Teacher
Sofia Franco

Resume

Doutoranda no projeto PAC-WOMAN (CIDEFES, Universidade Lusófona), com Licenciatura em Ciências do Desporto pela FMH-ULisboa e Mestrado em Exercício e Saúde pela FMH-ULisboa, com experiência em recolha, tratamento e gestão de dados e avaliação da implementação de intervenções em projetos de investigação científica com parceiros nacionais e europeus (EuroFIT, NoHoW, LUSÓFONAtiva, Projeto-piloto de promoção de atividade física no Sistema Nacional de Saúde) e em promoção da atividade física na comunidade.

Graus

• Mestrado
  Exercício e Saúde
• Licenciatura
  Ciências do Desporto
• Doutoramento
  Educação Física e Desporto

Publicações

Artigo em revista

• 2026-01-22, Effectiveness of supervised vs brief counselling physical activity promotion interventions in breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors: the PAC-WOMAN randomized controlled trial, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
• 2025-12-12, Home-Combo: an online home-based exercise intervention for women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy: study protocol for a 2-arm pragmatic randomized controlled trial, Frontiers in Oncology
• 2025-12, Mapping implementation barriers and facilitators of a physical activity consultation in the Portuguese primary healthcare: a qualitative approach combining the Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases and Behaviour Change Wheel frameworks, BMJ Open
• 2025-12, Barriers and Facilitators of Workplace Sit-Stand Desk-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence, Occupational Health Science
• 2025-01-11, Developing and testing the feasibility of a theory-based brief counseling intervention to promote physical activity in breast cancer survivors enrolled in the PAC-WOMAN trial, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
• 2024-10-22, Literacia Física e mobilidade ativa em contexto universitário: um estudo observacional transversal, Retos
• 2024-03-30, Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis, Journal of Cancer Survivorship
• 2024-03-06, Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of Cancer Survivorship
• 2023-09-11, O.6.2-10 Community-based physical activity promotion programs in Porto metropolitan area: characterization and good-practices evaluation, European Journal of Public Health
• 2023-07-05, Promoting physical activity through supervised vs motivational behavior change interventions in breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors (PAC-WOMAN): protocol for a 3-arm pragmatic randomized controlled trial, BMC Cancer
• 2022-04-29, Dimensões da Literacia Física em Estudantes Universitários e sua Relação com a Atividade Física Presente e Passada: Estudo Exploratório, Observacional (Dimensiones de la Literacia Física en Estudiantes Universitarios y su Relación con la Actividad Física, Retos
• 2022-03-01, Physical and Physiological Characteristics of Female Artistic Roller Skaters Based on Discipline and Level of Expertise, Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism
• 2021-04-29, Assessment of Good Practices in Community-Based Interventions for Physical Activity Promotion: Development of a User-Friendly Tool, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Manual

• 2025, PAC-WOMAN: Manual do Programa de Exercício Físico
• 2025, PAC-WOMAN: Manual de Aconselhamento Breve para a Promoção de Atividade Física

Poster em conferência

• 2025, Navigating the Implementation of Physical Activity Interventions for Breast Cancer Survivors: Insights from the PAC-WOMAN trial, Moving Beyond
• 2022-11-02, Avaliação de programas comunitários de promoção da atividade física na área metropolitana do Porto, III Congresso Nacional dos Médicos de Saúde Pública
• 2022-06, Associations between muscle ultrasonography, body composition and physical performance in post-menopausal breast cancer survivors, International Conference of the Society on Cachexia, Sarcopenia & Muscle Wasting (15th edition)
• 2022, A physical activity behavior change intervention for post-menopausal breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors (PAC-WOMAN): Protocol and baseline preliminary findings from a multi-centric randomised controlled trialMAN): Protocol and baseline preliminary findings from a multi-centric randomized controlled trial., International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (21th edition)