Triskelion involved in new COST action
Triskelion staff is now involved in the new COST action network-
CA16234 – EUROPEAN CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY IN CARE.
http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA16234
The main aim of the Action is to ensure that children born with orofacial clefts and other craniofacial conditions receive optimum multidisciplinary care enabling them to grow up like any other child and attain equal status within their societies. Estimates indicate that there are over 1,000 000 individuals with clefts in Europe – a significant figure, especially when one considers that not only the patients but also their families are affected in terms of psychosocial adjustment and having to endure the burden of a long treatment pathway.
The Action, in particular, will work with Target Inclusiveness Countries where limited or no national protocols exist in cleft and craniofacial care and will, via healthcare research, develop health-integrated networks which will manage and oversee the development of cleft and craniofacial services. Europe currently lacks a harmonised approach to evaluate the current provision of care, the impacts on key areas of the affected families and society at large. This Action will co-ordinate and increase research across Europe and will forge crucial links between researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, offering the potential for significant benefits to the families affected by orofacial clefts and other craniofacial conditions in Europe.
Cutting Edge Training project approved
Kristianstad University, working together with Triskelion, has just received approval of the Erasmus+ financing of the CET – Cutting Edge Training project: “Optimising medical outcomes for patients undergoing appearance altering procedures via innovative training of health care professionals”. The project will be starting in September 2017.
A brand new film about the nature of Norway is out! Have a look and be amazed by our fantastic serene and beautiful nature;
Podcasts about beauty and appearance
Follow Centre of appearance research’s brilliant podcasts on beauty and appearance on soundcloud;
https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters
Cooperation with community of PICO, Azores Island established
Triskelion has just signed a cooperation agreement with the town hall/community of PICO island, Azores, Portugal regarding development of inclusion activities within YOUTH and VET field. The Madalena City Council has made great efforts to internationalize and diversify the financing of this building, its organizations and local citizens, through the use of strategic European and international partnerships. Steven Barbosa has been the key liaison to facilitate this.
During the COST action IS1210 final conference Anna Faustova from the Ryazan State medical university gave an interesting walkthrough of the appearance research situation in Russia. Almost 200 000 000 euro was spent on plastic surgery in 2016 alone!
The illusionists FILM
The Illusionists is a critically acclaimed documentary about the globalization of beauty ideals, filmed in 8 countries across 4 continents. We often talk about unhealthy eating habits, environmental pollution, but we rarely discuss the ways mass media, apps, and social networking sites are hijacking our attention and ultimately making us feel more anxious.
Have a look at the web page to view the film or trailer/info;
Elena Rossinis webpage: http://elenarossini.com
Appearance matters COST action final conference
The Cost action IS1210 had their final conference- An International Conference about the Impact of Appearance in our Society held in Ljubljana| Slovenija 20th to 22nd April 2017. Dr. Martin Persson, Thomas Nilsen and Ingrid Øverbø from Triskelion participated. Thomas joined the presentation from work group 4-“Understanding health behaviour and body image among university students – a cross national comparison” and EU funded projects on developing training materials for vocational sector.
A full 3 days of very exiting presentations and key note speakers: Ron Strauss from USA, Clare Chambers from UK, Anna Faustova from Russia, Zali Yager from Australia and Elena Rossini – filmmaker from Italy.
appearancematters.eu
Our youth worker Frida Feline has published her own web page with a selection of media she has produced.
Please have a look and enjoy!
https://www.auralart-productions.com
www.youtube.com/user/fridanilsen/videos
Triskelion staff participated in the 13th international Cleft congress, which was held in Chennai, India in February 2017. Some of the highlights included;
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Let NGOs … Think, Treat and Teach… |
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Psychosocial Adjustment to Cleft: Putting Patients at the Center of Care |
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Evidence Based Therapy for Cleft Speech |
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Exploring Attributable Risk Due to Genetic and Environmental Factors in Orofacial Clefts |
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Network Between Orthodontist and Surgeon During Management of Patients with Oro-Facial Clefts: Infancy to Adolescence |
Dr Martin Persson facilitated a meeting in Kristianstad, Sweden where an innovative education module for healthcare professionals was discussed and finalized.
IHEM project resources available for download
The IHEM project (Optimising the psychosocial care for individuals with birth defects in Europe by implementing an innovative training method for staff in health care and NGO settings.)
consortium have now published different resources available for download on the http://www.ihem.no/Resources