Category: Health

STEP_UP partners wrapped up the project in Frankfurt

The final Transnational Project Meeting of STEP_UP | Stop Epidemic Growth Through Learning took place on the last week of February in Frankfurt, Germany.  We now say goodbye to the consortium that worked together since December 2020 aiming to introduce social care and community stakeholders to the impact of behaviours in the spread of a…Continue Reading STEP_UP partners wrapped up the project in Frankfurt

STEP_UP Multiplier Event in Germany

On 29 November, the STEP_UP Multiplier Event took place in Frankfurt am Main, hosted by the Public Health Department of the municipality. Visitors were informed and handed out at a stall designed for the STEP_UP project. In a panel discussion, the making of the STEP_UP game was presented, and representatives of the Health Department reported…Continue Reading STEP_UP Multiplier Event in Germany

Multiplier Event of the STEP_UP project

The Multiplier Event of the European Project STEP_UP: Stop epidemic growth through learning will be held on 9 November 2022, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, in a face-to-face and hybrid format, at the Nursing School of Coimbra. STEP_UP is an Erasmus+ project, coordinated by SHINE 2Europe, which during the last two years has developed…Continue Reading Multiplier Event of the STEP_UP project

COVID-19 measures. Results of a survey 

By Willeke van Staalduinen and Jonas Bernitt (AFEdemy)  The need to improve societal communication and the monitoring of measures is one of the main conclusions in the STEP_UP survey. A total of 133 people answered the questionnaire that the STEP_UP project team (WISE, ISIS, AFEdemy, SHINE and the Croatian health institute) shared among social, healthcare…Continue Reading COVID-19 measures. Results of a survey 

Long-term strategy with Corona, The Netherlands

By Willeke van Staalduinen, AFEdemy, Academy on Age-Friendly Environments in Europe B. V. (willeke@afedemy.eu). On April 1st 2022, the Dutch government released its view on the long-term strategy for COVID-19. The government considers that in March 2022, most corona rules went away and The Netherlands is open again. The government would like to keep it…Continue Reading Long-term strategy with Corona, The Netherlands

Lecture on “Ethics and Digital Health”

On the 17 June, Carina Dantas, SHINE’s CEO, gave a lecture on “Ethics and Digital Health” to the students of the Universidade do Porto, based on the classical philosophical concept of ethics as the striving for the best lifestyle, both in private and in public. We discussed from #SHAFE and NET4Age-Friendly to the ethical excellence in the AAL Programme and the need…Continue Reading Lecture on “Ethics and Digital Health”