22 ago | Fundació Per A La Recerca Sant Joan De Déu | BarcelonaDescription of the position:The research group "Epidemiology of Mental Health Disorders and Ageing" led by Dr. Josep Maria Haro seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Impact and Prevention of Mental Disorders Research Group, together with Dr. Rodrigo Antunes Lima.
We offer a 12-month contract, with the possibility of renovation.The Project:IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modular eHealth intervention platform that aims to improve mental health and wellbeing, early detect mental health problems and prevent common mental problems in adolescents.
IMPROVA will be implemented in school settings and will include components for adolescents, parents, teachers, and other school staff in complementary and synergistic modules based on materials designed and tested in more than 20 projects carried out by the consortium members.The platform will be co-created by the consortium in collaboration with stakeholder groups (adolescents, parents, teachers, other school staff, schools, and policymakers).
IMPROVA includes an international inter-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from various fields including medicine, education, psychology, sociology, public health, economics, physical activity, ethics, law, UX design, computer science, medical informatics, data science, ICT technologies, and policymakers.
After pilot testing the platform, IMPROVA will be implemented via a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary education schools randomly selected in France, Germany, Romania, and Spain, including 8,000 adolescents.
A comprehensive evaluation of IMPROVA will include Effectiveness, Implementation, Economic, and Social Return on Investment analysis.Using implementation science methodology, IMPROVA will co-design transferable evidence-based guidance for scaling up the platform with users and policymakers.
IMPROVA aims to provide an evidence-based, innovative, large-scale, comprehensive intervention, and a scale-up plan to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders in adolescents; empower adolescents andfamilies to make better decisions regarding their mental health; and provide schools andthe community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.Your Role:Support the implementation of the IMPROVA platform during the RCT.Support users in using the platform during the RCT.Conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders.Conduct data analyses, preferably with experience in qualitative and/or quantitative data.Lead and support the preparation of manuscripts and other dissemination activities (seminars, conferences, etc.
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