Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Habilitation, PhD, MSc (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-6740 / https://www.cienciavitae.pt/4710-147D-FDAF) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology (http://fct.ufp.pt/en/), University Fernando Pessoa (http://www.ufp.pt/), Porto, Portugal. Graduated in Metallurgical Engineering (1992) and Master Science in Materials Engineering (1995) at the Faculty of Engineering (http://www.fe.up.pt), University of Porto (https://sigarra.up.pt/up/en/), Portugal. PhD in Earth Sciences (2010) and Habilitation in Ecology and Environmental Health (2023) at the Faculty of Science and Technology (http://fct.ufp.pt/), University Fernando Pessoa (http://www.ufp.pt/), Portugal. Researcher at FP-ENAS, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (http://fp.enas.ufp.pt) in environment-related topics. Experienced author, editor and reviewer. Sustainability expertise.
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This paper aims to emphasize the significance of integrating sustainable development (SD) content into higher education institutions (HEIs) curricula. The focus is on identifying areas of research demand related to SD in teaching and learning programmes.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a comprehensive approach, combining bibliometric analysis and an original survey instrument tool. The research involves HEIs staff engaged in both research and teaching roles across 36 countries worldwide.
Findings
The findings of the study shed light on the challenges and gaps in incorporating SD into HEIs curricula. Insights reveal that researchers focusing on SD within teaching and learning programmes face a notable obstacle in the form of congested timetables.
Research limitations/implications
While providing valuable insights, this research acknowledges study design and methodology limitations. These limitations should be considered when interpreting the findings and planning future research endeavours in SD in HEIs.
Practical implications
The paper underscores the practical implications of the findings, emphasising the need to address congested timetables as a significant obstacle to sustainability education efforts. The practical insights aim to guide educators and institutions in enhancing the incorporation of SD content in their teaching programmes.
Social implications
The study’s social implications highlight the broader impact on society, emphasising the role of HEIs in shaping a sustainable future. Addressing the identified challenges can contribute to better preparing students for addressing real-world sustainability issues, thereby fostering positive social change.
Originality/value
This paper concludes by outlining essential measures to address identified challenges and gaps, emphasising the imperative of creating an environment that supports the integration of SD into higher education curricula. The findings provide valuable guidance for educators, policymakers and institutions seeking to enhance sustainability education efforts.
This study aims to identify and describe the nature of higher education institutions’ (HEIs) engagement with climate change (CC) education, exploring their contributions to addressing the multifaceted challenges associated with the phenomenon.
Design/methodology/approach
By using a dual methodological approach consisting of an expert-driven literature review with supporting cases, the study provides a novel perspective of university involvement in CC education, emphasising theoretical insights and practical applications.
Findings
The study asserts that universities contribute significantly to CC education through the development of specialised teaching programmes, innovative research initiatives and the establishment of interdisciplinary collaborations. However, challenges abound, including limited financial resources, institutional inertia and the complexity of integrating CC topics across diverse academic disciplines. By fostering partnerships with external stakeholders, implementing innovative teaching methodologies and strengthening governance frameworks, universities can further enhance the effectiveness and reach of CC education initiatives.
Research limitations/implications
While the study offers valuable insights, it acknowledges potential limitations, including the scope of example studies and the specificity of findings to certain institutional contexts, which impedes generalisation. Avenues for further research to understand university contributions to CC education have been advanced.
Practical implications
The paper provides practical insights for universities to optimise their engagement in CC education, emphasising the mobilisation of student involvement and the promotion of transdisciplinary approaches, amongst others.
Social implications
While emphasising the role of universities in CC education, the study underscores the broader societal impact of informed and engaged HEIs to drive positive change by instilling awareness and promoting sustainable practices.
Originality/value
The findings offer original perspectives on the importance of university engagement in CC education and provide practical measures for optimising their contribution to a sustainable future via pedagogical, programme and strategic/whole institutional levels.
In light of the growing emphasis on sustainability in higher education, this paper aims to explore the effectiveness of sustainability university rankings, specifically focusing on sustainable development (SD), to understand their impact on advancing universities’ sustainability goals and address gaps in practical implications and limitations.
Design/methodology/approach
This study examines sustainability rankings in higher education (HE) through document analysis. Chosen for significance, these rankings were evaluated for regional participation, criteria and the top 20 universities. The method involved scrutinising official ranking websites for diverse perspectives on sustainability. The results are classified into three categories: regional participation, assessment criteria and top universities in the latest iterations.
Findings
The findings show that sustainability rankings are widely spread, and their existence has led to an increased motivation for universities to further engage in efforts in the field of SD. This study offers suggestions for optimising the role of promoting SD principles and practices in HE.
Originality/value
This comprehensive assessment sheds light on rankings’ operations and success levels. It makes a significant contribution to the literature, providing an unprecedented overview of analysed rankings and on sustainability assessment and their impact. This analysis will be valuable for universities towards the integration of SD principles and practices into the HE environment.
Theoretical Framework:t is based on modern scientific definitions used in geology, geomorphology, paleontology, culture, and for educational and geotourism purposes.
Method: The literature review significantly contextualizes knowledge and broad understanding, as well as advances in the terminology most used in geotourism activity, adopted in Brazil and European references in the area.It is representativeness: relational: the suitability of the geosite to illustrate a geological process or quality, which contributes significantly to the understanding of the theme, process, characteristic or (i) representation: geological context, (ii) integrity: related to the state of conservation of the geosite, (iii) rarity: number of geosites in the geological study area, (iv) scientific knowledge.
Results and Discussion:The results obtained revealed that review studies of specialized terminology applied in geodiversity and geotourism activity play a significant role in interpreting unique places where most geosites occur, attracting tourists who are increasingly surprised by geosites.
Research Implications: The implications of geosite terminology do not involve universal consensus, and there are several ways to scientifically describe a geosite in the context of a type of terrestrial relief, geological structure and minerals. This interpretation shouldbe carried out by a specialist or by experienced people who are knowledgeable about the local specificities.
Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by addressing the terminology applied in geoscience that encompasses geodiversity andgeotourism. The relevance and potential of geosites for education, scientific interpretation of geological characteristics in the central region of the North Amazon.
Objetivo: Promover a linguagem científica do universo geológico-geomorfológico e da cultura local, nomeadamente através de passeios geoturísticos e de investigação nestes ambientes naturais.Referencial Teórico: Baseia-se em definições científicas modernas usadas em geologia, geomorfologia, paleontologia, cultura e para fins educacionais e geoturisticas.
Método: A revisão bibliográfica contextualiza significativamente o conhecimento e a compreensão ampla, bem como os avanços na terminologia mais utilizada na atividade geoturística, adotada no Brasil e em referências europeias na área. Trata-se da representatividade: relacional: adequação do geossítio para ilustrar um processo ou qualidade geológica, que contribui significativamente para a compreensão do tema, processo, característica ou (i) representação: contexto geológico, (ii) integridade: relacionada ao estado de conservação do geossítio, (iii) raridade: número de geossítios na área de estudo geológico, (iv) conhecimento científico.
Resultados e Discussão: Os resultados obtidos revelaram que estudos de revisão de terminologia especializada aplicada à geodiversidade e à atividade geoturística desempenham um papel significativo na interpretação de lugares únicos onde ocorrem a maioria dos geossítios, atraindo turistas que se surpreendem cada vez mais com os geossítios.
Implicações da Pesquisa: As implicações da terminologia de geossítio não envolvem consenso universal, e há várias maneiras de descrever cientificamente um geossítio no contexto de um tipo de relevo terrestre, estrutura geológica e minerais. Esta interpretação deve ser realizada por um especialista ou por pessoas experientes que tenham conhecimento das especificidades locais.
Originalidade/Valor: Este estudo contribui para a literatura ao abordar a terminologia aplicada em geociências que abrange geodiversidade e geoturismo. A relevância e o potencial dos geossítios para a educação, interpretação científica das características geológicas na região central da Amazônia Norte.
Objetivo: Promover el lenguaje científico del universo geológico-geomorfológico y de la cultura local, en particular a través de recorridos geoturísticos e investigaciones sobre estos entornos naturales.
Marco Teórico: Se basa em definiciones científicas modernas utilizadas em geología, geomorfología, paleontología, cultura y con fines educativos y geoturísticos.
Método: La revisión bibliográfica contextualiza significativamente conocimientos y comprensiones amplias, así como avances em laterminología más utilizada em laactividadgeoturística, adoptada en Brasil y en referencias europeasenel área. Es representatividad: relacional: adecuacióndelgeositio para ilustrar unproceso o cualidad geológica, que contribuye significativamente a la comprensión del tema, proceso, característica o (i) representación: contexto geológico, (ii) integridad: relacionada con el estado de conservación del geositio, (iii) rareza: número de geositios em el área de estudio geológico, (iv) conocimiento científico.
Resultados y Discusión: Los resultados obtenidos revelaron que los estudios que revisan la terminología especializada aplicada a la geodiversidad y la actividad geoturística juegan un papel importante em la interpretación de lugare súnicos donde se encuentran la mayoría de los geositios, atrayendo a turistas cada vez más sorprendidos por los geositios.
Implicaciones de la investigación: Las implicaciones de la terminología de geositios no implica nun consenso universal, y hay variasformas de describir científicamente um geositio em el contexto de un tipo de accidente geográfico, estructura geológica y minerales. Esta interpretación debe ser realizada por un especialista o personas experimentadas y conscientes de las especificidades locales.
Originalidad/Valor: Este estúdio contribuye a la literatura abordando laterminología aplicada em geociencias que abarca la geodiversidad y el geoturismo. La relevancia y potencial de los geositios para la educación, la interpretación científica de las características geológicas em la región central de la Amazonía Norte.
Presents a combination of projects, case studies, and practical experiences
Addresses interdisciplinary authorship
It gives special emphasis to state-of-the-art descriptions of approaches, methods, initiatives and projects from universities, stakeholders, organizations and civil society across the world, regarding cross-cutting issues in energy, environment and health research.
Either online or offline, DV is an extremely important social problem. Although both forms may be related, they may differ in many aspects (e.g., it is more difficult for a victim to escape from online abuse; some abusers may suffer less inhibitions when online abuse is involved), justifying greater investment in this area. It is therefore an important social problem that needs to be early detected, perceived, understood and addressed, in order to break the progressive cycle of violence. This book intends to summarize the main outcomes and challenges in adolescent DV and DDA, seeking to identify similarities and differences between these two types of abuse. The book begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of outcomes and future challenges of DV in adolescents, focusing on the recent studies and examining prevalence, risk, protective factors and consequences of DV. However, research on DV mainly focuses on heterosexual relationships, and this type of abuse also occurs in other types of relations such as same-sex relationships. So, in the second chapter, a research involving quantitative and qualitative complementary studies with participants involved in same-sex relationships is presented in order to give a more complete portrait of this problem. The third chapter focuses on psychological traits of the adolescents that perpetrate DV, aiming to identify the problematic characteristics that are related to the abuse and, then, provide the most accurate intervention. Chapter four introduces the problematic use of digital tools and how they can foster abuse in the context of dating relationships, focusing on the prevalence and impacts of this emergent important phenomenon. Chapter five discusses sexting, an emerging phenomenon in dating relationships, associated with new psychosocial and digital risks. This new form of online sexual violence may increase the vulnerability of adolescent at a crucial stage in their sexual-affective development. Accordingly, the practices of sexting and its meaning in the dating relationship are characterized. Cyberbullying is another abusive typology that was been related to DDA, which is given specially focus and attention in this book, in chapter six. Finally, chapter seven intends to review evidence-based DDA intervention and prevention, considering the different variables related to them, specifically the sociodemographic, risk and protective factors.
Based on methodologically rigorous and extensive work, this seven chapters try to map and systematize what has been discussed about DV and DDA, addressing the main characteristics of the two phenomena under analysis. It is the editors and authors expectation that this book serves different purposes: i) to contribute to consolidate scientific knowledge in this field, ii) to stimulate further research on DV and DDA; iii) and, to support prevention and intervention efforts in this area. In this sense, this book may interest not only students of different levels of education, either undergraduate or graduate, in different academic areas (e.g., criminology, psychology, education, law), but also researchers and professionals working in this area of knowledge.
Foreword
A Academia das Ciências de Lisboa organiza, no âmbito de seu Instituto de
Altos Estudos, entre outras iniciativas, colóquios temáticos sobre assuntos
considerados relevantes.
Neste enquadramento, teve lugar em 30 de Maio de 2000 um Colóquio
intitulado “O Carvão na Actualidade”, organizado e coordenado pelo
Académico Professor Doutor João Manuel Cotelo Neiva que, na ocasião, tomou
a iniciativa de lançar o seguinte duplo desafio a investigadores da Faculdade
de Ciências da Universidade do Porto: participarem no Colóquio em questão e,
na sequência, publicarem um livro sobre a temática. Com efeito, já na altura se
fazia sentir a falta de um livro de texto, de base, em português sobre o assunto.
Os temas tratados no Colóquio e listados no respectivo programa foram os
seguintes:
1.Abertura e informações – J.M. Cotelo Neiva (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
e Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra)
2.O carvão como rocha, composição e génese: uma perspectiva actual – Maria
Manuela Marques e Deolinda Flores (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do
Porto).
4.As classificações dos carvões e a avaliação de reservas/recursos – M.J. Lemos
de Sousa (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto).
5.O carvão no Mundo e em Portugal – J.M. Cotelo Neiva (Academia das Ciências
de Lisboa e Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra) e
M.J. Lemos de Sousa (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto).
6.Utilização tecnológica do carvão – M.J. Lemos de Sousa e Bruno Valentim
(Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto).
7.Carvão e Meio ambiente – Isabel Cabrita (Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e
Tecnologia Industrial – INETI).
8.Novas direcções: o Metano do Carvão em Camada – Cristina Rodrigues
(Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto).
A simples análise deste programa mostra, claramente, a participação
maioritária de elementos do então Departamento de Geologia da Faculdade
de Ciências, Universidade do Porto e do GIPEGO (“Grupo de Investigação em
Petrologia e Geoquímica Orgânicas” do Centro de Geologia da Universidade do
Porto, na altura da responsabilidade de um dos signatários), sendo, pois, a nível
do GIPEGO que se desenvolveu, na altura, parte do trabalho que acabou por
levar à presente publicação. Aliás, este mesmo Grupo de Investigação foi, sem
dúvida, o verdadeiro núcleo duro da primeira Escola de Petrologia e
Geoquímica Orgânicas fundada em Portugal a qual, felizmente, continua em
franco desenvolvimento.
Assim, na sequência do evento começaram a juntar-se elementos com vista à
organização do mencionado livro. Contudo, acontecimentos vários levaram a
que não fosse possível, na altura, dar sequência à sua edição.
No emmeio, a Petrologia e Geoquímica Orgânicas e, nomeadamente, a “Ciência
do Carvão” evoluiu imenso, sobretudo nos dez anos que se seguiram à
realização do Colóquio mencionado, e isto não só no domínio do
conhecimento do carvão em si, mas também e, especialmente, no que respeita
a desenvolvimentos no âmbito das tecnologias da utilização do carvão
(combustão, gasificação/liquefacção, redução directa, metano do carvão em
camada, sequestração geológica de CO2, etc.) e respectivos aspectos com
ligação à temática ambiental (abandono de minas, subsidência mineira e
regime hidrogeomecânico, remediação ambiental em geral e de escombreiras
em particular, etc.).
Entretanto, houve a oportunidade de lançar, a nível nacional, uma segunda
Escola de Petrologia e Geoquímica Orgânicas e de iniciar o seu
desenvolvimento a nível do CIAGEB (Centro de Investigação em Alterações
Globais, Ambiente, Energia e Bioengenharia da Fundação Fernando
Pessoa/Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto) sendo que, neste novo
enquadramento, se tornou, agora, possível, lançar a publicação do almejado
livro “O Carvão na Actualidade”. Só que, dados, por um lado, os
desenvolvimentos verificados e acima mencionados no âmbito da “Ciência do
Carvão” em geral e, por outro lado, o trabalho entretanto levado a cabo, para
além doutras entidades, especialmente pelas duas Escolas de Petrologia e
Geoquímica Orgânicas hoje existentes em Portugal, já não é possível, mesmo
que se seja muito pouco ambicioso, publicar um livro sob a designação de “O
Carvão na Actualidade” em um só volume e de maneira a corresponder aos
temas tratados num Colóquio que teve lugar há dez anos. Com efeito, dado o
intervalo de tempo decorrido também, como é natural, já nem todos os
intervenientes no Colóquio estão disponíveis para participar na presente
edição, sendo que, entretanto, investigadores nacionais de outras entidades,
tais como o Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), o Instituto Superior de Engenharia
do Porto (ISEP) e o Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e Geologia (LNEG)
promoveram o desenvolvimento de temáticas directa ou indirectamente
relacionadas com a “Ciência do Carvão” pelo que é natural que sejam,
igualmente, chamados a intervir na presente obra colectiva.
Ainda a propósito das duas Escolas supracitadas e do progresso que foram
capazes de introduzir no domínio da Petrologia e da Geoquímica Orgânicas em
Portugal valerá a pena registar aqui que, num estilo pouco habitual entre nós,
estas Escolas não podem ser consideradas em competição e, menos ainda,
como rivais, mas antes, verdadeiramente complementares, dadas as temáticas
que têm vindo a desenvolver. Aliás, à Escola baseada na Universidade
Fernando Pessoa, aplica-se, natural e integralmente, um dos lemas do
estabelecimento de ensino superior em que se enquadra, i.e. “Fazer diferente
para fazer melhor”, sendo que “diferente”, para nós, quer dizer não só
diferenciado, mas também altamente especializado e apontando claramente
para o futuro.
No enquadramento acima apontado, foi, assim, decidido organizar a presente
obra em dois volumes, em coedição da Universidade Fernando Pessoa e da
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, a saber:
Volume I – Petrologia, Métodos analíticos, Classificação e Avaliação de
Recursos/Reservas, Papel no contexto energético, Carvão em Portugal.
Volume II – Utilização, Tecnologias e Meio ambiente.
Trata-se de uma obra de síntese, intencionalmente elaborada e escrita em
português, por investigadores portugueses, tendo por base textos originais
elaborados a partir quer da literatura especializada, quer dos resultados da
investigação praticada em Portugal. Assim, só em casos pontuais se solicitou a
colaboração de Colegas estrangeiros.
Com efeito, estamos, outrossim convencidos que uma obra de síntese neste
domínio de especialização fazia cada vez mais falta entre nós. De facto, o actual
esquema dos programas de doutoramento enquadrados no 3º ciclo do
“Processo de Bolonha” está espartilhado entre o limite temporal de três anos
de duração e a necessidade imperiosa de utilizar parte desse tempo num
programa curricular de disciplinas formativas de base no âmbito da temática
dos doutoramentos e/ou das suas especialidades. Realmente, aos ditos
programas poderão, em princípio, ser, hoje em dia, admitidos alunos cuja
formação de base difere da área da licenciatura e, mesmo, do mestrado em que
receberam formação anterior, aliás, a exemplo do que se pratica em todo o
mundo ocidental desenvolvido. Ora, em tal enquadramento, o ensino das
referidas temáticas terá, para que seja realmente útil e alcance o nível de
formação a que se propõe, de ser feito em módulos intensivos e facultando aos
alunos a bibliografia essencial. Ora, na área da Petrologia e da Geoquímica
Orgânicas não faltam tratados e artigos especializados, nomeadamente em
inglês, mas faltam sínteses credíveis, em português, para que por elas os alunos
de doutoramento possam acompanhar, em tempo útil e com aproveitamento,
as aulas dos ditos módulos. Este é, pois, um dos principais objectivos com que
se preparou a presente obra.
E ficamos a aguardar as críticas que, sendo construtivas, serão, naturalmente,
muito bem-vindas e tomadas em conta, até pelo facto de esta ser a única forma
de progredir em Ciência. Em relação a eventuais críticas destrutivas ficaremos,
por sua vez, na espectativa que os seus autores façam melhor, contribuindo,
assim, também, para o progresso científico.
Neste caso, o que se segue não é mais do que um manual de boas práticas tendo em vista a prevenção criminal numa área nobre da cidade do Porto – o Centro Histórico –, atendendo a observações realizadas naqueles espaços, bem como a dados relativos aos registos criminais e ao autorrelato obtido através de um inquérito psicossocial. Tais informações foram obtidas, evidentemente, através do desen- volvimento do Looking at Crime – Communities and Physical Spaces (LookCrim), um projeto financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) com a referência PTDC/DIR-DCP/28120/2017.
Assim, o presente livro foca-se na apresentação sumária de práticas redutoras/preventivas do crime que, decorrentes dos resultados alcançados pelo projeto LookCrim, e atendendo às conclusões aí alicerçadas, poderão vir a contribuir para melhorar a área em apreço
– o Centro Histórico do Porto – e todas as áreas urbanas, na cidade do Porto e noutras, que, de alguma forma, possuam algumas simila- ridades.
O manual começa por apresentar muito brevemente alguns pontos centrais, como os seus objetivos, a população a que se destina, a sua estrutura e um breve resumo dos seus conteúdos.
O Capítulo 1 é essencialmente dedicado a um enquadramento con- ceptual do projeto que lhe deu origem, bem como do que se seguirá em termos de sugestões de boas práticas.
Seguidamente, no Capítulo 2, apresenta-se muito sumariamente o desenvolvimento do projeto LookCrim, sob a perspetiva da avaliação comunitária desenvolvida ao longo dos seus três anos de duração, referindo-se também os diferentes aspetos que integraram cada um dos seus vértices focais.
O Capítulo 3 centra-se nas sugestões de intervenção naquela área urbana, num modelo naturalmente adaptável e aplicável a outras zonas urbanas centrais de outras cidades.
Por fim, este manual fecha com as notas conclusivas.
The Management Reports (MR) instituted by the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA ) were used to collect data obtained by the Recycle selective collection program at UFBA. MR, by Decree no. 5940, of October 25, 2006, determine the implementation of the SW selective collection in federal public institutions and subsequent delivery to waste pickers’ cooperatives. The secondary data obtained from the MR will be quantitatively and qualitatively discussed and compared with the available literature in Elsevier, SciELO, Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science databases.
Part of the waste generated within HEIs can be recycled. Sustainable waste management (WM) will then result in an environmentally sustainable campi , a healthy workplace, with HEIs also playing an important social role supporting low-income families. All SW collected inside the campi is sold to packaging manufacturers, often being the only source of income for waste pickers’ families.
Objectives
We will present a quantitative study that aimed to understand the child multiple victimization. Specific objectives nclude the need of: (i) to identify which types of violence are more and less experienced by the groups; (ii) to analyze the presence of multiple victimization and / or polyvictimization; (iii) to check if there are differences between groups regarding the types of violence experienced, multiple victimization and polyvictimization;
Method
For this research, approved by the University Ethics Committee, we compared two samples with 20 children each, aged 12-18 year-olds divided into two groups (with and without psychological counseling). All children answered to the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ).
Results
The results indicated that, in general, there exists a usual experience of children with violence, emphasis on conventional crimes (e.g., theft, robbery, vandalism, assault with or without a weapon) on which are more experienced and sexual victimization as being less common. The results also show that there is cumulative experience of violence, which proves child multiple victimization and polyvictimization in lifelong. These phenomena aren't necessarily most common between population with clinical counseling. Our study reveals that no differences between samples when compared the types of violence, the multiple victimization and the
polyvictimization.
Conclusions
We concluded that multiple victimization problem is largely extended to the population. It is important to alert to the phenomenon of child multiple victimization aiming at a more effective evaluation and intervention among this population.
Objectives
The general objective was to understand the perception of parents and caregivers regarding the online grooming process. It was intended to understand if the parents knew how to prevent this process of enticement of children and young people and if, in situations in which their children were involved, parents would know how to identify that process to later report to the authorities.
Method
The paper presents an exploratory and descriptive quantitative study, involving 560 Portuguese parents with children on school, aged between 6 and 17 years old. Data collection was done through an online available questionnaire survey, focused on the use of networks, the Internet and the risk of online grooming, intending to access the vulnerability of their children.
Results
The results showed that about half of the participants did not know the term 'online grooming'. After defining the phenomenon, about 97% of the participants consider it very seriously. To prevent risk, 52% of the participants reported to talk with their kids about online risks and to take precautions to reduce children's vulnerability. About 89% of respondents said they knew where to report cybercrime.
Conclusions
The study aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the risks associated with the Internet, involving parents and caregivers in the prevention of situations of victimization of children and adolescents.
Methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective study, encompassing 622 oil industry employees from Bahia, Brazil, during the occupational health exams of 2018. They are mostly male (90.2%) and aged 50-59 years. The Brazilian version of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20)[4] and another questionnaire were used to assess the frequency of alcohol and tobacco consumption.
Results: About 50% of the participants admitted drinking less than once per month and about 90% reported never having smoked. In terms of mental health, an association between generalized loss of interest and increased consumption of alcohol (p <0.05) was observed for the most serious drinkers (frequency: drinks once or more per week and intensity: consumes 5 or more drinks on occasion). Was also identified an association between feeling nervous, tense or worried and increased smoking (p <0.05), for smokers of 15-24 cigarettes/day.
Conclusions: Alcohol and tobacco consumption were more widely admitted by workers reporting depressive thoughts and anxious-depressive mood symptoms. It is of fundamental importance that preventive actions are taken by oil companies, aiming to minimize the psychosocial risks involved in drug abuse by workers.
Methods: This descriptive, retrospective study was carried out with 622 employees of the oil industry, Bahia, Brazil, during the occupational health exams in 2018, mostly males (90.2%), aged 50-59 years. The Brazilian version of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) [3] and a social questionnaire were used to identify components of the family environment, i.e., affectivity, adaptation and/or autonomy [4], which act as mobilizers that interfere with health. Both tools also assessed the use of leisure, i.e., physical, manual, intellectual, artistic, social and tourism activities [5], and social environments, i.e., living and working conditions, studies and communities [6], as a way of maintaining and recovering health.
Results: More than 95% of the participants identified components of the family environment that positively influence health. The use of leisure and social environments as a way of maintaining and recovering their mental health, were also reported. At the level of mental health, an association between the level of leisure and social relations and the inability to play a useful role in life (p<0.001), and also with the feeling of worthlessness (p<0.001), was found.
Conclusions: The family environment, leisure and positive social environments are promoters of mental health and contribute to the overall well-being of oil workers.
Methodology: In March 2020, a “Crisis Room” was structured, based on the Incident Command System (ICS) methodology for managing interventions in the company, covering about 160,000 workers and 1,000 health professionals, including physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers and nutritionists. The main strategies were defined: production of technical notes on COVID 19, development of software for monitoring cases, call centre through a specialized centre with medical and psychological support, implementation of tests, implementation of sanitary barriers with temperature verification and filling of forms, as well as systematic technical forums.
Results: In the period of 1 year, 46 technical notes were produced, 61,388 cases were recorded and monitored, 30,373 gold standard tests (RT PCR), 484,686 rapid tests, 25,217 workers approached at health barriers and an average of 350 systematic technical forums, were carried out.
Conclusion: Attention to the presented scenario and the mapping of the particularities in the emergency response are fundamental for decision-making, which can be impacted by the absence of strategies still in the reactive phase of the emergency. Despite the adoption of the ICS methodology in the management of the COVID-19 crisis, the incorporation of instruments aimed at individual-centred care were key strategies and foundations that have guaranteed work safety and the maintenance of productivity in this oil company in a pandemic context.
Methodology: Using an epistemological basis of “working with groups”; “psychology in emergencies and disasters”; “elaboration of mourning”, an attempt was made to systematize the specialized intervention in mental health, applying a suicide assistance method, adapted to the workplace. It is an intervention-action in 5 occurrences during the year 2020, with the participation of an interdisciplinary health team composed of social workers, psychologists, physicians and nurses. Individual care, group approaches, advice to leaders and support for family members was provided to workers.
Results: An average of 20 individual consultations were carried out for each occurrence, 7 interventions with groups and in 4 of the cases, direct approaches from the interdisciplinary team with family members were necessary. The implantation allowed to structure the intervention in suicide emergencies; methodological legitimation; ensuring innovation in mental health practice in emergencies; prevention of contagious suicide; monitoring of critical cases; and continuity of support in mental health through internal and external network.
Conclusions: The results of the study will serve as input for the elaboration of a specialized intervention protocol for suicide postvention, constituting an innovation in the intervention of care and prevention of mental health problems for oil workers and their families.
Methodology: 38 maritime platforms were analysed, totalling a sample of 5,992 workers. Exploratory data analysis, adherence test to normal distribution (Ryan-Joiner normality test) and linear correlation test (Spearman’s rho) were used to characterize the data. 5 groups were defined, being 1 offshore platform with advanced telemedicine resources (reference group) and another 4 platforms without this support. Each group had data on the monthly amount of disembarkation due to health reasons, in 2018 and 2019, through common flights (1,087 and 1,207) and aeromedical evacuations (68 and 126), respectively. Finally, hypothesis testing were carried out for two independent samples, aiming to compare the average landings of the reference group with the other groups.
Results: In 2018, the reference group presented average landings for common flights lower than those of the other groups. In 2019, the reference group presented average landings for common flights lower than those of three groups; and statistically equal to that of a group. In 2018 and 2019, the reference group presented statistically equal averages (p-value > α) of landings due to aeromedical evacuations.
Conclusions: Despite the possibility of other contributing factors, such as the health management of each group and operation time of the platforms, this study allows us to conclude that, in 2018 and 2019, the group of maritime platforms with advanced telemedicine resources obtained, in general, lower average landings due to health reasons.
Methodology: OHRCI was developed by 6 recognized experts in occupational health management with at least 10 years of experience. For content validation, the Delphi Technique was used, with 20 specialists from the fields of medicine, dentistry, social work, nutrition and psychology participating in 40 meetings with an average duration of 2 hours each. All proposed adjustment recommendations were incorporated and accepted.
Results: OHCRI tool was structured. It considers the characteristics of the oil companies regarding the assessment of risk scenarios, location and exposed population, resulting in a score between 1 and 16. 9 levels of occupational health care were defined, which allows to objectively consider the dimension of the workforce and attendance modality. The results of OHCRI tool allow specific strategic actions in people management, related to the monitoring of work processes and adaptation of professional skills.
Conclusions: The proposed tool is considered validated and its application generates business value, ensuring the maintenance of resources for comprehensive health care and attendance level adequate to the needs of the oil industry and workers and associated compliance aspects.
various parts of the city through traffic on urban roads. With the purpose of disinfecting the pavement of hospital parking-lots to prevent diseases, this research proposes the use of a new pavement composed of pervious concrete
with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) additive, i.e., lime powder. The well-known powder lime becomes a disinfectant with a microbicidal effect which increases the pH of the pavement, being a low cost and an abundant material.
Studies have shown that this additive affects the mechanical strength of pervious concrete when added to its mixture. Accordingly, the objective of the study is to find a balance between mechanical strength and the ideal proportion of
lime powder additive in the pervious concrete mixture through finite element prototypes subjected to vertical loads of 10,000 N with variation in the modulus of elasticity. The results of the structural simulations indicate the prototype
with the best performance ratio is 1:0.8:4 (cement:Ca(OH)2:limestone), compressive strain of 15.70 kg/cm2, density of 1,971.42 kg/m3 and modulus of elasticity of 1,480.22 MPa, with demonstrates a satisfactory mechanical
performance for the use of this new pavement in hospital parking-lots.
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