outcomes were identified as predictors of success/failure of prone position. Marco contextual: posición prona es una práctica clínica, basada en evidencia, conocida en pacientes con Síndrome de Dificultad Respiratoria Aguda con ventilación mecánica invasiva. Hay poca evidencia en pacientes no entubados. La creciente tasa de síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo originó la necesidad de desarrollar esfuerzos para conocer su efectividad en pacientes no intubados. Objetivo: conocer la efectividad del decúbito prono en el tratamiento del síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo en adultos no intubados. Metodología: revisión sistemática basadas en el manual del Instituto Joanna Briggs y mediante la estrategia PICO. La búsqueda ocurrió en agosto 2021 en las plataformas de acceso Web of Science, PubMed y EBSCO Host. Selección realizada por previa eliminación de duplicados, lectura de títulos, resúmenes y textos completos de acuerdo con el diagrama Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Resultados: se identificaron 741 resultados, siete incluyeron la revisión. Conclusión: la posición prona temprana demostró ser ventajosa en pacientes no intubados con Síndrome de Dificultad Respiratoria Aguda leve y moderado. Intervención riesgosa en pacientes no intubados con Síndrome de Dificultad Respiratoria Aguda grave. Indicadores de mortalidad/supervivencia, fisiológicos/clínicos, de eventos/efectos adversos e indicadores funcionales, fueron identificados como predictores de éxito/fracaso de la posición prono. Enquadramento: o decúbito ventral é uma prática clínica baseada na evidência que se encontra bem estabelecida em pacientes com Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome submetidos a ventilação mecânica invasiva. Porém, existe parca evidência em pacientes não intubados. Face ao aumento da taxa de Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, emergiu a necessidade de conhecer a sua eficácia em pacientes não intubados. Objetivo: conhecer a efetividade do decúbito ventral no tratamento da Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome em adultos não intubados. Metodologia: revisão sistemática fundamentada no manual de Joanna Briggs Institute, com recurso à estratégia PICO. Pesquisa realizada em agosto de 2021, nas plataformas de acesso Web of Science, PubMed e EBSCO Host. Seleção realizada após eliminação de duplicados, leitura do título, de resumos e textos integrais de acordo com o diagrama Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Resultados: identificaram-se 741 resultados, sendo sete os incluídos na revisão. Conclusão: O decúbito ventral precoce revelou-se vantajoso em pacientes não intubados com Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ligeira e moderada. É uma intervenção de risco em pacientes não intubados com Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome grave. Foram identificados indicadores de mortalidade/ sobrevida, fisiológicos/ clínicos, de eventos/ efeitos adversos e indicadores funcionais como preditores de sucesso/ insucesso do decúbito ventral.