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Brazil
2023

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
49
Citations
8179
World Ranking
2992
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Claudia S. Lopes is affiliated with the Rio de Janeiro State University in Brazil. Their research spans fields primarily within Medicine and Health Professions, with notable focus on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The work involves multiple subfields including Physiology and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Lopes has contributed research published in a variety of scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • PLoS ONE
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Correlates and impact of DSM-5 binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa and recurrent binge eating: a representative population survey in a middle-income country" (2022, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)
  • "Community violence and internalizing mental health symptoms in adolescents: A systematic review." (2022, BMC Psychiatry)
  • "Trend in the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Brazil: results from the Brazilian National Health Survey 2013 and 2019" (2022, Cadernos de Saúde Pública)
  • "The role of family meal frequency in common mental disorders in children and adolescents over eight months of follow-up" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "Prevalence of Sarcopenic Obesity and its Association with Functionality, Lifestyle, Biomarkers and Morbidities in Older Adults: the FIBRA-RJ Study of Frailty in Older Brazilian Adults" (2020, Clinics)

Lopes frequently collaborates with other researchers. Coauthors with multiple joint publications include:

  • Washington Leite Junger
  • Claudia Reis Miliauskas
  • Aldair J. Oliveira
  • Rosely Sichieri
  • Nayara Lopes Gomes

Best Publications

  • Versão resumida da "job stress scale": adaptação para o português

    Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Claudia de S Lopes

  • Construct validity of the Medical Outcomes Study's social support scale adapted to Portuguese in the Pró-Saúde Study

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Guilherme L. Werneck;Guilherme L. Werneck

  • Pesquisa Nacional de Saude no Brasil: concepcao e metodologia de aplicacao

    Celia Landmann Szwarcwald;Deborah Carvalho Malta;Cimar Azeredo Pereira;Maria Lucia França Pontes Vieira

  • Confiabilidade do Teste WPPSI-R na avaliação do desenvolvimento cognitivo de pré-escolares

    Maria Dalva Barbosa Baker Méio;Claudia S. Lopes;Rosely Sichieri;Denise Streit Morsch

  • Tradução e adaptação para o português da Escala de Compulsão Alimentar Periódica

    Silvia Freitas;Claudia S Lopes;Walmir Coutinho;Jose C Appolinario

  • [Social network and social support measures from the Pró-Saúde Study: pre-tests and pilot study].

    Dóra Chor;Rosane Harter Griep;Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein

  • [Validity of self-reported weight and height and the body mass index within the "Pró-saúde" study].

    Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor;Claudia S Lopes

  • Gender and leisure-time physical activity

    Rosana Salles-Costa;Maria Luiza Heilborn;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Eduardo Faerstein

  • The assessment of binge eating disorder in obese women: a comparison of the binge eating scale with the structured clinical interview for the DSM-IV.

    Silvia R. Freitas;Claudia S. Lopes;José C. Appolinario;Walmir Coutinho

  • Apoio social: confiabilidade teste-reteste de escala no Estudo Pró-Saúde

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Cláudia Lopes

  • ERICA: prevalence of common mental disorders in Brazilian adolescents

    Claudia S Lopes;Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu;Debora França dos Santos;Paulo Rossi Menezes

  • [Stressful life events and common mental disorders: results of the Pro-Saude Study].

    Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor

  • Association between routine visits for dental checkup and self-perceived oral health in an adult population in Rio de Janeiro: the Pró-Saúde Study

    G Afonso-Souza;P Nadanovsky;D Chor;E Faerstein

  • Estudo Pró-Saúde: características gerais e aspectos metodológicos

    Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor;Claudia de Souza Lopes;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck

  • Violence at work and depressive symptoms in primary health care teams: a cross-sectional study in Brazil.

    Andréa Tenório Correia da Silva;Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres;Claudia de Souza Lopes;Lilia Blima Schraiber

  • Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the Pró-Saúde cohort study

    Joanna Miguez Nery Guimarães;Dóra Chor;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Marilia Sá Carvalho

  • Inequities in access to depression treatment: results of the Brazilian National Health Survey – PNS

    Claudia Souza Lopes;Natália Hellwig;Gulnar de Azevedo e Silva;Paulo Rossi Menezes

  • The Lack of Selection Bias in a Snowball Sampled Case-Control Study on Drug Abuse

    Claudia S Lopes;Laura C Rodrigues;Rosely Sichieri

  • Prevalence of fear of falling in older adults, and its associations with clinical, functional and psychosocial factors: the Frailty in Brazilian Older People-Rio de Janeiro study.

    Flávia Moura Malini;Roberto Alves Lourenço;Claudia S Lopes

  • Apoio social: confiabilidade teste-reteste de escala no Estudo Pró-Saúde Social support: scale test-retest reliability in the Pro-Health Study

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Cláudia Lopes

  • Nosological profile and prevalence of common mental disorders of patients seen at the Family Health Program (FHP) units in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

    Sandra Fortes;Luiz Augusto Brites Villano;Claudia S Lopes

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Faerstein
Eduardo Faerstein Rio de Janeiro State University
Dóra Chor
Dóra Chor Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Mikael Rostila
Mikael Rostila Stockholm University
Marilia Sá Carvalho
Marilia Sá Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Deborah Carvalho Malta
Deborah Carvalho Malta Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Claudia Leite Moraes
Claudia Leite Moraes Rio de Janeiro State University
Michael Eduardo Reichenheim
Michael Eduardo Reichenheim Rio de Janeiro State University
Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho
Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho Rio de Janeiro State University
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Carlos Augusto Monteiro Universidade de São Paulo
Sherman A. James
Sherman A. James Duke University

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