ASSIST: heAlthcare incluSion of motherS wIth diSabiliTy

Project dates: 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2026

Programme funding: Erasmus+

Field: KA220-ADU – Parenting

ASSIST project aims to reduce discrimination and attitudinal biases of healthcare professionals, mainly doctors, nurses, paramedics, and psychologists treating women with disabilities in every stage of motherhood. The major objective of the project is to help create welcoming, accessible, and inclusive healthcare services for mothers and women with disabilities through the training of students of medical departments and of healthcare professionals with the help of a highly innovative Digital Ecosystem.

The project will implement a holistic approach to provide a forward-looking training curriculum for future and current healthcare providers and carry out outreach and advocacy activities to build the capacity of civil society and mainly of NGOs in contributing to policy change.

The primary focus of the project lies on fostering a more positive, welcoming, and inclusive behavior of medical professionals treating mothers with disabilities, since social factors and attitudes affect mothers with disabilities parenthood experience to a much greater extent than their disabilities do.

In particular, the ASSIST Project seeks to:

Help to address the barriers faced by mothers with disabilities across countries of the European Union.
Overcome barriers linked to mothers with disabilities in the healthcare system by creating outreach and training programs.
Support the active and effective participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of social life.
Contribute to the elimination of all forms of discrimination linked to mothers and/or mothers with disabilities.

Results:

​4 national state-of-the-art reports shedding light on the healthcare-related discrimination against women and mothers with disabilities in the partner countries and highlighting best practices in overcoming discrimination and biases.​

A transnational report summarising the issues faced by mothers with disabilities regarding their access to healthcare services on a European level. The transnational report includes policy recommendations and proposess concrete policies for making healthcare equally accessible and inclusive to mothers with disabilities. The report is available in all partners’ languages. ​

​A Digital Ecosystem comprising a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), microcredential courses, and a 3D Simulation of Inclusive Clinical Environment. ​

3 capacity building workshops offered by the project’s HEIs targeting university staff.​

4 national info-days representing all partner countries. ​

Partners:
Universita Degli Studi Dii Salerno, Italy
Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon, Greece
Universita Di Torino, Italy
Make Mothers Matter Eu Delegation, Belgium
Readlab, Greece
Symplexis,Greece
Ethniki Synomospondia Atomon Me Anapiria Esamea / Greece
Candide International, Belgium
Cesie Ets, Italy
Redial, Ireland

Visit Website: www.assistproject.eu