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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/87902, first published .
Evaluation of School Health Policies and Practices in Brazil and Portugal: Protocol for Mixed Methods Research

Evaluation of School Health Policies and Practices in Brazil and Portugal: Protocol for Mixed Methods Research

Evaluation of School Health Policies and Practices in Brazil and Portugal: Protocol for Mixed Methods Research

Bruna Hinnah Borges Martins de Freitas   1 * , PhD ;   Eliane Tatsch Neves   2 * , PhD ;   Manuela Costa Melo   3 , PhD ;   Marília Cordeiro de Sousa   4 , PhD ;   Andrea Moreira Arrué   5 , PhD ;   Mariana Matias Santos   6 , PhD ;   Luciana Pedrosa Leal   6 , PhD ;   Maria Angélica Marcheti   7 , PhD ;   Juliano Bortolini   8 , PhD ;   Maria Aparecida Munhoz Gaíva   1 , PhD ;   Carolina Miguel da Graça Henriques   9 , PhD ;   Maria do Céu Coelho Monteiro Pires   10, 11 , MSc ;   Eva Patrícia da Silva Guilherme Menino   9 , PhD

1 Faculty of Nursing, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

2 Department of Nursing, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil

3 Department of Nursing, School of Public Health of the Federal District, Brasilia, Brazil

4 Department of Nursing, Alfredo Nasser University Center, Goiana, Brazil

5 Postgraduate Program in Biomedical Engineering (PPGEB)–Federal University of Technology Paraná (UTFPR), Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR), Curitiba, Brazil

6 Department of Nursing, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife - PE, CEP 50670-420, Pernambuco, Brazil

7 Integrated Institute of Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

8 Department of Statistics, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

9 UICISA:E, ciTechcare, School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic University of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

10 Portuguese Red Cross School of Health, Lisbon, Portugal

11 ICBAS School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Mariana Matias Santos, PhD
  • Department of Nursing
  • Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 844-900 - Cidade Universitária
  • Recife - PE, CEP 50670-420, Pernambuco
  • Brazil
  • Email: mariana.matiass@ufpe.br