Project description DEENESFRITPL Raising awareness about iodine deficiency When our body fails to get enough iodine – an essential nutrient in the diet – it leads to enlarged thyroid and hypothyroidism. Apart from thyroid disease, iodine deficiency during pregnancy may affect the child’s mental health. The EU-funded EUthyroid2 project aims to raise awareness of the importance of iodine, which in many countries is neglected. The consortium will target adolescents and young women to inform them about how iodine deficiency may impact their own thyroid and general health as well as that of their offspring. Interventions at community level and ambulatory care will further help set the foundation for better health without iodine-related disorders. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The iodine status is a primary determinant of thyroid disorders, which are a major cause of morbidity, particularly in women. In addition, even mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency during pregnancy is related to neurocognitive impairment in the offspring. Iodine deficiency imposes tremendous costs on the health-care systems of affected regions, but can easily be prevented by iodine fortification programmes. In many countries, iodine deficiency receives surprisingly little publicity.The initial EUthyroid consortium evaluated European prevention programmes against iodine deficiency and uncovered major limitations including the low awareness on the importance of iodine for healthy living. EUthyroid2 will now fill important gaps in the prevention of iodine deficiency in Europe and beyond. The main objective of EUthyroid2 is to improve the low awareness with respect to iodine deficiency-related risks in adolescents and young women. The major aim is to find best practice models for accessing and informing them to increase their awareness and to improve their iodine status in order to lay the foundation for their own thyroid and general health and that of their offspring.Implementation studies and community-based randomised-controlled trials will be conducted with the objective of increasing iodine-related awareness in adolescents and young women up to age of 24 before pregnancy. The interventions are multimodal and performed in the two settings educational system and ambulatory care in eight study regions. As public health project EUthyroid2 is not only science, but will also serve our societies. Therefore, dissemination of findings to various sectors of our countries and the EU will be of utmost importance. By finding best practice models to raise the awareness on the importance of iodine for a healthy life of their own and their offspring in young people, EUthyroid2 will lay the foundation for a cost-effective way to eradicate iodine deficiency-related disorders. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineobstetricsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryhalogens Keywords Iodine deficiency pregnancy offspring neurocognition prevention intervention Programme(s) HORIZON.2.1 - Health Main Programme HORIZON.2.1.3 - Non-Communicable and Rare Diseases Topic(s) HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07-03 - Non-communicable diseases risk reduction in adolescence and youth (Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases - GACD) Call for proposal HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-07 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN GREIFSWALD KORPERSCHAFT DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS Net EU contribution € 1 010 015,00 Address Fleischmannstrasse 8 17489 Greifswald Germany See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new 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OF BELFAST United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address University road lanyon building BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 IODINE GLOBAL NETWORK Canada Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 375 des epinettes K1E 3E0 Ottawa on See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 WORLD IODINE ASSOCIATION Belgium Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Keizerstraat 29 1740 Ternat See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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