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EU4Health is the EU’s funding programme to deliver on EU health policy and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This action supports improving health literacy and reducing inequalities in cancer prevention and care.
This action supports the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan objective to launch a project on ‘Health Literacy for Cancer Prevention and Care’ and implements the EU4Health Programme’s general objective of improving and fostering health in the Union. The action should aim to:
- improve health literacy of citizens, of patients of all ages, as well as of healthcare professionals;
- improve health literacy of citizens on cancer prevention and provide them access to adequate and reliable health information in order to empower them to make informed decisions supporting healthy lifestyles and improving health for all citizens of all ages;
- improve health literacy of patients by providing adequate, reliable, and timely information on their diagnosis and treatment to achieve their disease understanding and active involvement in the treatment; improve health literacy in palliative care;
- improve health literacy education of health professionals:
a. raising awareness of the impact low health literacy can have on people at risk of cancer and cancer patients;
b. providing healthcare professionals with health-literacy-friendly communication techniques to support their interactions with cancer patients.
The action may include, among others, the following activities:
a) guidelines, recommendations, lessons learned, best practices on how to increase health literacy in cancer prevention and care;
b) information materials (e.g. manuals for patients, leaflets, websites, videos) to citizens/patients of all ages (focusing on vulnerable populations) and healthcare specialists;
c) mapping of sources providing reliable, accurate information on the internet, in easy-to understand language;
d) training course for healthcare specialists.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
-be legal entities (public or private bodies)
-be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or eligible non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme (list of participating countries).
Applicants can include: academia and education establishments, research institutes, hospitals, expert networks, civil society organisations, assocations, foundations, NGOs, enterprises (including social enterprises and nonprofits), in the field of public health, private entities, social media outlets, press and journalist association, Member States’ authorities.
Applications may be either by a single applicant or a consortium (no minimum requirement).
36 months
The indicative project budget is €1,000,000 and the Commission expects to sign 5 grant agreements.
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