Descrizione del progetto
Interventi familiari per adolescenti in contesti difficili
Chiunque merita di iniziare la propria vita in modo sano e sicuro, anche se ciò non è sempre possibile per i giovani, a causa di una serie di fattori come violenza, povertà e disuguaglianza economica. Nell’Europa orientale, i rischi per il benessere giovanile si sono recentemente acuiti per via della guerra in Ucraina. In tale contesto, è necessario che i programmi di intervento rivolti ai giovani e alle loro famiglie affrontino i fattori di rischio individuali e familiari. Il progetto FLOURISH, finanziato dall’UE, valuterà, impiegherà e adatterà il programma «Parenting for Lifelong Health» per preadolescenti tra i 10 e i 14 anni e le persone che se ne prendono cura in Moldova e Macedonia del Nord. Il programma per famiglie farà parte di un pacchetto di servizi con altre componenti del programma per rafforzare le competenze adolescenziali in materia di benessere. Inoltre, la ricerca analizzerà le esigenze delle persone ucraine rifugiate e delle famiglie appartenenti a minoranze etniche presenti nei due paesi.
Obiettivo
Young people in Eastern Europe face risks to their health and wellbeing due to factors including violence, poverty, inequality, and other adverse experiences, exacerbated by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Programs focusing on the adolescent-caregiver relationship are an evidence-based solution to supporting adolescent health by addressing a cluster of common individual and family risk factors. Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) is one such program, developed for implementation and scale-up in low-resource settings. FLOURISH will adapt, implement, and evaluate the PLH Teens program. The program will be adapted to the service delivery and cultural setting of two countrywide health networks, in North Macedonia and Moldova, including the needs of the refugee populations from Ukraine. The program covers evidence-based skills, such as problem-solving and emotional regulation, for adolescents 10-14 years old and their caregivers. Through building skills and strengthening the adolescent-caregiver relationship, communication, and caregiver monitoring, the program has the potential to prevent and reduce multiple common mental health problems and risk behaviors, such as alcohol misuse, therefore reducing the risk of future non-communicable diseases. Informed by co-production with stakeholders and intervention process evaluation, FLOURISH will explore the cost-effectiveness of intervention components and test the final intervention package in a hybrid implementation-effectiveness randomized trial, as well as develop a scaling strategy informed by qualitative data and statistical modeling. The project will foster methodological innovation. FLOURISH will advance the uptake and scale-up of evidence-based, open-source, and sustainable family interventions for adolescents in low-resource settings, and therefore have a profound impact on reducing the risks for future non-communicable diseases.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria