Psicologia e Sociedade
Volume 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-557

Behavioral health trends of Brazilian immigrants in Portugal [Tendências comportamentais frente à saúde de imigrantes Brasileiros em Portugal] (Article) (Open Access)

Coutinho M.P.L.* , de Oliveira M.X.
  • a Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Psicologia, Rua da Candelária, 25. Apto. 1702, Manaíra, João Pessoa/PB, CEP 58038-620, Brazil
  • b Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Rua Euripedes Gadelha, 210, Joäo Pessoa/PB, CEP 58040-470, Brazil

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the main conditions and setting of the Brazilian immigrants formations in the Portuguese context. Specifically, the aim was to clarify which factors contribute to determine the searching for Health services in the host country. The sample was consisted by 75 Brazilians who live in Portugal, from which 35 were men and 40 were women. The data were collected by a socio-demographic questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed an increasing of a Brazilian Immigrants' profile in Portugal, and the insertion of such into a group of social risk, reflected in their psychological and social conditions, and more specifically in the Health field.

Author Keywords

Health international migration Brazil-Portugal

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79951805646&doi=10.1590%2fS0102-71822010000300015&partnerID=40&md5=fc7c814e7f3640cfe4ba68d5ffa5ddf6
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-71822010000300015
ISSN: 01027182
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Portuguese