About Us
Project 101161382 (Mind the Mum)
Programming period 2021-2027
Responsible unit HADEA/A/01
Call EU4H-2023-PJ submitted for EU4H-2023-PJ / 17 Oct 2023
Topic EU4H-2023-PJ-03 – Call for proposals on the prevention of NCDs in the area of mental health including actions supporting vulnerable population groups, such as migrants, refugees, Roma people and displaced people from Ukraine (DP-g-23-32-02 )
Type of action: EU4H-PJG
Duration: 36 months (October 2024-September 2027)
Budget: €586 036.87
Pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period are periods of significant change by women, and their Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) may be influenced by complex socio ecological factors, related to their individual characteristics and circumstances, family and support environment and culture, systemic and cultural factors in the healthcare system and the service delivery process.
Working with a transcultural and multidisciplinary team of experts and grassroot activists, and learning from past experience of other partners in their own countries, we seek to address two major needs/gaps in Cyprus and Slovenia:
(1) the need to understand (through systematic monitoring and recording) how the perinatal period is experienced by women, and how their PMH experience may relate to specific risk and protective factors
(2) the need to produce and contextualize tools and advocate for systemic changes for equipping new mothers with skills and choices to safeguard their PMH.
Objectives
To produce knowledge ( that will inform on country-specific needs for prevention and intervention tools (through Nationwide Research in CY and SL – WP2)
to strengthen alliances between health professionals, decision makers, and service users-grassroots parents/activists, on improving PMH by working in tandem to synthesize and contextualize prevention and early management tools (WP3 – design and piloting of intervention)
to pilot and evaluate the resulting intervention program in its potential to equip new mothers to safeguard their mental health (WP3)
to advocate for policies, sensitization, and the need of professionals to improve their skills in order reduce the burden of maternal mental health conditions (Post Partum Depression/PPD, Anxiety, Trauma and related conditions) both at individual and population level, targeting or addressing the related risk factors and their determinants. (WP4)
To raise awareness, destigmatize, and stimulate discourse on PMH (WP5)
Mind the Mum is more than a project.
We aim to create movement for compassionate care, inclusive dialogue, and systemic transformation. By centering women’s voices and experiences, we work towards a future where every mother receives the mental health support she deserves.
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