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Ana Duarte completed her PhD in Child Studies, specializing in Child Health, in March 2024 at the Institute of Education, University of Minho. She is currently pursuing a second PhD in Nursing at the University of Coimbra. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the Higher School of Nursing of Coimbra, obtained in 2012. Ana is the author of several scientific papers and other scholarly works, as well as two books and three co-authored volumes. She has presented her research at numerous international conferences through oral and poster presentations. Additionally, she has contributed to the organization of three scientific events and has received three awards—two from scientific congresses and one in recognition of her work at an international level. Her research primarily focuses on Medical and Health Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Nursing. Her scholarly work often explores themes related to community health, health promotion, child health, child development, and sleep.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Silva Pinto Duarte

Citation names

  • Duarte, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8A1A-F2F7-0873
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9741-8141
Scopus Author Id
55480556900

Email addresses

  • anacspduarte@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Nursing

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/09 - 2028
Ongoing
 PhD in Nursing (Doutoramento)
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09 - 2024/03/15
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Estudos da Criança [PhD in Child Studies] (Doutoramento)
Major in Saúde Infantil e Educação Física
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal
"Promoção da saúde e estilos de vida em crianças: desenvolvimento e implementação de um programa de intervenção em creches da região norte de Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 "Very Good"
2021/07
Attended
 Mestrado em Enfermagem de Saúde Comunitária e Saúde Pública [Master's in Community Health Nursing and Public Health] (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo Escola Superior de Saúde, Portugal
2017/01
Attended
 Mestrado em Saúde Pública [Master Degree Course in Public Health] (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2012/08/01
Concluded
 Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura)
Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/04/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2022/01/17 - 2025/03/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2020/12 - 2021/12 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2017/11 - 2019/03 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/09/01 - 2026/01/15 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2019/03/18 - 2021/07/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/10 - 2017/11 Enfermeira [Nurse] NORTEMED, Lda, Portugal
2013/05 - 2017/10 Formadora [Trainer] ACIB - Associação Comercial e Industrial de Barcelos, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/04/01 - Current Social-HEROES: Health and Education on Research Opportunities Empower Students and Tackle Inequalities
NCT06993051
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa'
Ongoing
2022/01/17 - 2025/03/31 A health promotion intervention for vulnerable school - children and families BeE-school: a cluster-randomized trial
PTDC/SAU-ENF/2584/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/12 - 2021/12/31 Healthy Children 2021
eGrants - Academias Gulbenkian Conhecimento, process number 221669
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2017/11 - 2019/03 InterComuniCaRe - Intervenção Comunitária no Caminho do Recovery
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-023855
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Magalhães, Filomena; Martins, Silvana; Martins, Juliana; Duarte, Ana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Lopes, Cristiana; et al. Aventura-te a Ser Saudável! [Adventure into Being Healthy!]. Portugal. 2024.
  2. Augusto, C.; Duarte, Ana; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Maia, Ana Catarina; Seelen, Jesper; Rosário, Rafaela. SHE Academy 2021 - Health Promotion: Call for Action. 2021.
    Published
  3. Duarte, Ana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Rosário, Rafaela. Alimentação na Infância - Guia Prático sobre a Alimentação para Crianças [Food in Childhood - Practical Guide on Food for Children]. Braga, Portugal: Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Universidade do Minho. 2020.
    Published
  4. Duarte, Ana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Rosário, Rafaela. Vamos Cozinhar? Receitas para Miúdos e Graúdos [Let's cook? Recipes for Kids and Adults]. Braga, Portugal: Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Universidade do Minho. 2020.
    Published
  5. Macedo, Ermelinda ; Candeias, Analisa; Gomes, Filomena; Duarte, Ana; Pires, Bárbara Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho; Azevedo, Carla; Peixoto, Sílvia; et al. Guião de Intervenção na Promoção do Recovery para a Pessoa com Doença Mental [Recovery Intervention Guide for People with Mental Illness]. Portugal. 2019.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Martins, Juliana; Duarte, Ana; Silva, Maria José; Augusto, Cláudia; Magalhães, Filomena; Rodrigues, Micaela; Rosário, Rafaela. Corresponding author: Martins, Juliana. "Associação entre o índice de massa corporal z-score e a utilização de ecrãs em crianças de escolas primárias em contexto de vulnerabilidade social [Association Between BMI z-Score and Screen Use in Primary School Children in a Context of Social Vulnerability]". Paper presented in XXIII Congresso de Nutrição e Alimentação, Lisboa, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Magalhães, Filomena; Pereira, Maria Beatriz Ferreira Leite de Oliveira; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Rosário, Rafaela. "Examining Associations between the presence of Screens in Children's Bedrooms with BMI andWaist-to-Height Ratio: Cross-Sectional Findings from the BeE-school Project.". Paper presented in 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024), Venice, 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1159/000538585
  3. Magalhães, Filomena; Pereira, Maria Beatriz Ferreira Leite de Oliveira; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Rosário, Rafaela. "Examining associations Between Parental Physical Activity Habits and Family Time Together: cross-sectional findings from the BeE-school project". Paper presented in 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024), Venice, 2024.
    Published
  4. Rosário, Rafaela; Silva, Maria José; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Lopes, Cristiana; Magalhães, Filomena; Braga, Diana; et al. "Vulnerabilidade social e a saúde das crianças em idade escolar: O estudo BeE-school [Social Vulnerability and the Health of School-Age Children: The BeE-School Study]". Paper presented in I Encontro Científico de Saúde e Bem-Estar, Braga, 2024.
  5. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Magalhães, Filomena; Augusto, Cláudia; Maria José Silva; Martins, Silvana; Cristiana Lopes; Rosário, Rafaela. "Is the use of screens during mealtime associated with the waist-to-weight ratio of school-aged children?". Paper presented in 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024), Venice, 2024.
    Published • 10.1159/000538577
  6. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Maria José Silva; Cláudia Augusto; Martins, Silvana; Magalhães, Filomena; Cristiana Lopes; Rosário, Rafaela. "Associations Between Parental Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Family Time on Weight Status of School-age Children". Paper presented in 31st European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024), Venice, 2024.
    Published • 10.1159/000538577
  7. Martins, Silvana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Duarte, Ana; Araújo, Odete ; Macedo, Ana Paula ; Rosário, Rafaela. "Digital health literacy about COVID-19 profiles and their relation with well-being and future anxiety". Paper presented in 14.º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, Funchal, 2022.
    Published
  8. Duarte, Ana; Augusto, C.; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Lopes, Luís; Rosário, Rafaela. "Associations Between Fine Motor Skills And Cognitive And Socioemotional Development In Toddlers". Paper presented in XVI SIEFLAS 2021 (Seminário Internacional de Educação Física, Lazer e Saúde), 2021.
    Published
  9. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Augusto, C.; Silva, Maria José; Lopes, Luís; Rosário, Rafaela. "Implementations of a Healthy Lifestyle Program with Children from Childcare Centres: The Healthy Children 2021". Paper presented in 11th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion, 2021.
    Published • 10.33115/b/9788499845739
  10. Duarte, Ana. "O padlet como espaço de partilha e (des)envolvimento de estudantes em ensino clínico [Padlet as a Space for Sharing and (Dis)Engagement of Students in Clinical Education]". Paper presented in 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  11. Duarte, Ana; Silva, Maria José; Augusto, C.; Martins, Silvana; Lopes, Luís; Rosário, Rafaela. "The associations between body mass index and sleep duration in infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study". Paper presented in 28th European Congress on Obesity, Online, 2021.
    Published • 10.1159/000515911
  12. Rosário, Rafaela; Augusto, C.; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Duarte, Ana; Ramos, Neida; Martins, Maria do Rosário; Fronteira, Inês. "Sense Of Coherence As A Resource For Digital Health Literacy In Times Of COVID-19: Main Findings Of The Portuguese COVID-HL Study". Paper presented in XVI Seminário Internacional de Educação Física, Lazer e Saúde (SIEFLAS), 2021.
    Published
  13. Macedo, Ermelinda ; Gomes, Filomena; Candeias, Analisa; Duarte, Ana; Peixoto, Sílvia; Azevedo, Carla; Silva, Irene; Garcia, Antónia; Iglésias, Catarina. "Satisfaction with the Social Support of People with Mental Illness in Recovery Process". Paper presented in XXII Encuentro Internacional de Investigación en Cuidados, Córdoba, 2018.
  14. Macedo, Ermelinda ; Candeias, Analisa; Gomes, Filomena; Duarte, Ana; Azevedo, Carla; Peixoto, Sílvia; Silva, Irene; Iglésias, Catarina; Garcia, Antónia. "Recovery and research: presentation of the project InterComuniCare". Paper presented in XIII WAPR - Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health, Madrid, 2018.
    Published
  15. Macedo, Ermelinda ; Candeias, Analisa; Gomes, Filomena; Duarte, Ana; Azevedo, Carla; Peixoto, Sílvia; Silva, Irene; Iglésias, Catarina; Garcia, Antónia. "A community project: assessing needs in people with mental illness". Paper presented in XIII WAPR Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health, Madrid, 2018.
    Published
  16. Gomes, Filomena; Peixoto, Sílvia; Azevedo, Carla; Duarte, Ana; Garcia, Antónia; Iglésias, Catarina; Silva, Irene; Candeias, Analisa; Macedo, Ermelinda. "Needs of Patients with Mental Illness in a Community Context". Paper presented in 2nd Conference on Evidence Based Mental Health: From Research to clinical practice, Kavala, 2018.
  17. Macedo, Ermelinda ; Candeias, Analisa; Duarte, Ana; Garcia, Antónia; Iglésias, Catarina; Silva, Irene; Gomes, Filomena; Peixoto, Sílvia; Azevedo, Carla. "InterComuniCare: a Research Project in Recovery and Community Intervention". Paper presented in 2nd Conference on Evidence Based Mental Health: From Research to clinical practice, Kavala, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Martins, Juliana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Antunes, Henedina; Novais, Paulo; et al. Corresponding author: Martins, Juliana. "Cost-effectiveness of a Health Promotion Program in Primary Schools and Children in Socially Vulnerable Conditions – Cluster-Randomized Study (Bee-School)". Paper presented in 1st UMinho Research and Innovation Open Days, 2024.
  2. Sousa, Mariana; Martins, Juliana; Silva, Maria José; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Lopes, Cristiana; Augusto, Cláudia; Rosário, Rafaela. "A associação entre a escolaridade da mãe e o tempo de ecrã em crianças de escolas primárias [The Association Between Mother's Education Level and Screen Time in Primary School Children]". Paper presented in I Encontro Científico de Saúde e Bem-Estar, 2023.
  3. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Martins, Silvana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Rosário, Rafaela. "Implementation of a Healthy Lifestyle Program with Children from Primary Schools with Vulnerabilities: The BeE-school". Paper presented in 30th European Congress on Obesity, 2023.
  4. Martins, Juliana; Duarte, Ana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Rosário, Rafaela. "Is Height Associated with Weight Status in Children from Primary Schools with Social Vulnerabilities?". Paper presented in 30th European Congress on Obesity, 2023.
  5. Sousa, Mariana; Duarte, Ana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Rosário, Rafaela. "Ingestão de hortícolas pelas crianças: a participação do pai [Vegetable Intake in Children: The Role of the Father]". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Internacional de Saúde da Criança e do Jovem, 2022.
  6. Martins, Juliana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Martins, Silvana; Duarte, Ana; Magalhães, Filomena; Lopes, Cristiana; Rosário, Rafaela. "Promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis: o que dizem as crianças [Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles: What Children Say]". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Internacional de Saúde da Criança e do Jovem, 2022.
  7. Martins, Juliana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Lopes, Cristiana; Rosário, Rafaela. "Promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis: o que dizem as famílias [Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles: What Families Say]". Paper presented in 4º Congresso Internacional de Enfermagem de Saúde Familiar, 2022.
  8. Gomes, Filomena; Peixoto, Sílvia; Azevedo, Carla; Duarte, Ana; Garcia, Antónia; Iglésias, Catarina; Silva, Irene; Candeias, Analisa; Macedo, Ermelinda. "Necessidades da pessoa com doença mental após alta hospitalar na voz dos profissionais de saúde [Needs of people with mental illness after hospital discharge according of health professionals]". Paper presented in XIII Congresso de S. João de Deus Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental Sem Tabus, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Cristiana Lopes; Luísa Barros; Ana Duarte; Juliana Martins; Silvana Martins; Maria José Silva; Cláudia Augusto; Rafaela Rosário. "Social inequalities in child mental health: Evidence from vulnerable families". International Journal of Behavioral Development (2025): https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251396276.
    10.1177/01650254251396276
  2. Rafaela Rosário; Silvana Martins; Tina D Purnat; Elisabeth Wilhelm; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Juliana Martins; Ana Duarte. "Development of an Instrument to Measure Resilience to Misinformation on Social Media: Measurement Properties and Validation". Journal of Medical Internet Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.2196/72449.
    10.2196/72449
  3. Ana Duarte; Juliana Martins; Rafaela Rosário. "Agreement between parental reports and accelerometer measures of sleep duration in primary school children". Scientific Reports (2025): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07786-w.
    10.1038/s41598-025-07786-w
  4. Ana Duarte; Juliana Martins; Maria José Silva; Cláudia Augusto; Rafaela Rosário. "Screen Exposure and Childhood Adiposity in Socio-Vulnerable School Settings: Evidence from a Portuguese Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)". JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting (2025): https://doi.org/10.2196/77431.
    10.2196/77431
  5. Ana Duarte; Silvana Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Luís Lopes; Rute Santos; Juliana Martins; Rafaela Rosário. "Associations between sleep opportunity, sleep problems, and social jetlag and toddlers' adiposity: A cross-sectional study". Sleep Medicine (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2024.12.006.
    10.1016/j.sleep.2024.12.006
  6. Matilde Sousa Gomes; Juliana Martins; Ana Duarte; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Patrícia Padrão; Pedro Moreira; Rafaela Rosário. "Processed Food Consumption and Sleep Quality in School-Aged Children: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study". Nutrients (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020233.
    10.3390/nu17020233
  7. Juliana Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Ana Duarte; Silvana Peixoto Martins; Henedina Antunes; Paulo Novais; et al. "Effectiveness of a health promotion program on overweight in vulnerable children from primary schools (BeE-school): A cluster-randomized controlled trial". International Journal of Obesity (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01672-7.
    10.1038/s41366-024-01672-7
  8. Rosário, R; Silva, M J; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Martins, S; Augusto, C. "Unlocking Health Literacy: investigating Parental Health Literacy and Child Weight Outcomes". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1755.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1755
  9. Rosário, R; Silva, M J; Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Martins, S; Augusto, C. "Unravelling misinformation: investigating the associations between health literacy and resilience". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.243.
    Accepted • 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.243
  10. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Juliana; Lopes, Cristiana; Silva, Maria José; Augusto, Cláudia; Martins, Silvana Peixoto; Rosário, Rafaela. "Health Literacy and Its Association with the Adoption of the Mediterranean Diet: A Cross-Sectional Study". Nutrients 16 14 (2024): 2176. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu16142176.
    10.3390/nu16142176
  11. Ana Duarte; Juliana Martins; Maria José Silva; Cláudia Augusto; Silvana Peixoto Martins; Rafaela Rosário. "The Role of Parental Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Family Time Together in Children’s Weight Status: The BeE-School Project". Nutrients (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16070916.
    Published • 10.3390/nu16070916
  12. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Lopes, Luís; Santos, Rute; Rosário, Rafaela. "The impact of a health promotion program on toddlers’ socio-emotional development: a cluster randomized study". BMC Public Health 24 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17953-9.
    10.1186/s12889-024-17953-9
  13. Micaela Cunha-Rodrigues; Rafaela Rosário; Ana Duarte; Maria José Silva; Cláudia Augusto; Mónica Rodrigues; Patrícia Padrão; Pedro Moreira. "Neurodevelopment and Dietary Intake in Toddlers—A Cross-Sectional Study from the Healthy Children 2021 Project". Nutrients (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15245105.
    10.3390/nu15245105
  14. Duarte, Ana; Martins, Silvana; Lopes, Luís; Silva, Maria José; Augusto, Cláudia; Santos, Rute; Rosário, Rafaela. "Is the association between sleep and socio-emotional development mediated by weight in toddlers aged 12 to 36 months". Frontiers in Psychology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190081.
    10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190081
  15. Rosário, Rafaela; Fronteira, Inês; Martins, Maria R. O.; Augusto, Cláudia; Silva, Maria José; Messer, Melanie; Martins, Silvana; et al. "Infodemic Preparedness and COVID-19: Searching about Public Health and Social Measures Is Associated with Digital Health Literacy in University Students". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 19 (2022): 12320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912320.
    10.3390/ijerph191912320
  16. Ana Duarte; Cláudia Augusto; Maria Silva; Silvana Martins; Luís Lopes; Graça Carvalho; Rafaela Rosário. "Promoção de estilos de vida saudáveis na primeira infância: A voz de familiares e peritos [Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles in Early Childhood: The Voices of Family Members and Experts]". Revista de Enfermagem Referência (2022): https://doi.org/10.12707/RV21083.
    10.12707/RV21083
  17. Silvana Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Ana Duarte; Fátima Martins; Rafaela Rosário. "Parentalidade positiva e a sua relação com o desenvolvimento socioemocional em crianças [Positive Parenting and Its Relationship with Socioemotional Development in Children]". Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación (2022): https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2022.9.0.8908.
    10.17979/reipe.2022.9.0.8908
  18. Silvana Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria R. O. Martins; Maria José Silva; Orkan Okan; Kevin Dadaczynsky; Ana Duarte; et al. "Adaptation and validation of the Digital Health Literacy Instrument for Portuguese university students". Health Promotion Journal of Australia (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.580.
    10.1002/hpja.580
  19. Rafaela Rosário; Maria R. O. Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Silvana Martins; Ana Duarte; Inês Fronteira; et al. "Associations between COVID-19-Related Digital Health Literacy and Online Information-Seeking Behavior among Portuguese University Students". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 23 (2020): 8987-8987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238987.
    Published • 10.3390/ijerph17238987
Preprint
  1. Ana Duarte; Juliana Martins; Silvana Martins; Cláudia Augusto; Maria José Silva; Luis Lopes; Rute Santos; Rafaela Rosário. "The role of energy balance-related behaviors in cognitive development of toddlers". 2024. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.172217284.43976388/v1.
    10.22541/au.172217284.43976388/v1
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/02 "Acesso a dispositivo eletrónico próprio e características do sono em crianças em idade escolar" [Access to Personal Electronic Devices and Sleep Characteristics in School-Age Children] 2nd Lisbon Sleep Summit
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/11/12 Associations Between Fine Motor Skills and Cognitive and Socioemotional Development in Toddlers XVI SIEFLAS 2021 [Seminário Internacional de Educação Física, Lazer e Saúde]
Universidade da Madeira (Funchal, Portugal)
2021/07 O padlet como espaço de partilha e (des)envolvimento de estudantes em ensino clínico [Padlet as a Space for Sharing and (Dis)Engagement of Students in Clinical Education] 7º Congresso Nacional de Práticas Pedagógicas no Ensino Superior
2021/06 Implementation of a healthy lifestyle program with children from childcare centres: the Healthy Children 2021 11th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion
2021/05/11 The associations between body mass index and sleep duration in infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study 28th European Congress of Obesity
EASO [European Association for the Study of Obesity]
2018/07/05 A Community Project: Assessing Needs in People with Mental Illness XIII WAPR Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health
WAPR (Madrid, Spain)
2018/06/28 InterComuniCaRe: a Research Project in Recovery and Community Intervention 2nd Conference on Evidence Based Mental Health: From Research to clinical practice
(Kavala, Greece)
2018/06/28 Needs of Patients with Mental Illness in a Community Context 2nd Conference on Evidence Based Mental Health: From Research to clinical practice
(Kavala, Greece)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/10/13 - 2021/10/15 Membro da Comissão Organizadora do Encontro das Academias SHE (Schools for Health in Europe) (2021/10)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020/03/07 - 2020/03/07 Hands on Day, Infância e Família, Saúde e Estilos de Vida - Um dia aberto à comunidade com atividades sobre família e saúde. (Hands on Day, Childhood and family, Health and Lifestyles - An open day to the community with activities on family and health) (2020/03/07 - 2020/03/07)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2019/03/07 - 2019/03/08 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 'International Congress on Mental Health and Psychiatry - Evidence and Practices in Promoting Recovery.' (2019/03/07 - 2019/03/08)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/10/02 - 2025/10/04 Participation on 2nd Lisbon Sleep Summit "Encontro do Desencontro dos Profissionais do Sono" [The Meeting of the Unmeeting of Sleep Professionals].
Congress
 "Encontro do Desencontro dos Profissionais do Sono" [The Meeting of the Unmeeting of Sleep Professionals]
2024/05/17 - 2024/05/17 Online Webinar on Health Literacy, titled: 'PUBLIC HEALTH TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE: Prioritizing Children and Schools,' featuring the oral presentation: 'The Role of Parental Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Family Time in Children's Weight Status: The BeE-School Project.' This event was held as part of the European Public Health Week, organized by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).
Seminar
 PUBLIC HEALTH TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE: Prioritizing Children and Schools
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/05/13 - 2024/05/13 Participation as a speaker in the First Online Colloquium titled: 'Research in Education and Health.' This event is part of the course 'Seminars in Education and Health' within the Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health at the Federal University of Pernambuco.
Seminar
 I Web Colloquium "Research in Education and Health"
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
2024/04/24 - 2024/04/24 Participation as a speaker in "Health Talks" webinar, with the presentation: "Growing Healthy: Family Meals Around the Mediterranean Diet" Health Talks
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/02/22 - 2023/02/22 Participation as a speaker in "Health Talks" webinar, with the presentation: 'Growing Healthy and Happy in Daycare: The Relationship Between Lifestyles and Children's Socio-Emotional Development' Health Talks
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26 Oradora no painel - "Diferentes Contextos da Prática de Enfermagem: o enfermeiro na investigação" [Speaker on the panel - 'Different Contexts of Nursing Practice: The Nurse in Research']
Round table
 O melhor aluno na UMinho [The best student at UMinho]
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/05/16 - Current European Sleep Research Society [ERSR] Full member (member ID: 25606)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - 2025/11 Specialized Training Course in Community Intervention and Infodemic Management (3rd Edition) (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2024/11/18 - 2025/03/14 Specialized Training Course in Community Intervention and Infodemic Management (2nd Edition) (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/06 Ensino Clínico II - Enfermagem em Contexto de Medicina [Clinical Practice] Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2020/03 - 2021/04 Fundamentos de Enfermagem II [Nursing Fundamentals] Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2020/05/04 - 2020/05/29 Ensino Clínico I - Fundamentos de Enfermagem [Clinical Practice] Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/01 Enfermagem de Saúde do Adulto e do Idoso [Adult and Elderly Health Nursing] Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal
2019/04 - 2020 Ensino Clínico III - Enfermagem em Contexto Cirúrgico [Clinical Practice] Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem [Bachelor of Science in Nursing] (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/05/12 Publication of a news article in a journal titled: 'Children Glued to Their Phones at Mealtime Face Obesity Risk.' This finding was presented in an e-poster at the European Congress on Obesity and was further disseminated in 17 other countries, including Portugal. The Telegraph

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Maria João Bermudes Pereira da Silva
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Ana Rita Silva Risto
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Helena Maria de Carvalho Pereira Correia
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Isabel Maria Fernandes da Costa
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Rosa do Carmo Martins Lopes
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Sílvia Maria Alves Gonçalves
2025/09 - Current Mestrado em Enfermagem Comunitária, na área de Enfermagem de Saúde Família [Master of Science in Community Nursing – Specialization in Family Health Nursing] Isabel Fernandes Nogueira
Distinctions

Award

2024 Travel Grant Award
The European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2021 The EASO Award for the Best National Training Programme
The European Association for the Study of Obesity, United Kingdom
2018 Segunda Melhor Comunicação Oral
Irmãs Hospitaleiras, Portugal