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Joaquim Soares

Joaquim Soares

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
44
Citations
7380
World Ranking
4176
National Ranking
47

Overview

Joaquim Soares is affiliated with Mid Sweden University in Sweden and contributes to research primarily in the domains of social sciences and health professions. Their work spans several subfields, including health, general health professions, clinical psychology, demography, and gender studies. The research focuses on issues related to health, violence, and social determinants, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to public health and social welfare.

Among the most frequent topics in Joaquim Soares's work are:

  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Their publication record includes contributions to a variety of scientific journals with multiple papers published in Societies, Neuroscience Applied, and Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. Other venues include BMC Geriatrics and Epidemiologia. These venues indicate a focus on both social science perspectives and applied health research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Joaquim Soares include:

  • A population study on factors associated with unintentional falls among Iranian older adults, 2023, BMC Geriatrics
  • Structural Violence and Health-Related Outcomes in Europe: A Descriptive Systematic Review, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Association between Fear of Crime, Educational Attainment, and Health, 2023, Epidemiologia
  • Contextual determinants of intimate partner violence: a multi-level analysis in six European cities, 2020, International Journal of Public Health
  • Intimate Partner Violence and Use of Primary and Emergency Care: The Role of Informal Social Support, 2020, Health & Social Work

Joaquim Soares has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Glória Macassa
  • Anne-Sofie Hiswåls
  • Jutta Lindert
  • Katarina Wijk
  • Mamunur Rashid

This research reflects a focus on complex social influences on health outcomes, particularly emphasizing violence, social support systems, and health inequalities. The intersections of social sciences with health professions in Joaquim Soares's work demonstrate an integration of public health and social welfare perspectives.

Best Publications

  • "Unconscious anxiety": Phobic responses to masked stimuli.

    Arne Öhman;Joaquim J. F. Soares

  • Emotional conditioning to masked stimuli: Expectancies for aversive outcomes following nonrecognized fear-relevant stimuli.

    Arne Öhman;Joaquim J. F. Soares

  • Social Support, Socio-Economic Status, Health and Abuse among Older People in Seven European Countries

    Maria Gabriella Melchiorre;Carlos Chiatti;Giovanni Lamura;Francisco Torres-Gonzales

  • Distress and hopelessness among parents of children with congenital heart disease, parents of children with other diseases, and parents of healthy children

    Stephen Lawoko;Joaquim J.F Soares

  • Violence in mental health care: the experiences of mental health nurses and psychiatrists.

    Peter Nolan;Janie Dallender;Joaquim Soares;Sarah Thomsen

  • Psychosocial morbidity among parents of children with congenital heart disease: a prospective longitudinal study.

    Stephen Lawoko;Joaquim J.F. Soares

  • Violence towards psychiatric staff: a comparison of gender, job and environmental characteristics in England and Sweden

    Stephen Lawoko;Joaquim J. F. Soares;Peter Nolan

  • A comparative study of the experiences of violence of English and Swedish mental health nurses.

    Peter Nolan;Joaquim Jorge Fernandes Soares;Janie Dallender;Sarah Thomsen

  • Psychosocial correlates of long-term sick-leave among patients with musculoskeletal pain

    Giorgio Grossi;Giorgio Grossi;Joaquim J.F Soares;Joaquim J.F Soares;Jocelyne Ängeslevä;Aleksander Perski

  • Abuse and Health Among Elderly in Europe

    Joaquim J. F. Soares;Henrique Barros;Francisco Torres-Gonzales;Elisabeth Ioannidi-Kapolou

  • On treatment with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in public transportation workers--a randomized controlled trial.

    Goran Högberg;Marco Pagani;Orjan Sundin;Joaquim Jorge Fernandes Soares

  • Preattentive processing, preparedness and phobias: effects of instruction on conditioned electrodermal responses to masked and non-masked fear-relevant stimuli.

    Joaquim J.F. Soares;Arne Öhman

  • Backward masking and skin conductance responses after conditioning to nonfeared but fear‐relevant stimuli in fearful subjects

    Joaquim J. F. Soares;Arne Öhman

  • Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: outcome is stable in 35-month follow-up.

    Goran Högberg;Marco Pagani;Orjan Sundin;Joaquim Jorge Fernandes Soares

  • Feelings of professional fulfilment and exhaustion in mental health personnel: the importance of organisational and individual factors.

    Sarah Thomsen;Joaquim Soares;Peter Nolan;Janie Dallender

  • Service provision and barriers to care for homeless people with mental health problems across 14 European capital cities

    Réamonn Canavan;Margaret M Barry;Aleksandra Matanov;Henrique Barros

  • Intimate partner violence: a study in men and women from six European countries.

    Diogo Costa;Joaquim Soares;Jutta Lindert;Eleni Hatzidimitriadou;Eleni Hatzidimitriadou

  • Preparedness and preattentive associative learning: Electrodermal conditioning to masked stimuli.

    Arne Öhman;Francisco Esteves;Joaquim J. F. Soares

  • Health care for immigrants in Europe: Is there still consensus among country experts about principles of good practice? A Delphi study

    Walter Devillé;Tim Greacen;Marija Bogic;Marie Dauvrin

  • Effects of EMDR psychotherapy on 99mTc-HMPAO distribution in occupation-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Marco Pagani;Goran Högberg;D. Salmaso;Davide Nardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrique Barros
Henrique Barros University of Porto
Arne Öhman
Arne Öhman Karolinska Institute
Bengt B. Arnetz
Bengt B. Arnetz Michigan State University
Ulf Lundberg
Ulf Lundberg Stockholm University
Francisco Esteves
Francisco Esteves Catholic University of Portugal
Philip J. Kellman
Philip J. Kellman University of California, Los Angeles
Rosemarie McCabe
Rosemarie McCabe City, University of London
Margaret M. Barry
Margaret M. Barry University of Galway

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