HealthMi
EU Programme: Erasmus+ KA2: Cooperation partnerships in adult education
Reference: 2021-1-EL01-KA220-ADU-000033795
Start date: 28/02/2022
End date: 27/02/2024
HealthMi aims to foster respect and understanding for diversity in Health, intercultural and civic competences, but also it will enable health values and citizenship within the EU in order also tο understand the educational needs of migrants regarding the healthcare system better.
HealthMi Project includes the development of innovative tools and models locally and transnationally for in order to facilitate migrants access to healthcare services and systems by reducing and facing any obstacles and problems occurred during their arrival but also the current pandemic of Covid-19.
- To foster the integration of newly arrived migrants, while supporting the access to quality local health services information.
- To enable migrants in effectively coming to contact with healthcare specialists including: experts, counsellors, psychologists, social workers.
- To provide the host countries with accessibility guidelines linked to health care services, housing, education, financial services, social welfare rights.
- Health literacy methodology: context analysis and best practices’ mapping phase aimed at raising awareness on migrants’ accessibility obstacles to local healthcare services and systems.
- Double training Program on Healthcare accessibility: organization of two twin training programs. On the one hand, healthcare professionals will be trained to efficiently addressing quality information and support to migrants, concerning their psycho-social wellbeing. On the other hand, the hybrid curriculum for migrants will provide basic knowledge and materials for an easy access to local healthcare services.
- Multilingual digital platform: co-creation of online information provider of both training content and basic knowledge materials linked to healthcare. This gateway will be structured as interactive tool for the networking of both targets.
- Code of Conduct for Health Literacy.
- In service training Programme for Healthcare Professionals.
- Hybrid Training Curriculum for Migrants.
- HealthMi Multilingual Gateway.
Results
- Improved quality information about healthcare local systems for migrants in the hosting countries, including services linked mental health.
- Fostered transnational cooperation to facilitate the transfer of experience, knowledge and practices linked to the health care services of third-country nationals within the project partners’ countries.
- Higher quality engagement and involvement of healthcare professionals, who will be supported in better approaching the health needs of migrants.
Co-experts
- Migrants.
- Healthcare professionals.
Keywords
Migrants, healthcare professionals, psycho-social wellbeing.
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