On October 2–3, 2025, our PhD student Mária Lesičková participated in the Digitally Safe School conference, held in Bratislava as part of the national project Digital Transformation of Education and Schools (DiTEdu).

As a member of the prevention and digital well-being team within the DiTEdu project, she facilitated practical workshops for school digital coordinators focused on promoting the healthy and safe use of digital technologies and strengthening the resilience of school communities against online risks.

The conference will take place again on October 20–21 in the High Tatras, where she will continue to facilitate workshops as part of the prevention and digital well-being team.

From 26 till 29 August 2025, our PhD students Maryna Fedorenko and Lubica Pamulova met with other prominent researchers in the field of health psychology on the 39th annual conference of European Health Psychology Society in Groningen, The Netherlands.

They were invited to share their knowledge via poster presentations on latest findings from HBSC, DIPEx and Care4Youth studies.

We are proud that our colleague, professor Andrea Madarasová Gecková, was an invited speaker at the Pohoda Festival 2025. In her talk titled “Zraniteľnosť mladých v online svete” (“The Vulnerability of Young People in the Online World”), she addressed the important and timely issue of how the digital environment impacts youth mental health and wellbeing.

The meeting of the network DIPEx International, 2 – 6 June in Tromso and Sommaroy, Norway, is over and we are glad that we could be a part of it. We started with two keynote lectures by Lucia Bosakova and Daniela Filakovska within conference “Tell me your story… Qualitative approaches to health and indigenous research” and continued during DIPEx international meeting where Jan Hlodak shared our first experience with interviews with dialysed patients.

Thank you for the great presentation, inspiring conversations and wonderful feedback. We look forward to see you all again next year!

Topic: Accessibility and applicability of e-Health and m-Health technologies in clinical care,

Supervisor: prof. Andrea Madarasová Gecková PhD.

More information about research area: https://coherentsite.com/digital-health/

Topic: Mental health of adolescents in context of school environment

Supervisor: Daniela Husárová, PhD

Topic: Adolescent mental health in the context of perceived stress and coping strategies

Supervisor: Jaroslava Kopčáková, PhD

Health and health related behaviour of school-aged children in social context

Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Madarasová Gecková, PhD

More information about research area: https://coherentsite.com/healthy-adolescence/

Topic: Social determinants of mental health in children from marginalised Roma communities

Supervisor: Daniela Fiľakovská, PhD

More information about research area: https://coherentsite.com/roma-health/

Topic: Psychological safety in healthcare professions/Interventions aimed at supporting psychological safety in healthcare delivery

Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Madarasová Gecková, PhD

More information about research area: https://coherentsite.com/resilience-health-care-workers/

Topic: System of care for adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems

Supervisor: assoc. prof. Lucia Bosáková, PhD

More information about research area: https://coherentsite.com/patients-perspective/

Healthcare professionals who have been directly or indirectly involved in an unexpected adverse event, an unintentional error, or patient harm often become so-called second victims. Such experiences can have a profound negative impact, leading to feelings of guilt, anxiety, insomnia, loss of confidence, or doubts about their own judgment. As it turns out, the best support comes from colleagues—peer supporters—who understand the pressures and challenges of the healthcare environment and have often experienced similar situations themselves or have been close to them.

This is where the “Rescue” project comes in. Its goal is to standardize peer supporter training while also establishing an accreditation system. This will enable hospitals to obtain a certificate confirming that they have implemented a high-quality support system for healthcare professionals in such situations.

We are proud to be part of this important initiative and to contribute to a better working environment for healthcare professionals!