José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes is professor from the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo. His research area is Public Health, mainly focusing the following on inequalities in health. Director of the School of Public Health (2022-2026). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the provision of Cancer care around the world. This study starts from the hypothesis that this situation is causing delays in Cancer diagnoses and reflecting in less-than-ideal care for patients with this disease, outlining a scenario of latent impact on mortality. This impact - and its possible variations between different types of Cancer and populations -…
The World Health Organization estimates 8.8 million deaths due to Cancer in 2015, totaling 15% of all causes of death worldwide. However, 70% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income regions. Inequalities in Cancer mortality may be related to the socioeconomic determinants of disease incidence, as well as to the effectiveness of health services. Objectives: a) to describe the trend…
AbstractAgeing in the current society is heterogeneous and dynamic. This is a process influenced by biological and psychological characteristics, lifestyle habits, as well as social determinants of health, such as socioeconomic and environmental characteristics to which individuals are exposed throughout life. The combination of these characteristics may contribute to different profiles, …
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The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted cancer care delivery worldwide; however, even more than three years since the pandemic's outset, the impact on cancer outcomes for populations is still not fully understood. In Brazil, it is still unclear whether the pandemic resulted in a lack of access to cancer diagnosis, delays in diagnosis or care, and whether it affected outcomes such as mortality fro…
Abstract of Research PlanBackgroundLocal and global estimates and projections of elderly population highlight a process of demographic transition that had never been observed before. This process is more accelerated in developing countries characterized by great social inequality that impact the conditions of ageing.ObjectiveIn my project, I intend to explore trajectories of functioning o…
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