What is MELODIC?
MELODIC project aims to promote the mental health and well-being of young adults with cancer and their loved ones. The project has 13 partners from six European countries. The coordinator is Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
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Nuori aikuinen ja syöpä?
Tule mukaan maksuttomaan luontokuntoutusryhmään!Luontoa, liikettä ja vertaistukea – oman voinnin mukaan.Syöpään sairastuminen voi vaikuttaa monin tavoin arkeen, jaksamiseen ja hyvinvointiin.......
Exercise Videos for MELODIC intervention
These videos are for Research purposes and are intended to be used by participants of the MELODIC Group research project onlyVideo 1: FIRST VIDEO for the first month of the ResearchThis first video is......
Syöpään sairastuneen nuoren aikuisen läheinen: liikkuminen luonnossa tukee mielen hyvinvointia
Jos olet Kiinnostunut liikkumaan luonnossa ja mielen hyvinvoinnin tukemisesta Syöpää sairastavan nuoren aikuisen (18-35 v.) läheinen (puoliso, vanhempi, sisarus, ystävä) Yli 18......
Testing an intervention
The project will develop and test an intervention to support young adults and their loved ones to maintain and improve their mental health and well-being during the first year after diagnosis. The intervention will include natural health and well-being activities in a group setting (social prescribing), combined with information provision (psychoeducation).
Developing training for health professionals
The project will develop training for health professionals and a recommendation aimed at increasing health professionals’ knowledge of mental health issues throughout the patient care pathway. The aim of the training is to increase professionals’ skills in screening, early identification and management of the mental health needs of young adults and their families. The project believes that by investing in the training of health professionals, inequalities in access to support can be reduced.
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