The first official meeting of the RomaREACH research team was held on Friday, 19 June. We discussed the timeline, procurement and the tasks to be completed by members of team.

The first official meeting of the RomaREACH research team was held on Friday, 19 June. We discussed the timeline, procurement and the tasks to be completed by members of team.

Our colleague Shoshana Chovan pass dissertation exam and defended proposal of PhD project “Contextual and biological factors of psychomotor and socio-emotional development in the first 1000 days in marginalized Roma communities.” and the process to signed an agreement with partners from Groningen on double degree procedure might start.
Our colleague Viktoryia Karchynskaya pass dissertation exam and defended proposal of PhD project “Factors associated with (un)fitness in adolescents – a mixed methods study” and the process to signed an agreement with partners from Groningen on double degree procedure might start.
Our colleague Simona Horanicova pass dissertation exam and defended proposal of PhD project “School is (not) calling. A mixed method study” and the process to signed an agreement with partners from Groningen on double degree procedure might start.
Our team join the effort of European research community to battle the impact of coronavirus outbreak supported by the call of the European Commission SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2C within H2020: Research & Innovation Actions (RIA). The consortium of 8 universities (Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Syddansk Universitet Denmark, Universidaded de Coimbra, Portugal, FISABIO Valencia, Spain, MUCG/RUG Groningen, The Netherlands, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica Sa Spain, UPJS Kosice, Slovakia) submit a proposal BALANCE (Behavioral, sociAL ANd eConomic assEssment of coronavirus outbreak impact on mental health and health inequalities) aiming to develop an evidence-based guideline for public health authorities of the member states to advise national governments in action to respond to a disease outbreak with minimal impact on key determinants of health of specific population segments. Proposals were submitted by 126 consortiums and the results of the evaluation process will be known in August 2020.
Our colleagues Ivana Skoumalova and Jaroslav Rosenberger participated in an online international nephrology conference ERA-EDTA with the poster presentation ASSOCIATIONS OF HEALTH LITERACY WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN DIALYSED PATIENTS IN SLOVAKIA.
They found that patients with lower levels of HL suffer from anxiety and depression more than patients with higher levels of HL. These findings point to the need of regular screening of emotional problems such as depression and anxiety and their treatment as they may hamper capacities of dialysed patients for self-management as well as an effective treatment of the disease from the perspective of healthcare providers.
The conference abstract was published in prestigious nephrological journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. More information could be found here.

Research project proposal “Early childhood in marginalized Roma communities: contextual factors of psychomotor development in the first 1000 days”submitted to Slovak Research and Development Agency was approved.


Our team is involved in the European Researchers’ Network Working on Second Victims via project supported by COST!
