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I, Margarida Pereira, completed my PhD in Human Geography in April 2021 at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Coimbra. I hold a Master in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning since 2009 and a Master in Public Health since 2014 from the University of Porto. I also hold a degree in Geography, Spatial Planning and Development since 2006 from the University of Coimbra. Currently I am a full researcher at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness, and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), University of Aveiro. My research focuses on the intersection between several disciplines predominantly from a Social Sciences perspective, namely Health Geography, Public Health, Social Epidemiology and Public Policy.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Margarida Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Margarida
  • Pereira, M

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5E18-7747-B08C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5980-604X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=mL47K-cAAAAJ
Researcher Id
AAZ-7225-2021
Scopus Author Id
57209852756

Email addresses

  • mmiguel06@gmail.com (Professional)
  • pereira.m@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Policy and Services

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/07/17 - 2024/09/25
Concluded
 Public Policy Analysis (Outros)
Major in Online Certificate Course
The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
 85.6%
2016/09/01 - 2021/04/14
Concluded
 PhD in Geography (Doutoramento)
Major in Human Geography
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"A geographic perspective of the impact of the economic crisis on childhood obesity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 unanimously approved with distinction and praise
2019/02/06 - 2019/03/20
Concluded
 Going Places with Spatial Analysis (Outros)
Major in Geographic Information Systems
Esri, United States
2012/09/01 - 2014/10/01
Concluded
 MSc in Public Health (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Public Health
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Views on the duration of embryo cryopreservation in users of medically assisted procreation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 in 20
2010/09/01 - 2011/07/31
Concluded
 Doctoral Course in Geography (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Human Geography
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 17 in 20
2009/09/01 - 2010/07/31
Concluded
 Doctoral Course in Physical Activity and Health (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Physical Activity and Health
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Desporto, Portugal
 n/a
2009/05/01 - 2009/05/31
Concluded
 Children and Physical Activity - Relation to Obesity and Health (Postgraduate Certificate)
Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
 n/a
2008/09/01 - 2009/02/20
Concluded
 MSc in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning (Mestrado)
Major in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
""The influence of the Urban Geographic Context on Physical Activity Levels"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 in 20
2007/07/01 - 2007/07/31
Concluded
 Analysis of Social and Environmental Spatial Data (Outros)
Major in Social and Environmental Spatial Data
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 n/a
2006/09/01 - 2007/07/31
Concluded
 Postgraduation in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 15 in 20
2001/09/01 - 2006/06/30
Concluded
 Degree in Geography, Spatial Planning and Development (Licenciatura)
Major in Geography
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"A Saúde Mental e a Cidade" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13,45
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
2021/05/15 - 2023/05/14 Postdoc (Research) Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC) at OsloMet, Norway
Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC) at OsloMet, Norway

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/11/28 - Current Member of the Research Unit Scientific Council Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2020/10/31 PhD scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31 Research Fellow on the project Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impact of the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal from 2009 to 2015 funded by FCT (PTDC/DTP-SAP/1520/2014). Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
2016/01/07 - 2016/05/07 Expert in GIS and Public Health Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Angola, Angola
2014/05/05 - 2015/05/31 Research Fellow in the project RES4MED: learning medicine through scientific investigation (EXPL/IVC-PEC/1302/2013). Departamento de Educação e Simulação Médica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2014/03/31 Research Fellow in the project Health, governance and accountability in embryo research: couples' decisions about the fates of embryos. (FCT-PTDC/CS-ECS/110220/2009) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2012/11/01 - 2013/08/31 Collaboration in the Generation XXI project Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2011/01/01 - 2011/06/30 Research Fellow in the project Policy Capacities for Health Promotion through Physical Activity among SEdentary Older People- PASEO, Grant Agreement Nº 2008 12 09 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
2009/01/01 - 2010/12/31 Research Fellow in the project IMPALA - Improvement of Infrastructures for Leisure Time Physical Activity in the Local Arena Grant Agreement Nº 2008 12 08 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
2007/11/01 - 2008/11/30 Research Fellow in the project International Network for the Evaluation of Physical Activity and the Environment funded by FCT (FCT/POCI/V.5/C0011/2005) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
2007/06/01 - 2007/06/30 Trainee of GIS and Health topics Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal
2006/11/01 - 2007/02/28 Trainee in Spatial Planning Department Câmara Municipal da Murtosa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/09/01 - 2020/10/31 A Geographic perspective of the impact of the economic crisis on childhood obesity
SFRH/BD/133140/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/09/01 - Current ENVISION | Accelerating Environmental Assessment towards Sustainable Cities and Regions
PTDC/GES-URB/0804/2020
10.54499/PTDC/GES-URB/0804/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Power Dynamics in Environmental Assessment towards Urban Sustainability
2022.05161.PTDC
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2024/02/28 MERIT - Mother Income Inequality
SGS3A2
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 EEA Grants
Ongoing
2021/05/14 - 2023/05/15 PANRISK: Socieconomic risk groups, vaccination and pandemic influenza
grant agreement No 302336
Post-doc
Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC) at OsloMet, Norway

OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, Norway
Norges forskningsråd
Ongoing
2017/01/01 - 2017/08/31 Inequalities in childhood obesity: the impact of the socioeconomic crisis in Portugal from 2009 to 2015
PTDC/DTP-SAP/1520/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/04/02 - 2015/05/31 RES4MED:learning medicine through research
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/134327/PT
Research Fellow
Departamento de Educação e Simulação Médica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2014/03/31 Health, governance and accountability in embryo research: couples' decisions about the fates of embryos
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/110220/PT
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2013 Actividade física objectivamente avaliada e obesidade em adolescentes: estudos dos determinantes pessoais, sociais e ambientais
PTDC/DES/099018/2008
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2011/07/31 Acessibilidade a parques, hábitos/comportamentos de actividade física e obesidade: estudo sobre uma população urbana
PTDC/DES/111807/2009
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2011/06/30 Building Policy Capacities for Health Promotion through Physical Activity among Sedentary Older People
Grant Agreement nº20081209
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Consumers Health Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2010/12/31 Improving Infrastructures for leisure-Time Physical activity in the Local Arena
Grant Agreement nº20081208
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Consumers Health Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2008/11/30 International Network for the Evaluation of Physical Activity and the Environment
FCT/POCI/V.5/C0011/2005
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Actividade Física Saúde e Lazer, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Santos, Rute; Pereira, Margarida. Estudo dos Factores de Risco das Doenças Cardiovasculares dos Adolescentes da Região Autónoma dos Açores. 2010.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Pereira, Margarida; Ariene Carmo; Helena Guilhermina Silva Marques Nogueira; Larissa Mendes; Luana Santos; Cristina Maria Proença Padez. "Assessing the impact of supermarkets location in children weight status - a comparison between Portugal and Brazil". Paper presented in ISBNPA 2019 - International Society of Behavior Nutrition and Physical Activity, Praga, 2019.
    Published
  2. Pereira, Margarida; Helena Guilhermina Silva Marques Nogueira. "Differences in obesity and physical activity in Portuguese children: can the environment contribute to widening the gap?". Paper presented in ISBNPA 2019: International Society of Behivior Nutrition and Physical Activity, Praga, 2019.
    Published
  3. Pereira, Margarida; Padez, Cristina; Nogueira, Helena. "Childhood obesity in the urban parishes of Coimbra municipality - Proceedings of the 4th IPLeiria’s International Health Congress". 2018.
    10.1186/s12913-018-3444-8
  4. Pereira, Margarida; Padez, Cristina; Nogueira, Helena. "Obesidade infantil nas freguesias urbanas (centrais e perifericas) do município de Coimbra". Paper presented in XVI Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia, Península Ibérica no Mundo: problemas e desafios para uma intervenção ativa da Geografia, 2018.
    Published
  5. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena. "Teorias e Evidência sobre a Relação entre a Obesidade e Ambiente". Paper presented in XI Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa –as dimensões e a responsabilidade social da Geografia, Porto, 2017.
  6. Pereira, Margarida; Padez, Cristina; Nogueira, Helena. "A geographic perspective of childhood obesity determinants". Paper presented in 1º Seminário de Doutoramento e Investigação em Geografia da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2017.
    Published
  7. Pereira, Margarida; Samorinha, C.; Alves, Elisabete; Machado, Helena; Sousa, S; Silva, Susana. "Duração da criopreservação de embriões: conhecimentos e opiniões de utilizadores". Paper presented in XXXII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Alicante, 2014.
    Published
  8. Samorinha, C.; Pereira, Margarida; Machado, H.; Figueiredo, B.; Silva, S.. "Doar ou não doar embriões para investigação científica: revisão sistemática sobre os fatores associados". Paper presented in XXXII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología y IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia, Alicante, 2014.
    Published
  9. Ferreira, Maria Amélia; Weber, S; Pereira, Margarida; Ribeiro, Laura. "Comunicar ciência em ciências da saúde: como adequar ao público-alvo - os estudantes de Medicina". Paper presented in Medinfor III, Colóquio Internacional A Medicina na Era da Informação, Salvador, 2014.
  10. Pereira, Margarida; Samorinha, C.; Alves, Elisabete; Machado, H.; Silva, Susana. "Perspetiva de casais inférteis sobre a duração da criopreservação de embriões". Paper presented in 10.º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde, Porto, 2014.
    Published
  11. Abreu, Sandra; Vale, Susana; Pereira, Margarida; Santos, Rute; Moreira, Carla; Santos, Paula C; Soares-Miranda, Luísa; Mota, Jorge; Moreira, Pedro. "Association between calcium intake and body fat among pre-school Portuguese children". Paper presented in 11th European Nutrition Conference, Madrid, 2011.
    Published
  12. Santos, Maria Paula; Pizarro, Andreia; Gomes, Pedro; Pereira, Margarida; Ribeiro, José C. "Determinantes pessoais, ambientais e sociais na prática de atividade física de adolescentes". Paper presented in X Simpósio Nordestino de Atividade Física III Jornada Sergipana de Atividade Física, Políticas de Intervenção em Atividade Física, Aracajú, 2010.
  13. Santos, Maria Paula; Gomes, Pedro; Pizarro, Andreia; Pereira, Margarida; Seabra, Ana C; Ribeiro, José C. "Percepções do ambiente físico e social e a actividade física em diferentes contextos: estudos em adolescentes". Paper presented in SPEO 14º Congresso Português de Obesidade, Porto, 2010.
    Published
  14. Santos, Maria Paula; Pereira, Margarida; Teixeira, Laetitia; Pizarro, Andreia; Ribeiro, José C; Mota, Jorge. "Adolescents physical activity and support from friends". Paper presented in 8th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, Cascais, 2009.
    Published
  15. Pereira, Margarida; Marques, Teresa Sá; Santos, Maria Paula. "The influence of urban geographic context on adolescents physical activity levels". Paper presented in IJUP 2nd Meeting of Young Researchers of U. Porto, Porto, 2009.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Pereira, Margarida. "Municipal health promotion programs: is childhood obesity a concern at local level in Portugal?". Paper presented in 17th European Public Health Conference 2024 - Sailing the waves of European public health: exploring a sea of innovation, 2024.
  2. Pereira, M. "The role of Sociodemographic factors in the association between COVID-19 and Weight Status". Paper presented in The 22nd Nordic Demographic Symposium, 2022.
  3. Pereira, Margarida; Carmo, A; Nogueira, Helena Guilhermina da Silva Marques; Mendes, L; Santos, Luana; Padez, Cristina. "Assessing the impact of supermarkets location in children weight status - a comparision between Portugal and Brazil". Paper presented in ISBNPA 2019 - International Society of Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019.
  4. Pereira, Margarida; Helena Guilhermina Silva Marques Nogueira. "Differences in obesity and sports activity of Portuguese children: can the environment contribute to widening the gap?". Paper presented in ISBNPA 2019 - International Society of Behavior Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019.
  5. Nogueira, Helena; Gama, A; Machado-Rodrigues, A; Mourão, I; Pereira, Margarida; Rosado, V; Padez, Cristina. "Childhood obesity and organized sport participation: a view of the gender gap from a perspective of local sports availability in Coimbra, Portugal". Paper presented in Urban Transitions 2018 - Integrating Urban and Transport Planning, Environment and Health for Healthier Urban Living, 2018.
  6. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Nossa, Paulo. "Obesity epidemic – the importance of urbanization". Paper presented in International Conference on Urban Health, Health Equity: The new urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, 2017.
  7. Nogueira, Helena; Pereira, Margarida. "Combining social and built environment dimensions to categorize the territory - testing a multivariated statistical methodology in Lisbon municipality". Paper presented in GeoMed 2017, International Conference on Spatial Statistics, Spatial Epidemiology & Spatial Aspects of Public Health, 2017.
  8. Gama, A; Nogueira, Helena; Machado-Rodrigues, A; Mourão, I; Pereira, Margarida; Rosado, V; Padez, Cristina. "Multiple deprivation and its impacts on the physical activity of Portuguese children: Evidence of a gender gap over and above the overall negative impact". Paper presented in 16th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, 2017.
  9. Pereira, Margarida; Gama, A; Machado-Rodrigues, A; Mourão, I; Nogueira, Helena; Rosado, V; Padez, Cristina. "Outdoor play determinants in children: Are there gender differences?". Paper presented in 16th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, 2017.
  10. Pereira, Margarida; Gama, A; Machado-Rodrigues, A; Mourão, I; Nogueira, Helena; Rosado, V; Padez, Cristina. "Are there gender differences in outdoor play determinants?". Paper presented in 24th European Congress on Obesity, 2017.
  11. Pereira, Margarida; Santos, Rute; Teixeira, Laetitia; Vale, Susana; Miranda, Luisa; Mota, Jorge. "The influence of the presence of certain infrastructures on the Azorean adolescents BMI.". Paper presented in 8th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, 2009.
  12. Pereira, Margarida; Santos, Rute; Teixeira, Laetitia; Mota, Jorge; Santos, Maria Paula. "Objectively measured environmental variables and physical activity: testing a methodological approach in Portugal.". Paper presented in 8th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, 2009.
  13. Santos, Maria Paula; Pereira, Margarida; Teixeira, Laetitia; Pizarro, Andreia; Ribeiro, José C; Mota, Jorge. "Adolescents physical activity and support from friends". Paper presented in 8th ISBNPA Annual Meeting, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Amaro, J; Lucas, R; Perelman, J; Fraga, S; Maia, S; Pereira, M; Mamelund, S E; Matias, M; Leão, T. "Differences in the work-family experience of mothers and fathers of a southern European country". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.662.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.662
  2. Pereira, M. "Health promotion at local level in Portugal: is childhood obesity a concern in municipal programs?". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1747.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1747
  3. Leão, T; Perelman, J; Amaro, J; Mamelund, S E; Pereira, M; Severo, M. "The indirect costs of motherhood and fatherhood: impacts on income, working hours, and perceived health across 32 European countries". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.661.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.661
  4. Maia, S; Pereira, M; Mamelund, S E; Amaro, J; Fraga, S; Leão, T. "The impact of parenthood on well-being: a qualitative study of mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions across European countries". European Journal of Public Health 34 Supplement (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.663.
    Published • 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.663
  5. Pereira, Margarida. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Do sociodemographic factors play a role in the relation between COVID-19 infection and obesity? Findings from a cross-sectional study in eastern Oslo". Journal of Public Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02203-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s10389-024-02203-4
  6. Pereira, Margarida; Bakkeli, Nan Zou; Dimka, Jessica; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Identifying obesity and COVID-19 overlapping risk-factors: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis". Journal of Public Health Research 11 3 (2022): 227990362211065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22799036221106584.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/22799036221106584
  7. Correia, Gustavo; Pereira, Margarida; Gomes, Andreia; Bragança, Maria do Rosário; Weber, Silke; Ferreira, Maria Amélia; Ribeiro, Laura. "Predictors of Medical Students' Views towards Research: Insights froma Cross-Cultural Study among Portuguese-speaking Countries". Healthcare 10 2 (2022): 336. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/2/336#cite.
    Published
  8. Pereira, Margarida; Correia, Gustavo; Severo, Milton; Veríssimo, Ana Cristina; Ribeiro, Laura. "Portuguese Medical Students’ Interest for Science and Research Declines after Freshman Year". Healthcare 9 10 (2021): 1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101357.
    Published • 10.3390/healthcare9101357
  9. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides; Rosado-Marques, Vitor; G. Silva, Maria-Raquel; Padez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "The economic crisis impact on the body mass index of children living in distinct urban environments". Public Health 196 (2021): 29-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.030.
    Published • 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.030
  10. Pereira, Margarida; Cristina Padez; Helena Nogueira. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Municipal health promotion programs: is childhood obesity a concern at local level in Portugal?". Health Promotion International (2021): https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab044.
    Published • 10.1093/heapro/daab044
  11. Nogueira, Helena; Pereira, Margarida; Costa, D.; Gama, Augusta; Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides; Silva, Maria-Raquel; Marques, Vítor R.; Padez, Cristina M.. "The environment contribution to gender differences in childhood obesity and organized sports engagement". American Journal of Human Biology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23322.
    Published • 10.1002/ajhb.23322
  12. Pereira, Margarida; Padez, Cristina Maria Proença; Nogueira, Helena Guilhermina da Silva Marques. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Describing studies on childhood obesity determinants by Socio-Ecological Model level: a scoping review to identify gaps and provide guidance for future research". International Journal of Obesity (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-019-0411-3.
    Published • 10.1038/s41366-019-0411-3
  13. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Padez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "The role of urban design in childhood obesity-A case study in Lisbon, Portugal". American Journal of Human Biology (2019): e23220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23220.
    Published • 10.1002/ajhb.23220
  14. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Nossa, Paulo. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "A RELAÇÃO ENTRE A URBANIZAÇÃO E A EPIDEMIA DA OBESIDADE A NÍVEL MUNDIAL E EM PORTUGAL". REVISTA GEONORTE 9 32 (2018): 6-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21170/geonorte.2018.v.9.n.32.06.23.
    Published • 10.21170/geonorte.2018.v.9.n.32.06.23
  15. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena; Padez, Cristina. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Association between childhood obesity and environmental characteristics: Testing a multidimensional environment index using census data". Applied Geography 92 (2018): 104-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.01.005.
    Published • 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.01.005
  16. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena Guilhermina da Silva Marques. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Testing a Methodologic Approach to Territory Categorization Using Census Data". European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 5 1 (2017): 345. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejms.v5i1.p345-354.
    Published • 10.26417/ejms.v5i1.p345-354
  17. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Methodological test for the territorial categorization of the municipality of Lisbon using data from the 2011 census". Cadernos de Geografia 36 (2017): 15-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/0871-1623_36_2.
    Published • 10.14195/0871-1623_36_2
  18. Pereira, Margarida; Samorinha, Catarina; Alves, Elisabete; Machado, Helena; Amorim, Mariana; Silva, Susana. "Patients' views on the embryo storage time limits". Reproductive BioMedicine Online 31 2 (2015): 232-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.04.015.
    Published • 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.04.015
  19. Ribeiro, Laura; Severo, Milton; Pereira, Margarida; Ferreira, Maria Amélia. "Scientific Skills as Core Competences in Medical Education: What do medical students think?". International Journal of Science Education 37 12 (2015): 1875-1885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2015.1054919.
    Published • 10.1080/09500693.2015.1054919
  20. Samorinha, Catarina; Pereira, Margarida; Machado, Helena; Figueiredo, Bárbara; Silva, Susana. "Factors associated with the donation and non-donation of embryos for research: a systematic review". Human Reproduction Update 20 5 (2014): 641-655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmu026.
    Published • 10.1093/humupd/dmu026
  21. Gomes, Pedro; Pizarro, Andreia; Pereira, Margarida; Seabra, Ana C; Autran, Roseanne; Santos, Maria Paula. "Características percebidas na vizinhança, fatores psicossociais e atividade física objetivamente avaliada em adolescentes". 3 2 (2012): 215-235.
    Published
  22. Pereira, Margarida; Mota, Jorge; Nogueira, Helena; Santos, Maria Paula. Corresponding author: Pereira, Margarida. "Determinantes Ambientais e Sociais nos Níveis de Actividade Física dos Adolescentes: a utilização de metodologias SIG.". Finisterra: Revista portuguesa de geografia XLVI 91 (2011): 107-118. http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3839424.
    Published
  23. Mota, Jorge; Santos, Rute; Pereira, Margarida; Teixeira, Laetitia; Santos, Maria Paula. "Perceived neighbourhood environmental characteristics and physical activity according to socioeconomic status in adolescent girls". Annals of Human Biology 38 1 (2010): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2010.486769.
    Published • 10.3109/03014460.2010.486769
  24. Nogueira, Helena; Pereira, Margarida. "Uma geografia para a saúde. Ambiente obesogénico em áreas urbanas portuguesas.". Cadernos de Geografia 28/29 (2010): 43-50. https://www.uc.pt/fluc/depgeotur/publicacoes/Cadernos_Geografia/Numeros_publicados/CadGeo28_29/HN_43-50_uma_geografia_da_saude.pdf.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, Margarida. "A geographic perspective of the impact of the economic crisis on childhood obesity". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Geografia e Turismo, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/95399.
  2. Faculdade de Medicina. "Visões sobre a duração da criopreservação de embriões em utilizadores de procriação medicamente assistida". Master, Universidade do Porto Instituto de Saúde Pública, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/76791.
  3. Pereira, Margarida. "A influência do contexto geográfico urbano na actividade física". Master, Universidade do Porto Departamento de Geografia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/9372.

Other

Other output
  1. O ambiente no combate à obesidade infantil. 2019. Pereira, Margarida; Nogueira, Helena Guilhermina. https://pensarnutricao.pt/o-ambiente-no-combate-a-obesidade-infantil/.
  2. An urban playground in the old part of Lisbon, Portugal. Cover page photo. 2019. Pereira, Margarida. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23158.
  3. O suicídio em meio urbano. Projeto final de licenciatura em Geografia (Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento). 2006. Pereira, Margarida.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04/26 Navigating the currents of power of SEA effectiveness 43rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment
International Association for Impact Assessment (Dublin, Ireland)
2024/01/24 Identifying Power Dynamics among Actors of Strategic Environmental Assessment Twentieth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economics & Social Sustainability
On Sustainability Research Network (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/10/25 Associations between Sociodemographic Factors and COVID-19 in an Urban Population with Overweight/Obesity - a cross-sectional study in six districts of Oslo 18th International Conference on Urban Health
International Society of Urban Health (Valencia, Spain)
2019/04/23 Association between childhood obesity and environmental characteristics - testing a multidimensional environment index using census data II Seminário de Estudantes de Doutoramento e Investigação em Geografia
Departamento de Geografia e Turismo da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/04/05 Childhood obesity in Lisbon: comparing the impact of urban environment in children's weight status, in 2009 and 2016 Annual Meeting 2019
Coimbra Health School (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/25 Urban design and childhood obesity - Lisbon municipality study case Urban Transitions 2018 - Integrating urban and transport planning, environment and health for healthier urban living
ISGlobal (Sitges, Spain)
2018/11/05 Obesidade infantil nas freguesias urbanas (centrais e periféricas) do município de Coimbra XVI Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia - Península Ibérica no Mundo: problemas e desafios para uma intervenção ativa da Geografia
IGOT, Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/05/11 Childhood obesity in the urban parishes of Coimbra municipality 4th IPLeiria's International Health Congress
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Leiria, Portugal)
2017/09/26 Healthy planning: testing a territorial categorization methodology in the municipality of Lisbon and its association with obesity and physical activity engagement International Conference on Urban Health, Health Equity: the new urban agenda and sustainable development goals
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017/09/21 A geographic perspective of childhood obesity determinants 1º Seminário de Doutoramento e Investigação em Geografia da Universidade de Coimbra
Departamento de Geografia e Turismo da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/05/31 Learning medicine through research: focus on scientific integrity 4th Conference on Research Integrity
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2014/09/03 Duração da criopreservação de embriões: conhecimentos e opiniões de utilizadores XXXII Reunión Científica de la Socviedad Espanola de Epidemiología y IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(Alicante, Spain)
2014/09/03 Doar ou não doar embriões para a investigação científica: revisão sistemática sobre os fatores associados XXXII Reunión Científica de la Sociedad Espanola de Epidemiología y IX Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Epidemiologia
(Alicante, Spain)
2014/07/22 Comunicar ciência em ciências da saúde: como adequar ao público-alvo - os estudantes de Medicina Medinfor III, Colóquio Internacional A Medicina na Era da Informação
(Salvador, Brazil)
2014/02/06 Perspectiva de casais inférteis sobre a duração da criopreservação de embriões 10º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúde
Universidade Fernande Pessoa, Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2011/10/26 Association between calcium intake and body fat among pre-school Portuguese children 11th European Nutrition Conference
(Madrid, Spain)
2010/12/09 Determinantes pessoais, ambientais e sociais na prática de atividade física de adolescentes X Simpósio Nordestino de Atividade Física e saúde, III Jornada Sergipana de Atividade Física, Saúde e Esporte
(Aracaju, Brazil)
2010/11/26 Percepções do ambiente físico e social e a atividade física em diferentes contextos: estudo em adolescentes SPEO 14º Congresso Português de Obesidade
(Porto, Portugal)
2010/10/06 Determinantes Ambientais e Sociais nos Níveis de Atividade Física dos Adolescentes: a utilização de metodologias SIG XII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2009/02/25 The Influence of Urban Geographic Context on Adolescents' Physical Activity Levels IJUP 2nd Meeting of Young Researchers of U. Porto
(Porto, Portugal)
2007/11/14 Tuberculose em Portugal: Uma Abordagem Comparativa entre Género V Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia: a saúde dos homens numa perspectiva epidemiológica
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Disseminating information about the project ENVISION (PAccelerating Environmental Assessment towards Sustainable Cities and Regions) at the European Researchers' Night, "...a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways."
Exhibition
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Disseminating information about the project POWER.US (Power Dynamics in Environmental Assessment towards Urban Sustainability) at the European Researchers' Night, "...a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways."
Exhibition

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/26 Viten og snakkis Is there a relationship between obesity and COVID-19?
2019/06/12 - 2019/06/12 TSF Radio Notícias: Notícias (Saúde) Saúde - O bairro onde vivemos influencia o peso dos filhos

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/02/01 - 2022/09/30 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601) MDPI
2022/09/23 - 2022/09/26 Journal of Public Health Research (2279-9036) SAGE
2022/05/30 - 2022/06/27 Population Research and Policy Review (1573-7829) Springer Nature
2021/09/24 - 2022/05/30 BMC Public Health (1471-2458) Springer Nature
2021/05/20 - 2022/05/30 Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (1548-6869) Johns Hopkins University Press
2022/04/19 - 2022/05/03 Public Health Reviews (2107-6952) Springer Nature
2021/07/26 - 2021/08/30 Revista de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território
2021/02/01 - 2021/02/08 Health Promotion International (1460-2245) Oxford Academic
2020/09/08 - 2020/09/15 Archives of Public Health (1857-7148) ID Design 2012/DOOEL Skopje
2020/06/12 - 2020/06/27 Journal of Child Science (2474-5871) Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/11/01 - 2025/01/31 Scientific Mentoring Ana Maria Pacetti
2024/11/01 - 2025/01/31 Scientific Mentoring Marina Morhy Pereira

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/10/22 - 2024/10/22 Participation by invitation to an online focus group to support a study on the application and effectiveness of the SEA Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC), hosted by Milieu Consulting SRL and Eunomia Research and Consulting, contracted by DG Environment, European Commission. Milieu Consulting SRL, Belgium
2024/09/19 - 2024/10/03 Member of the juri as efective vogal to hire a First Stage Researcher (R1) under the project ‘Power Dynamics in Environmental Assessment towards Urban Sustainability’ (POWER.US), 2022.05161.PTDC, in the scientific area of Regional and Urban Planning (sub-areas: Environmental and Natural Resources Resources, Urban Planning, Public Policies) and related areas. Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy, Portugal
2024/09/19 - 2024/10/03 Member of the juri as efective vogal to hir a First Stage Researcher (R1) under the project ‘Power Dynamics in Environmental Assessment towards Urban Sustainability’ (POWER.US), 2022.05161.PTDC, in the scientific area of environmental engineering and related areas. Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2006 Bial Clinical Medicine Award
Bial, Portugal

Other distinction

2017 PhD Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal