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- Designing evaluation plans for mHealth interventions : a case study on The Weal Life appPublication . Amaro, Patrícia Isabel Neves; Pinheiro, Susana Frazão Ferreira FernandesAs an applied research project, the purpose of this dissertation is to develop a suitable framework for health-tech companies to evaluate and monitor their mobile-based health technologies’ efficacy and usability, whilst defining features and maximizing performance. Indeed, since no officially recognized standards exist for mobile health (mHealth) apps evaluation, despite the fact they can produce health or behavioral benefits, this crucial assessment is often overlooked by companies and poorly integrated into planning. This research illustrates four mHealth evaluation frameworks and describes the assessment plan that has been developed for The Weal Life app, a socially connected app targeted to caregivers and circle of support. Ultimately, and this is our main finding, we identified two necessary conditions for health-tech companies to maximize their mHealth apps evaluation and performance. The first is to embrace a strategic approach that aligns both the mobile health intervention and app development goals, and the second is to assess the impact of these technologies. Indeed, we show that impact measurement process plays the role of “information systems” allowing companies not only to quantify the impact of their products, but also to monitor and improve their performance constantly. The detail of The Weal Life assessment plan will ensure the findings add to evidence and have broad relevance to healthcare professionals and researchers in general.
- African entrepreneur collective : a business model for supporting local and refugee entrepreneurs in RwandaPublication . Oliveira, Mafalda Pestana Paiva Quaresma de; Pinheiro, Susana Frazão Ferreira FernandesThe present dissertation invites the reader to think about social entrepreneurship and its role in the promotion of entrepreneurship as a tool for job creation, poverty reduction and population empowerment in developing countries in general and in Rwanda in particular. The analysis focuses on the business model of African Entrepreneur Collective, a social organization that has successfully helped local entrepreneurs in Rwanda to sustainably expand their businesses by employing local people and resources since 2012. The Case Study illustrates the scope and action of the organization and clarifies the engagement in a new project to help refugee entrepreneurs. The Literature Review provides the theoretical context for its analysis, which explored in the Teaching Note. We suggest approaching the Case Study by analysing the organization’s current business model resourcing to Social Business Model Canvas, highlighting the impact and value created and the important role of stakeholders. Furthermore, we propose the consideration of the strategic challenges and opportunities to clarify how the new project with refugee entrepreneurs changes the business model.
- Políticas educativas e escola : análise reflexiva do processo da educação e formação dos adultosPublication . Brandão, Carlos Miguel de Sá; Estêvão, Carlos Alberto VilarO presente relatório constitui uma reflexão fundamentada do percurso profissional desenvolvido ao longo desta última década. As experiências profissionais vivenciadas no âmbito da educação e formação de adultos e a investigação desenvolvida nesta área permitiram aprofundar os conhecimentos sobre as relações existentes entre a União Europeia e Portugal no campo das políticas educativas. Nesta investigação constatou-se a existência de uma mudança estrutural nas políticas educativas ao nível da União Europeia, associadas a processos multidimensionais relacionados com os fenómenos da globalização e que geraram transformações sociais e económicas conducentes ao reaparecimento de identidades culturais em diversas partes do mundo, influenciados em especial pelo sistema financeiro. Considera-se que estamos a presenciar a criação de uma nova ordem educativa mundial, com uma agenda globalmente estruturada para a educação, que tem permitido perceber a forma como o fenómeno da globalização interfere e se relaciona com a educação. Neste processo de transferência de autoridade nacional para instâncias supranacionais, constata-se a existência de processos de regulação que moldam e adequam os sistemas educativos aos imperativos económicos globais. A escola enquanto organização complexa, exposta aos fenómenos endógenos da globalização, apresenta diferentes racionalidades, práticas organizacionais e administrativas. Neste contexto, surge a necessidade de um enquadramento conceptual capaz de clarificar a compreensão e interpretação das várias dimensões organizacionais e de refletir a sua identidade, bem como distinguir, com clareza, entre modelos normativos e modelos teóricos explicativos das várias visões do mundo, que regulam e organizam a vida social segundo vários paradigmas, padrões e princípios de justiça. A educação de adultos encontra-se no plano central das políticas mundiais e congruentemente também em Portugal, como resposta aos problemas da globalização para eliminar as "geografias da ignorância", pois na perspetiva de uma sociedade do conhecimento é fundamental promover a aprendizagem ao longo da vida para o desenvolvimento pessoal e social do cidadão, bem como das comunidades onde se insere.
- Meeting report: pressure injury prevention: clinical outcomes explained by robust scientific evidence: a panel discussionPublication . Alves, Paulo; Creehan, Sue; Gefen, Amit; Santamaria, Nick; Trevellini, ChenelThis meeting report summarises the proceedings of a panel-led symposium that took place at the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Conference,Amsterdam in May 2017. It looks at the crucial role of pressure injury prevention and the importance of robust clinical data in proving the positive impact — for patients, clinicians and the healthcare economy — of implementing strategies that include the use of prophylactic dressings, positioners, and turning and positioning systems. The expert panel provided guidance on how to implement changes in line with evidence-based consensus, and highlighted the importance of delivering optimal care to at-risk patients.
- How can SpeleoHealth : a medical tour operator : launch speleothearpy services provided in the Republic of Belarus in services in Belarusian SpeleoTherapy Center in Soligorsk for international market?Publication . Lakishyk, Siarhei; Pinheiro, Susana Frazão Ferreira FernandesBeing an applied-research project, the purpose of this dissertation is to enable patients with respiratory diseases in non-Russian speaking countries to get an access to a drug-free way of asthma and allergy treatment – speleotherapy, provided by SpeleoHealth. SpeleoHealth is a tour operator in medical tourism registered in Lithuania which offers speleotherapy services in Belarusian Speleotherapy Center. Another purpose of this dissertation is to research potential market for the company – SpeleoHealth – in order to understand how speleotherapy as a service can be better presented for the clients with respiratory diseases. Ultimately, and this is our main finding, two conditions were identified to get the market for SpeleoHealth. The first is to raise potential clients’ awareness in speleotherapy which is now not regarded as a sufficient therapy to treat asthma and other respiratory diseases. Second, it will be shown that SpeleoHealth offers the services in the business area which may be characterized as an area of high business risks. An existence of such risks may negatively influence on the sustainability of the project in a long-term perspective without risks minimization. Finally, we present a strategy plan of SpeleoHealth Company which aims at expanding speleotherapy services information among potential clients, attracting new patients for trial therapy stay in the Center and risk minimization strategy in order to be sustainable.