Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the formation of a blood clot within the deep veins, most commonly those of the lower limbs, causing obstruction of blood flow. In 50% of people with DVT, the clot eventually breaks off and travels to the lung to cause pulmonary embolism. Clinical assessment of DVT is notoriously unreliable because up to 2/3 of DVT episodes are clinically silent and patients are symptom free even when pulmonary embolism has developed. Early diagnosis of DVT is crucial and despite the progress made in ultrasound imaging and plethysmography techniques, there is a need for new methods to enable continuous monitoring DVT diagnosis at the point of care. ThrombUS+ brings together an interdisciplinary team of industrial, technology, regulatory, social science and clinical trial experts to develop a novel wearable diagnostic device for point-of-care, operator free, continuous monitoring in patients with high DVT risk. The device will combine autonomous, AI driven DVT detection based on a novel wearable ultrasound hardware, impedance plethysmography and light reflection rheography for immediate detection of blood clot formation in the lower limb. Activity and other physiological measurements will be used to provide a continuous assessment of DVT risk and support DVT prevention via serious gaming. The aggregated data will drive an intelligence decision support unit that will provide accurate monitoring and alerts. Extended reality will be used to guide experts to design exercises and patients to use the device optimally. ThrombUS+ is intended for use by postoperative patients in the ward, during long surgical operations, cancer patients or otherwise bedridden patients at home or in care units, and women during pregnancy and postpartum. ThrombUS+ will use big data sets for AI training collected in the project via 3 large scale clinical studies and will validate the outcome in the clinical setting via 1 early feasibility study and 1 multi-center clinical trial.

In Europe, about 5 million live births occur each year, and it is estimated that 18% of women will develop depression during pregnancy, 13-20% of women will develop post-natal depression within the first 12 weeks of childbirth, and for 8% of women, this extends beyond the first year. Many studies have reported that negative affect and depression predict body dissatisfaction and to complicate further these relationships, poor dietary and exercise habits are also likely contributors to depression in mothers, reinforcing negative body image and poor health outcomes. At the same time, there is an established need to train healthcare professionals (HCP) and other relevant stakeholders in how to support the mental and physical wellbeing for mothers of children 0-5 years. HCP and other relevant stakeholders are well placed and motivated to address this issue positively, but many lack knowledge and confidence to do so. Research shows that providing evidence-based training and resources enables them to take on this role. By implementing an innovative approach for teaching and learning, based upon evidence-based outcomes, as well as to design continuing education and training (CVET) activities that link with the European Social Charter (ETS no.163) and the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017), will ensure a functional project. The objectives of this project are to (i) develop, (ii) test (iii) implement and (iv) disseminate the training package for HCP, enabling them to support the mental and physical wellbeing for mothers of children 0-5 years. A further objective is to produce a functional training programme, reflective of the sociocultural diversity across Europe. The project aims to make the training material accessible to a broad range of HCP and other relevant stakeholders and will do so through multi-mode delivery. In the partnership there is highly experienced researcher partners (Norway, Sweden) and knowledge mobilisation partner that has extensive VET experience (Norway), Health Care providers and other relevant stakeholders (Estonia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands, and Malta) who are highly motivated to implement the training into service provision.Project methodology and activities comprise: 1. A functional and evaluated training material that is based upon research evidence and the needs analysis from the target recipient nations. 2. The training will quickly have an impact through high quality continuing vocational education and training (CVET) that enhances service provision by addressing the need to support the mental and physical wellbeing for mothers of children 0-5 years.3. Health care organisations and other relevant stakeholders will have access to this open resource material so they can provide continuing education and training (CVET) that will update their health professionals' knowledge in this area in order to maintain a safe and effective practice4. As prioritised by the European Commission, it is paramount to create a more sustainable health care system that can address that everyone has access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality. 5. The training will be economically viable to implement and at the same time be able to reach a large group of members of healthcare staff, students or other relevant stakeholders. This is due to the methodological design of ​concrete and focused 1-day training course that emphasis on addressing knowledge and skill deficits in this area.6. Another significant aspect to consider is that around half of all patients in Europe cannot understand basic health care information, which indicates that health literacy is a fundamental challenge that needs to be addressed (World Health Organization, 2013). Therefore, the project will develop information material for mothers about maternal wellbeing for various societal backgrounds including mothers that have a child born with a congenital disability. Because of the issue of health illiteracy, that material will be developed at EQF level 2 for easy accessibility. In the long-term, the training package together with its implementation plan will be updated and adapted for other partners' operational directives. The project's key products will remain freely available online for a minimum of 5 years after funding, allowing longer-term access for HCP and relevant stakeholders. It is anticipated that the transnational networks and relationships formed through this project will also lead to new training initiatives and projects across Europe.The project will result in raising a European awareness of these aspects, which adheres to the established priorities of the European Commission (European Commission Communication 'European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A Renewed Commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe', November 2010; European Commission Communication 'The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion', December 2010).

"It is of paramount importance to support the development of relevant and high-quality skills and competences further to strengthen key competences in VET concerning health care. European healthcare systems show significant gaps in healthcare provision (Council of Europe, 2016). At the same time, our health care system is under considerable budgetary and societal strain (European Commission, 2017). To improve our provision of care, we need to devise a more efficient and sustainable healthcare system. Then it is essential to be able to implement change and monitoring the outcomes. At the same time, numerous studies show that implementing the proposed changes in a healthcare setting remains fragmented, inconsistent, and inefficient. Hence, there is a substantial need for the development of high-quality work-based VET in the healthcare sector that facilitates the process of implementing change in an efficient and structured way and being cost-efficient. The need for ongoing training and development of health care professionals is highlighted in the Directive 2013/55/EU ""Member States shall ensure, by encouraging continuous professional development, that health professionals are able to update their knowledge… to maintain safe and effective practice"". A key priority is the need to train healthcare professionals to implement change and monitor the effect at the clinical levels. The healthcare partners from Slovenia, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, and Romania report that they do not have the resources or training to address these issues adequately and are therefore neglected. The objectives of this project were to develop, test, implement and disseminate the developed training material for healthcare managers and healthcare professionals and students. A further objective was to produce a functional training programme reflective of the sociocultural diversity across Europe. The project succeeded to make the training material accessible to a broad range of stakeholders via multi-mode delivery accessible as an open resource. The consortium consisted of public health experts in change and implementation methodology (SE) and pedagogical experts in vocational training (NO) with an NGO (NL) that incorporated the patient perspective. The hospitals (LT, EL, RO, SI, EE) generated a needs analysis of each partners' healthcare setting to achieve the best way to implement the project. The methodological approach and activities generated the following results: 1. A functional and evaluated training material that is based upon research evidence and the needs analysis. 2. The training has quickly impacted work-based CVET that enhances service provision by addressing the need to create tools for implementing and evaluating change in a structured way. 3. The pilot data of the training course showed a significant increase in learning between pre and post in 121 healthcare professionals. 4. Health care organisations have now access to continuing education and training (CVET) that will update their health professionals' knowledge in this area to maintain safe and effective practice 5. As prioritised by the European Commission, it is paramount to create a more sustainable health care system that can address that everyone has access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality. This developed training course provides the tools to implement and monitor these changes for all patient groups, including those at risk for social exclusion and poverty. 6. The developed training curriculum is economically viable to implement and can reach a large group of members of health staff or NGO's. This is due to the methodological design of concrete and focused 1-day training courses that emphasise addressing knowledge and skill deficits in this area. The long-term benefits are that staff/students in the health care sector and NGOs have access via the partners a training program that will directly enhance their skillset and facilitate better health care provision for their intended target groups and in the same way make the health care system more efficient. Better implementation strategies that can ensure that improvement in health care provision will be more successful. This results in that patients will receive improved timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality. Individuals that also belong to socially disadvantaged groups benefits since the training will address the circumstances that need to be considered when implementing change to avoid unintentional marginalisation. The project has resulted in raising a European awareness of these aspects, which adheres to the established priorities of the European Commission (European Commission Communication ""European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A Renewed Commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe"", November 2010; European Commission Communication ""The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion"", December 2010)."

In Europe, about 23% of our population is at risk for poverty or social exclusion together with that studies in Europe show that around half of all patients cannot understand basic health care information that is presented to them by healthcare professionals. This segment of the population is clearly underrepresented in health and medical research (Bonevski et al., 2014) and there is also an established priority by the European Commission (2019) that we need to generate a better understanding of specific health and care needs and better solutions for addressing those needs, including specific needs of people in vulnerable stages of life, people with physical or mental impairments, or of population groups in socioeconomic situations with structural disadvantages (https://ec.europa.eu/research/pdf/horizon-europe/annex-1.pdf) in order to improve the transparency and equality in our health care. The first step is to provide healthcare professionals (HCP), patient organisations and other relevant stakeholders with the basic understanding of the role, function and characteristics of research in general together with how to approach this neglected target group.By implementing an innovative approach for teaching and learning, based upon evidence-based outcomes, as well as to design continuing education and training activities that link with the European Social Charter (ETS no.163) and the European Pillar of Social Rights (2017).The objectives of this project are to (i) develop, (ii) test (iii) implement and (iv) disseminate the training package for HCP, patient organisations and other relevant stakeholders, enabling them to facilitate person-centred care and support the inclusion of patient and public involvement, especially those from socially disadvantaged groups, in health research. A further objective is to produce a functional training programme, reflective of the sociocultural diversity across Europe. The project aims to make the training material accessible to a broad range of HCP and other relevant stakeholders and will do so through multi-mode delivery.In the partnership, there is highly experienced researcher partners (Norway, Sweden) and knowledge mobilisation partner that has extensive VET experience (Norway), Health Care providers and other relevant stakeholders (Estonia, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and the Netherlands) who are highly motivated to implement the training into service provision.Project methodology and activities comprise:1.A functional and evaluated training material that is based upon research evidence and the needs analysis from the target recipient nations.2.The training will quickly have an impact through high quality continuing vocational education and training (CVET) that enhances service provision by addressing the need to support the inclusion of patient and public involvement, especially those from socially disadvantaged groups, in health research.3.Health care organisations and other relevant stakeholders will have access to this open resource material so they can provide continuing education and training that will update their health professionals' knowledge in this area in order to maintain a safe and effective practice4.As prioritised by the European Commission, it is paramount to create a more sustainable healthcare system that can address that everyone has access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality. Therefore, it is paramount to ensure transparency and equality in health and medical research through improved clinical research and measurement literacy.5. The training will be economically viable to implement and at the same time, be able to reach a large group of members of healthcare staff, students or other relevant stakeholders. This is due to the methodological design of concrete and focused 1-day training course that emphasis on addressing knowledge and skill deficits in this area.In the long-term, the training package together with its implementation plan, will be updated and adapted for other partners' operational directives. The project's key products will remain freely available online for a minimum of 5 years after funding, allowing longer-term access for HCP and relevant stakeholders. It is anticipated that the transnational networks and relationships formed through this project will also lead to new training initiatives and projects across Europe.The project will result in raising a European awareness of these aspects, which adheres to the established priorities of the European Commission (A strong social Europe for just transitions, Brussels, 14.1.2020 COM(2020); European Commission Communication 'European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A Renewed Commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe', November 2010; European Commission Communication 'The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion', December 2010).

<< Objectives >>There are around 10 million people in Europe with a disfigurement who face enormous challenges and stigma. This project aims to improve the lives and opportunities of this group by training health professionals (HCPs) and NGOs on how these challenges can be reduced. The trainees will be given a toolkit enabling them to go out and train in the community and use adapted material directly for affected families, thus providing a cascading awareness of the dificulties and stigma faced by this group<< Implementation >>1. Development of a one-day training programme for HCPs & NGOs on (a) societal context and pressures for people affected by disfigurements (b) challenges for this group (c) effective interventions (individual; community-based; societal level) (d) basic course in social activism (e) skilling workers in the community; 2. Development of a train the trainer package to enable HCPs & NGOs to train in the community.and direct to affected families. A thorough pedagogical guide will also be included<< Results >>Development of training for health professionals and NGOs to help them understand and support the challenges faced by people with disfigurements. This knowledge is then rolled out to the community and adapted for families. The project provides slills for key workers to help people with a visible difference to gain the skills and coping strategies to deal with challenges as they occur, rather than retrospectively . Furthermore, by disseminating knowledge in the community, stigma will reduce