2021 10 04 TREL PROJECT news: As part of the project activities, several researchers undertook a secondment period in order to increase knowledge sharing. Three of them have shared their experiences.
2021 10 04 TREL PROJECT news: TREL Workshops for training of early stage researches in research methodology
Contacts:
Coordinator Local Team
Project coordinators dr. Jelena Rascon jelena.rascon@santa.lt
Project manager Renata Blackutė renata.blackute@santa.lt
Coordinator assistant Alma Čerkauskienė alma.cerkauskiene@santa.lt
Morbidity of the bladder, kidney, cervical, uterine body, upper urinary tract urothelial, ovary, prostate and colon cancer cases represent a major proportion of all cancer cases in Lithuania and Belarus, Vilnius and Grodno regions are not an exception. Radical surgery treatment applied to the cancer patients is related with long postoperative treatment and higher risk of complications. All this leads to the worsening of the patient's quality of life both in the postoperative period and later, experienced social exclusion and long-term patient's disability related to the higher risk of poverty.
Seeking to improve the quality of life of cancer patients’ who are certainly identified as vulnerable group it is appropriate to increase the access to the minimally invasive surgery services. Application of these services leads to shorter hospitalization, lower probability of postoperative complications, and faster return to the normal activities.
The purpose of the project: to establish and strengthen cooperation between Lithuania and Belarus, to exchange experiences in order to reduce social exclusion and improve the quality of life of cancer patients in Vilnius and Grodno regions, to increase access to minimally invasive surgery services in urology, abdominal surgery, and gynecology fields.
Coordinator: Vilniaus universiteto ligonine Santaros klinikos.
Project partner: Grodno University Clinic.
The project supports public health policies and programmes of Georgia in the field of communicable diseases and blood transfusion. It upgrades national blood safety legislation and assesses blood banks. It is a Twinning of Lithuanian, Dutch and Georgian partners, where European colleagues help Georgian counterparts with strengthening national capacities and assisting in carrying out reorganization of blood transfusion service, establishing laboratories, establishing quality systems for blood establishments.
The purpose of the project: upgrade national blood safety legislation and strengthen national institutional capacities in accordance with European regulations and the Association Agreement, to provide equal safety standards of blood components across the nation, assure safety of blood related services and prevent the spread of blood borne infections by blood transfusion.
Coordinator: Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos.
Partners: Central Project Management Agency; National Blood Centre of Lithuania; National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory of Lithuania; The Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos; Vilnius University Hospital Santaros klinikos; Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS of Lithuania; Sanquin Blood Supply (Sanquin) of the Netherlands.
For more information, please follow the link: https://eu4georgia.ge/strengthening-blood-safety-system-in-georgia/
Research shows that a significant number of children in Lithuania experience numerous potentially traumatizing events, including emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or neglect. These events place children at risk of developing dangerous mental health problems such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, drug dependency, and behavioral problems. The establishment of timely evaluation and accessible treatments can therefore have significant benefits for children, families, and communities at large.
Project No. LT03-2-SADM-K01-045
Project financed: 2014-2021 European Economic Area (EEA) financial mechanisms program „Health“ More information about the financial mechanisms of the European Economic Area at www.norwaygrants.lt.
Project value: 248 455,32 Eur
End of the project: 2024 03 31
Project administrator: VšĮ „Smart Health DIH"
Project partners: Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos Child Development Center, Department of Child Psychiatry, Management and Psychology Institute
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos Project Manager: Jurgita Radzevičienė
Project purpose: in Lithuania to validate the methodology of assessing the traumatic experience of children aged 10-17 and trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) for parents/caregivers and children, to create and test its digital solution.
The project is financed by 2014-2021 European economic area financial mechanism programme „Health“. Funding amount 223,609.79 Eur, applicant and partners own contribution 24,845.53 Eur, total project budget 248,455.32 Eur.
More information about financial mechanism of European economic area www.norwaygrants.lt.
NEWS
2024-04-16 Closing conference "Possibilities of helping children overcome traumatic experiences with the help of TF-CBT intervention" was held. 120 participants (including lecturers) participated in the conference.
2024 -03-31 Project activities were completed. During the implementation of the project, various methodologies for assessing children's traumatic experience and related symptoms (for example, post-traumatic stress, dissociation, depression) were validated, and the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) were tested clinicaly. The results confirmed that the methods can be used in Lithuania, and TF-CBT significantly reduces post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic cognitions.
2024 – 03-28 the trainings of the project "Implementation of Children's Traumatic Experience Assessment and Intervention (TF-CBT) Methodologies in Lithuania" took place, 154 participants, specialists (social workers, psychologists, pedagogues, etc.) working with traumatized children and their families, of whom 141 passed test and received certificates.
2024-03-04 Publication „(Un)Recognized Trauma: Children’s Traumatic Experiences, Dissociative Symptoms, Moods, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Cognitions in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples“submitted to journal „Children“. The findings revealed associations between potentially traumatic events and dissociation symptoms, PTSD, depressive moods and feelings, and post-traumatic cognitions in both clinical and non-clinical samples.
2023-11-01 Data collection of a comparative sample is started in Vilnius county, with the aim of adapting tools for assessing children's traumatic experience and its consequences in Lithuania.
2023-09-01 Data collection of a clinical samples started in the Children's Psychiatry Department of Santaros Klinikos.
2023-04-01 – 2023-07-01 Digital tool testing and improvement for the Children's Traumatic Experience Assessment and Intervention (TF-CBT) methodologies.
2023-05-02 Vilnius Regional Research Ethics Committees granted permission (No. 2023/4-1499-963.) to start a biomedical study „Digitalization and Adaptation of TF-CBT (Trauma-Oriented Cognitive Behavior Therapy) for Adolescents in Lithuania“.
2022-12-11 Introductory conference of the project "Implementation of Children's Traumatic Experience Assessment and Intervention (TF-CBTt) methodologies in Lithuania" was held.
2022-09-08 Cooperation agreement with the administration of Vilnius City Municipality was signed
2022-06-23 Cooperation agreement with Vilnius City Social Service Centre was signed.
2022-06-07 A contract was signed with a UAB "PROIT", digital solution supplier for the assessment of children's traumatic experiences.
2022-04-21 Cooperation agreement with Kaunas District Social Service Centre signed.