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Sara Costa Fernandes
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Research Fields
Health promotion in paediatric settings
Science Communication
Development of educational intervention programs
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Science Management and Communication functions at CIS-IUL; PhD in Psychology at ISCTE-IUL; Thesis about "Preparing children for outpatient surgery and hospitalization", funded by FCT (Ref. SFRH/BD/61041/2009).My research interests focus on the study of health promotion in paediatric settings. More specifically, I am interested in the development of preparation programs about health and illness (in different application formats), and understanding how they might minimize children and parental negative responses to medical procedures.  
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