Project description
Improving assisted reproductive technology
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) represents a rising trend in European reproductive health and a rapidly growing sector in the health industry. The EU-funded B2-InF project will examine how young people perceive ART and to what extent clinics align their services and research with the perceptions, concerns and expectations of young citizens. The project will promote public participation in the science and provision of ART to make it more responsive to societal needs. It will collect data concerning perception and awareness as well as information delivered by clinics to young clients. It will then analyse these data from sociocultural, legal and gender analysis perspectives to identify misalignments and other weak points. Finally, it will disseminate the results to the related stakeholders.
Objective
Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) plays a significant role in the reproductive health of European society and is a fast growing part of the health industry. In this context, B2-InF will seek to answer two questions: (1) How do young people perceive and think about ART? (2) How can ART clinics better align their research, services, and information with the views, concerns and expectations of citizens? By answering these questions, B2-InF aims to promote public participation in the science and provision of ART so that these become more responsive to the needs and concerns of society.
The project will be carried out in three stages. In the first stage, data is collected about perceptions and awareness of ART in young populations and the information offered by clinics to their clients. In the second stage, this data is analysed from sociocultural, legal and gender perspectives in order to detect misalignments and other weak points and to determine ways of improving the information offered by clinics. Based on this analysis, the project will produce a set of national and international recommendation guidelines. In the third stage, these guidelines along with policy briefs and other results will be disseminated to clinics, policymakers, and other key stakeholders in scientific fields, the health industry, and the general public.
B2-InF proposes an integrated research methodology to be carried out in eight European countries, including several underrepresented countries of Eastern Europe: Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Macedonia, Albania, Slovenia and Kosovo. The project is designed to work bottom-up, moving from citizens to scientists and policymakers, and will provide much-needed empirical data about the representation of ART in society, allowing for a better fit between the provision of ART and its legal and sociocultural environments. In short, B2-InF will give voice to citizens towards improving ART for society.
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.5.c. - Integrate society in science and innovation issues, policies and activities in order to integrate citizens' interests and values and to increase the quality, relevance, social acceptability and sustainability of research and innovation outcomes in various fields of activity from social innovation to areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology Main Programme
- H2020-EU.5.g. - Take due and proportional precautions in research and innovation activities by anticipating and assessing potential environmental, health and safety impacts
- H2020-EU.5.d. - Encourage citizens to engage in science through formal and informal science education, and promote the diffusion of science-based activities, namely in science centres and through other appropriate channels
- H2020-EU.5.h. - Improving knowledge on science communication in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of interactions between scientists, general media and the public
- H2020-EU.5.a. - Make scientific and technological careers attractive to young students, and forster sustainable interaction between schools, research institutions, industry and civil society organisations
- H2020-EU.5.f. - Develop the governance for the advancement of responsible research and innovation by all stakeholders, which is sensitive to society needs and demands and promote an ethics framework for research and innovation
- H2020-EU.5.b. - Promote gender equality in particular by supporting structural change in the organisation of research institutions and in the content and design of research activities
- H2020-EU.5.e. - Develop the accessibility and the use of the results of publicly-funded research
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
31080 Pamplona
Spain