Descrizione del progetto
Migliorare la sensibilizzazione sulla carenza di iodio
Quando l’organismo non riesce a ottenere quantità sufficienti di iodio, una sostanza nutritiva essenziale nell’alimentazione, si verifica un ingrossamento della tiroide e l’ipotiroidismo. Oltre a portare alla malattia alla tiroide, la carenza di iodio durante la gravidanza può ripercuotersi sulla salute mentale del bambino. Il progetto EUthyroid2, finanziato dall’UE, intende aumentare la sensibilizzazione sull’importanza dello iodio, un aspetto trascurato in numerosi paesi. Il consorzio si rivolgerà ad adolescenti e giovani donne per informarli sugli impatti negativi della carenza di iodio sulla tiroide e sulla salute in generale, nonché sulla salute della loro prole. Una serie di interventi a livello di comunità e di assistenza ambulatoriale contribuirà ulteriormente a gettare le basi per una salute migliore senza disturbi legati allo iodio.
Obiettivo
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.
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