ISPUP

Sílvia Fraga completed her PhD in Public Health at the University of Porto in 2013 and is currently an Assistant Researcher at ISPUP. Sílvia coordinates the Thematic Line Syndemics, Health Inequalities and Vulnerable Populations of the ITR and is the Group Leader of the Lab Social Adversity and Health Inequalities.

Her research is focused on the social determinants of health. She is interested in studying how adverse experiences, particularly exposure to violence, contribute to creating inequity. Also, Sílvia aims to understand the mechanisms and processes involved in producing health inequalities from early life onwards, particularly emphasising the most vulnerable groups.

Sílvia is a research member of national and internationally financed projects and investigator in the Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network (BBCR). She is the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals and book chapters. She is also the supervisor of master’s and doctoral students and gives lectures to the post-graduate courses at the Medical School of Porto University.

International research projects

National research projects

Year

Title

Articles

2022

Soares S , Abrahamyan A , Amorim M , Santos AC , Fraga S

Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the First Decade of Life: A Study in the Portuguese Cohort, Generation XXI

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Jul 8;19(14):8344. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148344.

2022

Ribeiro AI , Fraga S , Severo M , Kelly-Irving M, Del Pierre C, Stringhini S, Kivimaki M, Joost S, Guessous I, Severi G, Giles G, Sacerdote C, Vineis P, , Barros H , Lifepath Consortium

Association of neighbourhood disadvantage and individual socioeconomic position with all-cause mortality: a longitudinal multicohort analysis

Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2022, Pages e447-e457

2022

Abrahamyan A , Lucas R , Soares S , Talih M , Fraga S

Adverse childhood experiences and bodily pain at 10 years of age: Findings from the Generation XXI cohort

Child Abuse Negl, 2022 Mar 30;128:105620. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105620. Online ahead of print.

2022

Dias I , Henriques A , Lopes A , Lemos R , Barros H , Fraga S

Abuse among Portuguese older people at a time of economic crisis recovery: findings from the Harmed study

J Elder Abuse Negl, 2022 Feb 8;1-15. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2022.2039338. Online ahead of print.

2021

Fraga S , Soares S , Peres FS , Barros H

Household Dysfunction Is Associated With Bullying Behavior in 10-year-old Children: Do Socioeconomic Circumstances Matter?

J Interpers Violence, 2021 Nov 16;8862605211006352. doi: 10.1177/08862605211006352. Online ahead of print.

2021

Henriques A , Talih M , Pastor-Valero M , Fraga S , Dias I , Matijasevich A , Barros H

A multidimensional perspective of the relation between social isolation and depression among Portuguese older adults.

Health Soc Care Community., 2021 Jun 25. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13471. Online ahead of print.

2021

Soares S , Rocha V, Kelly-Irving M, Stringhini S , Fraga S

Adverse Childhood Events and Health Biomarkers: A Systematic Review.

Front Public Health, 2021 Aug 19;9:649825. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.649825. eCollection 2021.

2021

Lopes S , Constant D , Fraga S , Bique Osman N, Correia D, Harries J

Socio-economic, demographic, and behavioural determinants of women's empowerment in Mozambique.

PLoS One, 2021 May 28;16(5):e0252294. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252294. eCollection 2021.

2021

Rocha V , Fraga S , Moreira C , Carmeli C, Lenoir A, Steptoe A, Giles G, Goldberg M, Zins M, Kivimäki M, Vineis P, Vollenweider P , Barros H , , LIFEPATH Group

Life-Course Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Lung Function in Older Adults: A Multicohort Study of 70 496 Participants from Four European Countries.

Eur Respir J, 2021 Mar 18;57(3):2001600. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01600-2020. Print 2021 Mar.

2021

Rocha V , Severo M , Ramos E , Falcão H , , Fraga S

Socioeconomic circumstances and lung function growth from early adolescence to early adulthood.

Pediatr Res, 2021 Feb 18. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01380-2. Online ahead of print.

2021

Fraga S , Soares S , Santos AC , Barros H

Parents' use of extreme physical violence is associated with elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in children.

J Affect Disord, 2020 Dec 30;282:454-457. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.154. Online ahead of print.

2020

Henriques A , Silva S , Severo M , Fraga S , Barros H

Socioeconomic position and quality of life among older people: The mediating role of social support.

Prev Med, 2020 Jun;135:106073. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106073. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

2020

Abrahamyan A , Soares S , Peres FS , Fraga S

Exposure to violence and suicidal ideation among school-going adolescents.

J Child Adolesc Ment Health, Aug-Nov 2020;32(2-3):99-109. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2020.1848849.

2020

Leão T , Amorim M , Fraga S , Barros H

What doubts, concerns and fears about COVID-19 emerged during the first wave of the pandemic?

Patient Educ Couns, 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.11.002 [Epub ahead of print]

2020

Dias NG , Fraga S , Soares J, Hatzidimitriadou E, Ioannidi-Kapolou E, Lindert J, Sundin Ö, Toth O , Barros H , Ribeiro AI

Contextual determinants of intimate partner violence: a multi-level analysis in six European cities.

Int J Public Health, 2020 Nov 3. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01516-x. Online ahead of print.

2020

Maurel M, Castagné R, Berger E, Bochud M, Chadeau-Hyam M , Fraga S , Gandini M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jalkanen S, Kivimäki M, Marmot M, McCrory C, Preisig M, Raitakari O, Ricceri F, Salmi M, Steptoe A, Vineis P, Delpierre C, Kelly-Irving M.

Patterning of educational attainment across inflammatory markers: findings from a multi-cohort study.

Brain Behav Immun, 2020 Sep 9;S0889-1591(20)30406-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.09.002. Online ahead of print.

2020

Soares S , Cheda AL , Santos AC , Barros H , Fraga S

How Do Early Socioeconomic Circumstances Impact Inflammatory Trajectories? Findings From Generation XXI

Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020;119:104755. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104755

2020

Vineis P, Avendano-Pabon M , Barros H , Bartley M, Carmeli C, Carra L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Costa G, Delpierre C, D'Errico A , Fraga S , Giles G, Goldberg M, Kelly-Irving M, Kivimaki M, Lepage B, Lang T, Layte R, MacGuire F, Mackenbach JP, Marmot M, McCrory C, Milne RL, Muennig P, Nusselder W, Petrovic D, Polidoro S, Ricceri F,

Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium.

Front Public Health, 2020;8:118. Published 2020 May 12. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.00118

2020

Dias NG , Ribeiro AI , Henriques A , Soares JJ , Hatzidimitriadou E, Ioannidi-Kapolou E, Lindert J, Sundin Ö, Toth O , Barros H , Fraga S

Intimate Partner Violence and Use of Primary and Emergency Care: The Role of Informal Social Support.

Health Soc Work, 2020 May 12. pii: hlaa007. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hlaa007. [Epub ahead of print]

2020

de Freitas C. , Massag J , Amorim M , Fraga S

Involvement in Maternal Care by Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: A Narrative Review.

Public Health Rev, 2020;41:5. Published 2020 Apr 7. doi:10.1186/s40985-020-00121-w