Health education and social advice for low-income families with young children (Q4294615)
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Project Q4294615 in Latvia, Finland, Estonia
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Health education and social advice for low-income families with young children |
Project Q4294615 in Latvia, Finland, Estonia |
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207,757.4 Euro
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261,460.0 Euro
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79.46 percent
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1 April 2016
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31 March 2018
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Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association
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60°27'2.52"N, 22°16'35.62"E
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59°20'46.03"N, 26°21'18.47"E
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60°27'17.17"N, 22°17'4.49"E
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56°57'36.79"N, 23°41'58.52"E
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The project ‘EmpowerKids’, realized by partners from Estonia, Finland and Latvia addresses the problem of social exclusion and inadequate health information and social advice among children from low-income families in Estonia, Finland and Latvia. The problem is accurate as it’s confirmed that the children in Latvia and Estonia have lower health status and they exercise less and eat less healthy than their Finnish equals. Children from families of low income in all countries experience even bigger challenges in following healthy lifestyle. This may have impact on their whole life by excluding them from peer groups and other opportunities. Currently, health and social workers lack effective and attractive methods of promoting daily healthy choices among families of low socio-economic status with young children. To change that ‘EmpowerKids’ proposes working with the WellWe – a low threshold, attractive and empowering tool, created by University of Turku and used for interviews and health and social advice for children and their families. In ‘EmpowerKids’ it will be further developed and piloted to best meet needs of the target group in 3 countries. The overall objective is to contribute to the improved health and social inclusion of young children coming from low-income families. This will be realized through targeted counselling and interventions, according to the real needs, assessed through the interviews conducted by using the WellWe-based method. The project will work with improving the quality of the health promotion and social work with young children from families of low income by training the health and social workers and developing the interventions for children together with them. The cross-border cooperation will allow partners to learn from each other, share experiences and support each other with their specific expertise. The project results will be widely distributed through the existing and developing networks in CB and beyond. (English)
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