446 Healthy nightlife: eliminate risk, promote protective factors & city resilience (Coimbra, Portugal)

Prevalence of Risk Factors and Protective Factors of Breast Cancer in Yasuj City, Iran

Aims: Breast cancer with known risk factors and preventive factors is one of the most important health concerns and the most common cancer among women worldwide. This study was conducted to assess breast cancer risk factors and protective factors in women aged 20-69 years in Yasuj, Iran. Instruments & Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a total of 492 women aged 20-69 years wer...

Exploratory study of air quality in elementary schools, Coimbra, Portugal

OBJECTIVE To analyze the air quality in elementary schools and their structural and functional conditions. METHODS Air quality in 51 elementary schools (81 classrooms) in the city of Coimbra, Portugal, both inside and outside of the rooms was evaluated during the four seasons, from 2010 to 2011. Temperature (T°), relative humidity (Hr), concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (...

Identifying and exploring young people’s experiences of risk, protective factors and resilience to drug use

Resilience among children exposed to domestic violence: the role of risk and protective factors.

Individual and family characteristics that predict resilience among children exposed to domestic violence (DV) were examined. Mother-child dyads (n = 190) were assessed when the children were 2, 3, and 4 years of age. DV-exposed children were 3.7 times more likely than nonexposed children to develop internalizing or externalizing problems. However, 54% of DV-exposed children maintained positive...

Beyond Risk and Protective Factors: An Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience.

How does repeated or chronic childhood adversity shape social and cognitive abilities? According to the prevailing deficit model, children from high-stress backgrounds are at risk for impairments in learning and behavior, and the intervention goal is to prevent, reduce, or repair the damage. Missing from this deficit approach is an attempt to leverage the unique strengths and abilities that dev...