Objective BECAN is an epidemiological study aiming at mapping child abuse and neglect (CAN) in the general population of 11 to 16-year-old children that attend and those that have dropped-out school and at identifying the number of reported/detected cases of CAN being recorded in at least 8 Balkan countries. Mapping of CAN will be achieved by applying two of the I-CAST questionnaires (ICAST-CH for children and ICAST_P for parents, created by ISPCAN with the support of UNICEF) to matched pairs of children and parents. I-CAST questionnaires will first be translated into the official languages of the participating countries and culturally validated. There is no information on the prevalence of CAN in the general population of children in Balkan countries, and this study is certainly the larger in sample size ever conducted in the Balkan area (over 30.000 children and parents), and probably one of the biggest globally. CAN is associated with unhealthy behaviour in children and adolescents. Particularly, due to the well established “circle of violence” phenomenon, domestic violence tends to reproduce itself. Preventive cutting off of that circle contributes substantially and more effectively in the disappearance of such unhealthy behaviour in both children and adults. It is also believed that this study will provide the basis for the harmonization of CAN screening procedures in the Balkan area, and offer valuable tools to relevant policy-making activities in all participating Balkan countries. Keywords I-CAST questionnaires child abuse and neglect epidemiological study healthy behaviour in children and adolescents parent-child paired samples screening Programme(s) FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health Topic(s) HEALTH-2007-3.1-1 - Implementation of research into healthcare practice HEALTH-2007-3.3-1 - Promoting healthy behaviour in children and adolescents Call for proposal FP7-HEALTH-2007-B See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator INSTITOUTON YGEIAS TOU PAIDIOU EU contribution € 1 024 202,46 Address THIVON KAI LIVADIAS 11527 ATHINA Greece See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact George Nikolaidis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all QENDRA PER MBROJTJEN E TE DREJTAVETE FEMIJEVE SHOQATES Albania EU contribution € 81 360,00 Address PALL SHALLVARAVE VILA 3 KATESHE TIRANA See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Altin Hazizaj (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI Bulgaria EU contribution € 122 123,00 Address IVAN MIHAILOV STREET 66 2700 Blagoevgrad See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен Благоевград Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vaska Stancheva-Popkostadinova (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU Croatia EU contribution € 231 156,00 Address TRG REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE 14 10000 Zagreb See on map Region Hrvatska Grad Zagreb Grad Zagreb Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marina Ajdukovic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF PSYCHIATRY North Macedonia EU contribution € 80 000,00 Address UL BELGRADSKA B B SKOPJE See on map Region Северна Македонија Северна Македонија Скопски Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Antoni Novtni (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI Romania EU contribution € 199 294,00 Address MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU 1 400084 Cluj Napoca See on map Region Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Cluj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Istvan Pusok (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade Serbia EU contribution € 170 469,10 Address Visokog Stevana 2 11000 Belgrade See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jasmina Kovacevic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ACIL AFET AMBULANS HEKIMLERI DERNEGI Türkiye EU contribution € 244 007,34 Address SAIR ESREF BULVARI ALTAY IS MERKEZI SITESI NO 18/3/301 35210 Konak Izmir See on map Region Ege İzmir İzmir Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact İsmail Umit Bal (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ISTITUTO DEGLI INNOCENTI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 50 520,00 Address PIAZZA SANTISSIMA ANNUNZIATA 12 50122 FIRENZE See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Toni Compagno (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU Bosnia and Herzegovina EU contribution € 120 214,10 Address OBALA KULINA BANA 7 71000 Sarajevo See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mirko Pejanovic (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data