Postdoctoral Position - Sant Boi de Llobregat, España - Fundació per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu

Fundació per a la Recerca Sant Joan de Déu

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Sant Boi de Llobregat, España

hace 2 semanas

Publicado por:

Isabel García

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Descripción

The research group "Epidemiology of Mental Health Disorders and Ageing" led by Dr Josep Maria Haro seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work in the Epidemiology of Youth Mental Health research line, together with Dr Rodrigo Antunes Lima.

Link of the research group:
We offer a 24-month contract, with the possibility of renovation.

The main attribution of this postdoctoral position is to support Dr Haro and Dr Lima in the conduction of the EU-funded IMPROVA Project - E-INTERVENTION ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH IN ADOLESCENTS.

The Project:

IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modulare Health intervention platform that aims to improve mental health and wellbeing, early detect mental health problems and prevent common mental problems in adolescents.

IMPROVA will be implemented in school settings and will include components for adolescents, parents, teachers, and other school staff in complementary and synergistic modules based on materials designed and tested in >20 projects carried out by the consortium members.

The platform will be co-created by the consortium in collaboration with stakeholder groups (adolescents, parents, teachers, other school staff, schools and policymakers).

IMPROVA includes an international inter-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners from medicine, education, psychology, sociology, public health, economics, physical activity, ethics, law, UX design, computer science, medical informatics, data science, ICT technologies, and policymakers.

After pilot testing the platform, IMPROVA will be implemented via a cluster randomised controlled trial in secondary education schools randomly selected in France, Germany, Romania and Spain, including 8,000 adolescents.

A 360o evaluation of IMPROVA will include Effectiveness, Implementation, Economic, and Social Return on Investment analysis. Using implementation science methodology, IMPROVA will co-design transferable evidence-based guidance for scaling up the platform with users and policymakers.

IMPROVA aims to provide an evidence-based, innovative, large-scale, comprehensive intervention, anda scale-up plan to promote mental health and prevent mental disorders in adolescents; empower adolescents and families to make better decisions regarding their mental health; and provide schools and the community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.

Responsibilities

Support the design (cocreation) and adaptation of intervention to the IMPROVA platform
Support the implementation of the IMPROVA platform during the RCT
Support users inusing the platform during the RCT
Conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders
Conduct data analyses, preferably with experience in qualitative and/or quantitative data
Lead and support the preparation of manuscripts and other dissemination activities (seminars, conferences, etc.)

We offer:

A 24month contract
Salary range: EUR

This project has been funded by the European union under GA no

Relevant experience of research in the field of the studyproven by published manuscripts in peerreviewed journals
Experience in schoolbased studies and/or the development or implementation of eHealth platforms
Previous participation in international collaborative projects
Other relevant skills: English and Spanish (Written and Spoken), knowledge on Catalan will be evaluated positively.