On 27-28 June 2023, another meeting took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in a project that addresses the issue of secondary victims in healthcare, i.e. healthcare professionals who have been involved in an adverse event or harm to a patient’s health and have themselves suffered harm as a result. Representatives from 13 European countries, including Slovakia, participated in the working group on training existing and future health professionals and developing support programs for second victims. The meeting focused on assessing the progress of the working group in its activities, planning the next training school, and developing metrics for evaluating support programs for health professionals who have been involved in an incident where a patient’s health has been or may have been compromised.

Learn more about the project here: www.cost-ernst.eu.

The RIVER-EU project has undertaken communication workshops in all target countries to better evaluate and understand the local context and current project situations in each area; most recently in Slovakia working with marginalized Roma communities.

Read more in the latest newsletter.https://river-eu.org/vaccine-equity-and-effective-communication-why-it-matters/

Following the successful cooperation in the H2020 RIVER-EU project (https://river-eu.org/), members of the research team for UPJŠ met with the principal investigator assoc. prof. Danielle Jansen to discuss the development of further cooperation and the preparation of a new proposal for Horizon Europe. If successful, we will have the opportunity to build on the RIVER-EU project and further improve the availability of health care for vulnerable groups.

On 20th of June members of DIPEx Slovakia met with colleagues from DIPEx Netherlands to discuss points for potential future collaboration including further training in qualitative analysis, comparisons of existing or planned modules and preparation of project proposal for Horizon Europe program.

If you want to learn more about DIPEx project, visit https://dipexinternational.org/

On the 19th of June 2023 our colleague, Viktoria Karchynskaya have been awarded a double PhD degree at the University of Groningen during a defence and PhD ceremony held online between the University of Groningen and Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice. The thesis entitled “Adolescents’ engagement in physical activity – measurements, risks and outcomes” was defended in the presence of the College of Deans and the PhD Examining Committee. More information about defence ceremony might be found here.

On the 19th of June 2023 our colleague, Laura Bittó Urbanová have been awarded a double PhD degree at the University of Groningen during a defence and PhD ceremony held online between the University of Groningen and Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice. The thesis entitled “Adolescents in a digital world: the risks and benefits of the use of digital technology” was defended in the presence of the College of Deans and the PhD Examining Committee. More information about defence ceremony might be found here.

On the 19th of June 2023 our colleague, Simona Horaničová have been awarded a double PhD degree at the University of Groningen during a defence and PhD ceremony held online between the University of Groningen and Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice. The thesis entitled “ Is school not calling? Adolescents’ experiences at school, contributing factors and consequences for a healthy development” was defended in the presence of the College of Deans and the PhD Examining Committee. More information about defence ceremony might be found here.

On June 7-9, 2023, an international meeting of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study took place in Kaunas, Lithuania, which included the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the HBSC study.

We are glad that part of the Slovak HBSC team could be there!

We are pleased to annouce three upcoming double degree PhD defences between Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen on 19 June 2023.

Is school not calling? Adolescents’ experiences at school, contributing factors and consequences for a healthy development

PhD ceremony:	Ms S. (Simona) Horanicová
When:	June 19, 2023 12.45 p.m.
Where:	Academy building RUG

Adolescents in a digital world: the risks and benefits of the use of digital technology

PhD ceremony:	Ms L. (Laura) Bittó-Urbanová
When:	June 19, 2023 2.30 p.m.
Where:	Academy building RUG

Adolescents’ engagement in physical activity – measurements, risks and outcomes

PhD ceremony:	Ms V. (Viktoryia) Karchynskaya
When:	June 19, 2023 4.15 p.m.
Where:	Academy building RUG