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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.
IMPROVA will co-design, pilot, evaluate, and facilitate the upscaling of a modular eHealth 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 over 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, and a 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.
ePro-Schools will co-design, pilot, and evaluate an evidence-based modular eHealth intervention platform to promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce time in sedentary behaviours.
A profound co-creation process, including marketing survey and focus groups with adolescents, teachers, school directors, and policymakers together with the adaptation of previous interventions conducted by the consortium members will support the development of the platform. The ePro-Schools platform will contain modules for adolescents and their parents, teachers, and school administration. Although the platform will be implemented through schools, it will include contents to be implemented outside the school setting. By evaluating register-based and cohort data, we will identify schools that have adolescents from socially disadvantaged settings to conduct a randomised controlled trial in those schools to test the ePro-Schools platform. Using implementation science methodology, ePro-Schools will co-design transferable evidence-based practices and methodologies and guidance for scaling up the platform with policymakers and stakeholders as well as informing specialists, policymakers, and the general public.
Requirements
Main tasks and responsibilities:
1. Support the co-creation of the ePro-Schools program.
2. Support the implementation of the IMPROVA and ePro-School programs during the RCT.
3. Support users in using the platform during the RCT.
4. Conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders.
5. Conduct data analyses, preferably with experience in qualitative and/or quantitative data.
6. Lead and support the preparation of manuscripts and other dissemination activities (seminars, conferences, etc.).
Qualifications:
1. Holding a PhD degree in a health-related discipline (Psychology, Medicine, Public Health, etc.), social science, or a closely related subject relevant to the project study.
2. Relevant experience of research in the field of the study; i.e.: experience in international projects, published manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
3. Experience in school-based studies and/or the development or implementation of eHealth platforms.
4. Previous participation in international collaborative projects.
5. Other relevant skills: English and Spanish (Written and Spoken), knowledge of Catalan will be evaluated positively.
We offer:
1. A 12-month contract with the possibility of renewal.
2. Trial period of 4 months.
3. Working days: Full time (37.5 hours).
4. Economic conditions according to profile and knowledge provided.
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