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The research group “Epidemiology of Mental Health Disorders and Ageing” led by Dr Josep Maria Haro seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Epidemiology of Youth Mental Health research line, together with Dr Rodrigo Antunes Lima.
Link of the research group:
https://www.irsjd.org/en/research/35/epidemiology-of-mental-health-disorders-and-ageing
We offer a 24-month contract, with the possibility of renovation.
The main attribution of this postdoctoral position is to support Dr Haro and Dr Lima in the conduction of the EU-funded IMPROVA Project - E-INTERVENTION ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH IN ADOLESCENTS.
The Project:
IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modulare Health intervention platform that aims to improve mental health and wellbeing, early detect mental health problems and prevent common mental problems in adolescents. IMPROVA will be implemented in school settings and will include components for adolescents, parents, teachers, and other school staff in complementary and synergistic modules based on materials designed and tested in >20 projects carried out by the consortium members.
The platform will be co-created by the consortium in collaboration with stakeholder groups (adolescents, parents, teachers, other school staff, schools and policymakers). IMPROVA includes an international inter-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from medicine, education, psychology, sociology, public health, economics, physical activity, ethics, law, UX design, computer science, medical informatics, data science, ICT technologies, and policymakers.
After pilot testing the platform, IMPROVA will be implemented via a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary education schools randomly selected in France, Germany, Romania and Spain, including 8,000 adolescents.
A 360º evaluation of IMPROVA will include Effectiveness, Implementation, Economic, and Social Return on Investment analysis. Using implementation science methodology, IMPROVA will co-design transferable evidence-based guidance for scaling up the platform with users and policymakers.
IMPROVA aims to provide an evidence-based, innovative, large-scale, comprehensive intervention, anda scale-up plan to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders in adolescents; empower adolescents and families to make better decisions regarding their mental health; and provide schools and the community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.
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This project has been funded by the European union under GA nº 101080934
