Launching of a new project Safe4Child under the Erasmus + KA2 line at MU-Plovdiv

26 Jan 2022 News

We are pleased to inform you that on 01.02.22 in MU-Plovdiv started the activity on the newly won project Safe4Child, under the Erasmus + program, Key Action 2, headed by Assoc. Prof. Gergana Petrova, PhD, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Public Health. The project theme is „Caring violent child safely in child psychiatric and residential units“ and aims to increase the knowledge and skills of first-line professionals and student nurses working with children with manifestations of aggressive behavior, for prevention and management of such behavior.

PROJECT DATA:

Project Name: Safe4Child

Project: 2021-1-FI01-KA220-HED-000032106

Topic: „Caring violent child safely in child psychiatric and residential units“

Project implementation team:

  1. Assoc. Prof. Gergana Petrova, PhD, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, MU-Plovdiv – Project Manager for MU-Plovdiv
  2. Ch. Assistant Professor Valentina Lalova, MD, Researcher, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, MU-Plovdiv
  3. Lecturer Svetla Ivanova – researcher, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, MU-Plovdiv
  4. Assistant Professor Dr. Kostadin Kostadinov – Researcher, Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, MU-Plovdiv
  5. Darena Georgieva, Communication and Information Expert, International Cooperation and Project Activity Department, MU-Plovdiv

Period: 36 months, From February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2025

Total amount of the project: 358 235 EUR

Amount for MU-Plovdiv: 41 778 EUR

Project Leader: University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland

Project Partners:

  1. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
  2. Cork University College, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
  3. Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Objective: To increase the knowledge and skills of first-line professionals and student nurses working with children with manifestations of aggressive behavior, for prevention and management of such behavior.

Expected results of the project: Development of a platform for simulation training through virtual reality glasses. This modern educational technology will be applied in the learning process and will facilitate the formation of skills in working with children of student nurses and working professionals at the forefront.