Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # EMPOWER PROJECT The European Platform to Promote Wellbeing and Health in the Workplace ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://empower-project.eu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [EMPOWER final event and meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-final-event-and-meeting/) - [EMPOWER Final Event](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-final-event/) - EMPOWER comes to end and we hold the final event of the project June 13, 2024 from 09:00 to 17:00 CEST at EXPO HOTEL Barcelona, Spain. - [16th EAOHP Conference](https://empower-project.eu/news/16th-eaohp-conference/) - EMPOWER members from the FSJD team will participate in the 16 Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology in Granada, Spain, 5th-7th June 2024. - [Poster Presentation at the APS 2024 Annual Meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/american-psychosomatic-society-march-20th-23rd/) - Our UoY team’s “Work stress, mental wellbeing and presenteeism in employees in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic (EMPOWER study)” abstract submission to the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) has been accepted for poster presentation to the 2024 Annual Meeting. - [Poster Presentation at the EPA 2024](https://empower-project.eu/news/poster-presentation-at-the-epa-2024/) - EMPOWER researcher Carlota de Miquel from Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (FSJD) team will attend the 32nd European Congress of Psychiatry (EPA 2024) from 6 to 9 April in Budapest, where she will present the poster "Differential attrition in randomized controlled trials of digital mental health interventions in the workplace: A systematic review and meta-analysis". - [Work Addiction: The Workaholism Syndrome](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/work-addiction-the-workaholism-syndrome/) - The term workaholism was introduced by Oates in 1971 by combining the word "work" and the word "alcoholism" to describe addiction to work. Until that moment, the prevailing culture admired a person dedicated to work who, at most, was defined as a workaholic. Schaufeli, Taris, and Bakker (2008) defined workaholism as "the tendency to compulsively overwork." - [Poster Presentation at the APA 2024 Annual Meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/poster-presentation-at-the-apa-2024-annual-meeting/) - Our UoY team’s “Work stress, mental wellbeing and presenteeism in employees in the United Kingdom (EMPOWER study)” abstract submission to the APA has been accepted for p to the 2024 Annual Meeting, to be held Saturday, May 4 –Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Javits Center in New York. - [The Teaching Profession: Between Work-related Stress and Students' Educational Demands](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/the-teaching-profession-between-work-related-stress-and-students-educational-demands/) - Analyses among OECD member countries show that while 90 per cent of teachers surveyed are overall satisfied with their jobs, this drops to 76 per cent when asked whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Additionally, one-third of the research participants wonder whether they would have been better off choosing another profession. - [EMPOWER awarded the 2023 Malaspina Award for organisations](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-awarded-the-2023-malaspina-award-for-organisations/) - The official ceremony will take place at the National Academy of Science in Canberra on 17 November 2023. - [EMPOWER awarded the 2023 Malaspina Award](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/empower-awarded-the-2023-malaspina-award/) - Canberra, Australia, 10 october 2023. EMPOWER has been awarded the 2023 Malaspina Award for organisations. The official ceremony will take place at the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra on 17 November 2023. - [What do we know about the mental well-being of PhD students?](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/what-do-we-know-about-the-mental-well-being-of-phd-students/) - Summing up, we can discuss two main points: (1) a gap has emerged in the literature concerning the mental health of PhD students, and (2) the mental health of PhD students is (on average) low. - [Workplace Health and Wellbeing Project Recognised for Its Significant Cultural Contribution](https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/news-and-events/news/news-2023/workplacehealthandwellbeingprojectrecognisedforitssignificantculturalcontribution/#new_tab) - EMPOWER, an international research project on which Professor Christina van der Feltz-Cornelis is the UK lead, has been awarded the 2023 Malaspina Award for organisations by the Spanish Embassy in Canberra, Australia. - [EMPOWER AT THE 36th ECNP Congress](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-at-the-36th-ecnp-congress/) - EMPOWER researcher Carlota de Miquel, from Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (FSJD) team, participated in the 36th ECNP Congress 2023 held 7-10 October in Barcelona, Spain, where she presented the baseline characteristics of an RCT from the project’s local users. - [EMPOWER Researchers Awarded](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-researchers-awarded/) - EMPOWER researchers Tom Chen and Luis Salvador-Carulla from the University of Canberra team have won an award for Highly Commended Paper in the 2023 Emerald Literati Awards with the article Blended human-technology service realities in healthcare. - [La salud mental de las personas trabajadoras con cáncer](https://www.som360.org/es/monografico/bienestar-laboral/articulo/salud-mental-personas-trabajadoras-cancer#new_tab) - La aparición del cáncer tiene diversas repercusiones importantes en la vida de las personas. El diagnóstico y el tratamiento son acontecimientos que suelen repercutir profundamente en la salud mental y la calidad de vida. - [EMPOWER participated at the European Congress of Psychology ECP2023](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-participated-at-the-european-congress-of-psychology-ecp2023/) - EMPOWER participated at the European Congress of Psychology ECP2023 in Brighton (UK) July 3-6, 2023 together with its sister projects H- WORK, MENTUPP and MINDBOT. - [EMPOWER in Radio Libertad](https://empower-project.eu/empower-in-the-media/empower-in-radio-libertad/) - EMPOWER coordinator Beatriz Olaya from FSJD team participated July 13 18:15 to 18:30 hours in the Mental Health programme of Radio Libertad 107.0, conducted by journalist Ricardo Martín. - [XLII Health Economics Association conference](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-researcher-carlota-de-miquel-at-xlii-jornadas-de-la-asociacion-de-economia-de-la-salud/) - EMPOWER researcher Carlota de Miquel, from Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (FSJD) team, presented the project at the XLII Jornadas de la Asociación de Economía de la Salud held in Girona, Spain - [General Assembly Meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-general-assembly-meeting/) - EMPOWER held its General Assembly meeting on the 15th and 16th of June, 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. - [The Role of Gender Differences In The Workplace During Different Life Stages](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/the-role-of-gender-differences-in-the-workplace-during-different-life-stages/) - As gender is an essential factor affecting job satisfaction, organisations should better understand the impact of organisational politics to improve job satisfaction among different gender and age groups. - [Economic evaluations of eHealth Interventions](https://empower-project.eu/news/economic-evaluations-of-ehealth-interventions/) - EMPOWER researcher Stijn Peeters from Erasmus School team was invited to present 22-3 the systematic review: “Economic evaluations of eHealth Interventions Targeting Mental Health Problems in the Workplace”. - [There is something we can do to improve our mental health](https://health.llorenteycuenca.com/algo-podemos-hacer-para-mejorar-nuestra-salud-mental#new_tab) - El impacto de la pandemia en la crisis de salud mental fue mínimo. Lo dice una revisión de artículos llevada a cabo por el British Medical Journal, según la cual el estado de salud mental de la sociedad en general apenas se ha deteriorado. - [EMPOWER at the European Congress of Psychology](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-at-the-european-congress-of-psychology/) - EMPOWER will participate at the European Congress of Psychology ECP2023 in Brighton (UK) July 3-6, 2023 together with its sister projects H- WORK, MENTUPP and MINDBOT. - [Research Symposium Health Lucerne](https://empower-project.eu/news/research-symposium-health-lucerne/) - EMPOWER researcher Renaldo Bernard, from Universität Luzern and a member of Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF)team presented the paper Strategies for Implementing Occupational eMental Health Interventions: Scoping Review during the “Work and Health” parallel Session at the research symposium Health Lucerne held January 31th, 2023. - [EMPOWER at the European Robotics Forum](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-at-the-european-robotics-forum/) - Our coordinator team from Barcelona, Spain, represented Empower in a workshop at the European Robotics Forum (ERF) held 14-16 March 2023 in Odense, Denmark. - [Tackling rising anxiety, burnout and depression in the workplace](https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/tackling-rising-anxiety-burnout-and-depression-workplace?pk_source=twitter&pk_medium=social_organic&pk_campaign=health_social_sciences#new_tab) - European researchers are developing online tools to help small and medium-sized enterprises improve the mental health of employees. - [EMPOWER celebra su Asamblea General los días 23 y 24 de enero en Madrid](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/empower-celebra-su-asamblea-general-los-dias-23-y-24-de-enero-en-madrid/) - EMPOWER celebra su Asamblea General los días 23 y 24 de enero en Madrid - [FINCB team abstract at the 12th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation](https://empower-project.eu/news/fincb-team-abstract-at-the-12th-world-congress-for-neurorehabilitation/) - Our FINCB team submitted an abstract on the project to the 12th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation held in Vienna, 14-17 December 2022, in which EMPOWER was presented. - [UoY Team e-Poster Presentation at the EPA 2023](https://empower-project.eu/news/uoy-team-e-poster-presentation-at-the-epa-2023/) - The University of York (UoY) team submitted an abstract for the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry 2023 to be held in Paris, France on 25 – 28 March 2023. - [2nd meeting of the WHO Pan-European Mental Health Coalition](https://empower-project.eu/news/2nd-meeting-of-the-who-pan-european-mental-health-coalition/) - EMPOWER researchers from the UAM team will present at the 2nd meeting of the WHO Pan-European Mental Health Coalition, local action, and regional transformation. - [Why do we often feel (techno) stressed because of the use of ICTs?](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/why-do-we-often-feel-techno-stressed-because-of-the-use-of-icts/) - Positive and negative effects of ICTs use: main evidence from psychological scientific literature. - [Mental Health Innovation Day](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-teams-omada-and-fsjd-participate-tuesday-25-october-mental-health-innovation-day/) - EMPOWER teams OMADA and FSJD participate Tuesday, 25 Octuber in the Health innovation day to be held in Barcelona, Spain, organized by Xarxa TECSAM. The project will be part of the showcase, where the platform will be presented. - [The Importance of Mental Health in the Workplace](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/the-importance-of-mental-health-in-the-workplace/) - Being mentally healthy is more than the absence of mental health problems. According to the WHO, mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realises his or her abilities, can cope with the everyday stresses of life, can work productively and can contribute to his or her community. - [La OMS publica unas nuevas directrices mundiales sobre salud mental en el trabajo](https://elblogdezoe.es/post/la-oms-publica-unas-nuevas-directrices-mundiales-sobre-salud-mental-en-el-trabajo-#new_tab) - Las asociaciones de pacientes y familias centran este Día Mundial de la Salud Mental en el bienestar de la población infantil y juvenil - [Wellbeing and mental health at the work place webinar](https://empower-project.eu/news/webinar-wellbeing-mental-health-workplace/) - [WHO launches new global guidelines on mental health at work](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/who-launches-new-global-guidelines-on-mental-health-at-work/) - EMPOWER member José Luis Ayuso Mateos, from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) team, has participated in the guideline development group to address mental health at work. - [The UAM team participates in the WHO guidelines on mental health at work](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-uam-team-participates-in-the-who-guidelines-on-mental-health-at-work/) - EMPOWER member José Luis Ayuso Mateos, from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) team, has been an active member of the guideline development group to address mental health at work. - [La OMS publica unas nuevas directrices mundiales sobre salud mental en el trabajo](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/la-oms-publica-unas-nuevas-directrices-mundiales-sobre-salud-mental-en-el-trabajo/) - El equipo de la UAM ha formado parte del grupo de expertos que ha elaborado las directrices para abordar los problemas de salud mental en el ámbito laboral. - [Legislative & Social Dialogue Initiatives To Protect European Workers’ Mental Health](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/legislative-social-dialogue-initiatives-to-protect-european-workers-mental-health/) - On July 5, 2022, the plenary session of the European Parliament approved a Resolution asking the European Commission to propose a directive directed at tackling the issue of psychosocial risks’ prevention in the workplace. - [The European Parliament Adopts a Resolution About Mental Health in the Digital Workspace](https://empower-project.eu/news/the-european-parliament-adopts-a-resolution-about-mental-health-in-the-digital-workspace/) - MEPs have called for a directive on minimum standards and conditions to ensure all workers the effective right to disconnect, and to regulate the use of existing and new digital tools for work purposes. - [Launch of new WHO Mental Health Report](https://empower-project.eu/news/launch-of-new-who-mental-health-report/) - This comprehensive report draws on the latest evidence available, showcasing examples of good practice from around the world, and voicing people’s lived experience of mental health conditions. - [Joint event at ECP 2022](https://empower-project.eu/news/joint-event-at-ecp-2022-slovenia-july-5-8-2022/) - EMPOWER has succesfuly submitted an abstract to the Joint event at the European Congress of Psychology ECP 2022 to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia July 5-8, 2022. - [EMPOWER begins its recruitment](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-begins-its-recruitment-trial/) - The EMPOWER trial has begun! The University of York team started recruitment and has recruited 100 participants for the trial in UK. - [Australian National University at eMEN closing seminar](https://empower-project.eu/news/australian-national-university-at-emen-closing-seminar/) - EMPOWER member Luis Salvador-Carulla from Australian National University team ANU will participate in a morning webinar on May 19th which will focus on the development of digital mental health in France and abroad. - [Pan-European Mental Health Coalition (4th - 5th May)](https://empower-project.eu/news/pan-european-mental-health-coalition-4th-5th-may/) - Prof. JL Ayuso from Spanish UAM team contributed to the 1st meeting of the Pan-European Mental Health Coalition that took place 4-5 May organised by the European Office of the WHO. - [Sister Projects Social Media Campaign](https://empower-project.eu/news/sister-projects-social-media-campaign/) - May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an important topic with many different shades of meaning to be aware of. - [HaDEA Compiled Empower Project](https://empower-project.eu/news/hadea-compiled-empower-project/) - The European Commission supports efforts to improve the mental health of the Union. Among the EU’s ambitious response to COVID-19, the EU4Health programme tackles mental health as part of its actions to improve and foster health in the Union. - [EMPOWER participates in a Thematic Workshop](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-participates-in-a-thematic-workshop/) - EMPOWER is participating in a Thematic Workshop with the title ‘Working Together to Prevent Harm due to Alcohol in the Workplace‘ co-hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Health. - [The mental health of workers with cancer and their caregivers](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/the-mental-health-of-workers-with-cancer-and-their-caregivers/) - The occurrence of cancer has several pronounced repercussions on people's lives. Diagnosis and treatment of tumours are very burdensome events that often deeply impact mental health and quality of life. - [Regarding Mental Health](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/regarding-mental-health/) - Work, besides having a central role in society, is also an important social construct. Satisfactory work activity is known to be beneficial to mental health, with unemployment being a risk factor for mental problems, while obtaining a job has protective effects. However, a negative work environment can cause both physical and psychological problems. - [EMPOWER, an eHealth Platform to Reduce the Impact of Mental Health Problems at the Workplace](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/empower-an-ehealth-platform-to-reduce-the-impact-of-mental-health-problems-at-the-workplace/) - Given past experience of emergencies, it is expected that the need for mental health and psychosocial support will substantially increase in the coming months and years as a result of the pandemic. - [Promoting mental health and wellbeing of remote employees during COVID-19 pandemic](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/promoting-mental-health-and-wellbeing-of-remote-employees-during-covid-19-pandemic/) - At an individual level, teleworkers must take care of their mental health and wellbeing. Thankfully, there are many strategies that employees can use to help overcome the challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. - [Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on working women’s mental health and wellbeing](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/impact-of-the-covid-19-crisis-on-working-womens-mental-health-and-wellbeing/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of workers all over the globe. Although the ongoing crisis is affecting both women and men, working women face specific challenges. - [Protecting the mental health and wellbeing of healthcare workers (HCWs) should be a priority in the current crisis, as they are at the core of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.  ](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/protecting-the-mental-health-and-wellbeing-of-healthcare-workers-hcws-should-be-a-priority-in-the-current-crisis-as-they-are-at-the-core-of-the-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic/) - [COVID-19, economic crisis and mental health](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/covid-19-economic-crisis-and-mental-health/) - The current COVID-19 pandemic, and the public health measures implemented to slow it, have challenged the health and economic systems worldwide, with an important decline in economic activities. - [Journalism has a health condition and it is not COVID](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/journalism-has-a-health-condition-and-it-is-not-covid/) - Journalists are suffering mental health consequences from covering Covid-19 according to a survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the University of Toronto by Dr Anthony Feinstein, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a neuropsychiatrist, and Meera Selva, Director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. - [Young Workers: Facing the Feeling of Uncertainty](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/young-workers-facing-the-feeling-of-uncertainty/) - The distress experienced by young workers that live in this condition of uncertainty, and particularly the mental health implications that can arise from it, need to be carefully considered and actively addressed with specific actions at work and public health levels, improving working conditions and developing targeted health programmes. - [Journalists have mental health problems related to burnout, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/journalists-have-mental-health-problems-related-to-burnout-depression-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/) - A Dart Center report updated in 2019 cites several studies suggesting that at least 80% of journalists have been exposed to work-related trauma. The effects of covering traumatic events over a long period of time can have negative effects on journalists themselves. - [Why World Mental Health Day matters, and what can workplace leaders do.](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/why-world-mental-health-day-matters-and-what-can-workplace-leaders-do/) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. The main objective is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world, as well as to mobilise efforts in support of mental health. - [Fighting mental health-related stigma in the workplace](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/fighting-mental-health-related-stigma-in-the-workplace/) - Stigma is a significant concern in mental health, and we should consider it a health crisis. People who suffer from mental health disorders experience stigma due to their diagnosis and frequently describe the effects of stigma as worse than those of the condition itself (Vigo, D., 2016). - [New project launched to reduce work stress](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/new-project-launched-to-reduce-work-stress/) - A University of York inspirational research leader has launched a new research project EMPOWER: a European platforM to PromOte Wellbeing and HEalth in the workplace together with European collaborators. - [Se inicia el proyecto EMPOWER](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/se-inicia-el-proyecto-empower/) - Se inicia el proyecto EMPOWER, la Plataforma Europea para promover el bienestar y la salud en el lugar de trabajo - [EMPOWER, the eHealth European platform to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace, has been launched](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/empower-the-ehealth-european-platform-to-promote-health-and-wellbeing-in-the-workplace-has-been-launched/) - A European project aimed to reduce the impact of mental health problems at the workplace has been launched in January 2020, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. - [€3.99 million project launched to reduce work stress](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/e3-99-million-project-launched-to-reduce-work-stress/) - A new research project, which aims at reducing stress in the work place, has been launched at Hull York Medical School and the University of York. - ['Stressed out? Stress, work stress and physical symptoms'](https://empower-project.eu/news/stressed-out-stress-work-stress-and-physical-symptoms/) - Prof.dr. Christina van der Feltz-Cornelis, EMPOWER researcher from the Department of Health Sciences of Hull York Medical School at University of York, had an inaugural lecture about work-related stress and the project’s work Thursday 13 February - [In memoriam - Dr. Lorenzo Maria Pelusi](https://mailchi.mp/adapt/in-ricordo-di-lorenzo-maria-pelusi?e=3da1a5211c#new_tab) - In ricordo di Lorenzo Maria Pelusi - [¿Cómo mejorar la salud mental en el lugar de trabajo? presentamos el proyecto EMPOWER](https://www.univadis.es/viewarticle/como-mejorar-la-salud-mental-en-el-lugar-de-trabajo-presentamos-el-proyecto-empower-729308#new_tab) - Los problemas de salud mental tienen un gran impacto tanto a nivel individual como a nivel social y laboral. El trabajo es beneficioso para la salud mental, sin embargo, un entorno laboral negativo puede causar problemas físicos y psíquicos. - [UAM Seminar - Mental Health and Our Health and Care Workforce](https://empower-project.eu/news/uam-seminar-mental-health-and-our-health-and-care-workforce/) - Promoting and protecting the mental well-being of the health and social care workforce: from self-care to dedicated support", was held on September 24, 2020 from 11:00am to 12:30pm CET - [EMPOWER celebra su primera reunión local online](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/empower-celebra-su-primera-reunion-local-online/) - Barcelona, 27 de Octubre de 2020. La primera reunión con potenciales usuarios locales de la Plataforma Europea para promover el bienestar y la salud en el lugar de trabajo (Proyecto EMPOWER) ha tenido lugar convocada por el Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, coordinador del proyecto. - [EMPOWER holds its first online local meeting](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/empower-holds-its-first-online-local-meeting/) - Barcelona, October 27, 2020. The first meeting with potential local users of the European Platform to Promote Wellbeing and Health in the workplace (EMPOWER Project) has taken place, convened by the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, project coordinator. It is the first of a series of meetings that had to be done by teleconference due to the coronavirus pandemic. - [Conducting a Scoping Review](https://empower-project.eu/news/conducting-a-scoping-review/) - Workshop 1 for Task 6.2 - Scoping review of implementation and uptake strategies, barriers and facilitators. - [Mental health and well-being in the workplace: the EMPOWER project](https://empower-project.eu/news/mental-health-and-well-being-in-the-workplace-the-empower-project/) - The INNCB team has submitted an abstract presenting the Empower project to the 16th Virtual Congress of European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation 2021, which will be held online September 23-25 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. - [Sister projects meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/sister-projects-meeting/) - [EMPOWER presentation by ANU team](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-presentation-by-anu-team/) - [#WorldMentalHealthDay 2021](https://empower-project.eu/news/worldmentalhealthday-2021/) - [Mental Health Forum 2021](https://empower-project.eu/news/mental-health-forum-2021/) - [EMPOWER supports #WorldMentalHealthDay 2021](https://empower-project.eu/news/empower-supports-worldmentalhealthday-2021/) - [Joint Webinar with sister EU-funded projects](https://empower-project.eu/news/joint-webinar-with-sister-eu-funded-projects/) - 10 November 2021 - Register now for free and receive a copy of the weblink for connecting - [The UAM team takes part of the WHO CCs Regional Meeting](https://empower-project.eu/news/the-uam-team-takes-part-of-the-who-ccs-regional-meeting/) - The EMPOWER’s UAM team has participated in the WHO Collaborating Centres Regional Meeting: United Action for Better Health in Europe. - [EMPOWER held, together with sister EU-funded Projects, a Webinar focused on fostering mental health at work.](https://empower-project.eu/news/joint-webinar-recap-and-materials/) ## Pages - [Empower Project](https://empower-project.eu/) - [Contact Us](https://empower-project.eu/contact-us/) - Contact us at Empower Project - [Videos](https://empower-project.eu/videos/) - Empower platform presentation videos. - [Papers](https://empower-project.eu/papers/) - Published Empower-Project Papers - [News](https://empower-project.eu/news/) - [Universidad Autónoma de Madrid](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/universidad-autonoma-de-madrid/) - The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) is a public university offering graduate and postgraduate degrees at its 63 departments and eight research institutes. - [Fundació Sant Joan de Déu](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/fundacio-sant-joan-de-deu/) - Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (FSJD) is a non-profit research institution whose primary goal is to contribute to the improvement of people's health and welfare mainly in the areas of Mental Health and Maternal and Child Health. - [Our Team](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/) - The Empower Project Team - [Länsirannikon Työterveys](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/lansirannikon-tyoterveys/) - Länsirannikon Työterveys Oy provides services that promote occupational health, well-being and safety to wellbeing services counties of Southwest Finland and Satakunta, the cities of Turku and Salo as well as subsidiaries of Turku. - [University of York](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/university-of-york/) - The University of York (UoY) established in 1963, is a public university offering over 250 undergraduate courses and numerous post-graduate taught and research degrees across sciences, arts and humanities and social sciences. - [University of Canberra](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/university-of-canberra/) - The University of Canberra (UC) is a young university with fierce ambition. Our continued success in research and education has resulted in UC becoming the Australia’s fastest rising university and one of the fastest rising in the world. (QS, 2022) - [Public Deliverables](https://empower-project.eu/public-deliverables/) - Public deliverables of the Empower Project - [APP](https://empower-project.eu/app/) - EMPOWER will develop a multi-modal and integrative eHealth platform aimed at reducing mental health problems in the workplace and improving employees’ wellbeing. - [Òmada Interactiva, SLL](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/omada-interactiva-sll/) - Established in the year 2003, Òmada is a developer of interactive solutions with a team of highly trained professionals. We provide our clients state of the art services for both website and mobile applications. For over 15 years, our activity has focused mainly on designing and developing digital projects for health, education, culture and NGOs. - [Project Flyer Download](https://empower-project.eu/project-flyer-download/) - The EMPOWER project’s aim is to reduce the impact of mental health problems at the workplace through the development and implementation of a novel multimodal, low-cost eHealth platform to address mental health in the workplace. - [Swiss Paraplegic Research](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/swiss-paraplegic-research/) - Swiss Paraplegic Research (SPF) is a private, non-profit research organization funded by the Swiss federal government, the Canton of Lucerne and the Swiss Paraplegic Foundation. - [Newsletter](https://empower-project.eu/newsletter/) - [EMPOWERed while working](https://empower-project.eu/empowered-while-working/) - The Empower Project Blog - [Useful Links](https://empower-project.eu/useful-links/) - Promoting wellbeing & mental health in the workplace, returning to work after a mental disorder. - [Fondazione Irccs Instituto Neurologico Carlo Besta](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/fondazione-irccs-instituto-neurologico-carlo-besta/) - FINCB is a national and international referral point in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery and neuroscience. - [Empower In The Media](https://empower-project.eu/empower-in-the-media/) - [Fondazione ADAPT](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/fondazione-adapt/) - Fondazione ADAPT aims at promoting, from an international and comparative perspective, studies and research in the fields of labour law and industrial relations with an interdisciplinary approach. - [Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/nofer-institute-of-occupational-medicine/) - The Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine is a state-owned research institute in Łódź, Poland. It is the leading institute in the field of occupational and environmental health in Poland, and has the status of WHO Collaborating Centre. - [Imprint](https://empower-project.eu/imprint/) - EMPOWER is a collaborative project with partners from five different EU-countries and Switzerland to support medical research. The project is 100% non-commercial. - [Privacy Policy](https://empower-project.eu/privacy-policy/) - [The EUR-team](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/the-eur-team/) - The EUR-team is involved in the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the EMPOWER platform. - [Vrije Universiteit Brussel](https://empower-project.eu/our-team/vrije-universiteit-brussel/) - The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an internationally oriented university located in the heart of Europe: Brussels. The VUB has 8 main faculties, offering in total 144 different study programmes to almost 18,000 students and employs more than 2,000 academic staff members. - [Policy Briefs](https://empower-project.eu/policy-briefs/) - [Work Package 1](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-1/) - Design of an eHealth platform to reduce the large impact of mental health problems in the workplace. - [Work Package 2](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-2/) - Development of the online and eHealth platform tools and pilot study. - [Work Packages](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/) - EMPOWER will develop and test a platform to reduce the impact of mental health in the workplace. The overall work plan can be divided into three phases; the development of the platform (WP1 and 2), the evaluation (WP3 and 4) and the dissemination and policy recommendations. - [Project](https://empower-project.eu/project/) - The European platforM to PromOte Wellbeing and HEalth in the woRkplace (EMPOWER) is an European project to reduce the impact of mental health problems at the workplace funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Grant Agreement No. 848180. - [Research Questions](https://empower-project.eu/research-questions/) - How can we create mentally healthy workplaces in Europe? - [Our Advisors](https://empower-project.eu/our-advisors/) - Advisors to the Empower Project - [Why It Matters](https://empower-project.eu/why-it-matters/) - Mental health problems cause an enormous burden both for the individual and the society. - [Work Package 8](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-8/) - Coordination & management. - [Work Package 6](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-6/) - Stakeholders involvement, uptake and policy recommendations. - [Work Package 7](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-7/) - Security, legal and ethical aspects. - [Work Package 5](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-5/) - Dissemination and communication. - [Work Package 4](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-4/) - Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the EMPOWER platform. - [Work Package 3](https://empower-project.eu/work-packages/work-package-3/) - Field trials in SMEs and public agencies. - [Press Releases](https://empower-project.eu/press-releases/) - [Objectives](https://empower-project.eu/objectives/) - The specific objectives of EMPOWER. - [Media](https://empower-project.eu/media/) ## Deliverables - [EMPOWER booklet](https://empower-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/EMPOWER_booklet.pdf#new_tab) - [Report on the scope of EU level and national (Finland, Poland and Spain) health and safety legislation with regard to mental health issues Security, legal and ethical aspects](https://empower-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EMPOWER_D7.1-Report-mental-health.pdf#new_tab) - [Scoping review of implementation and uptake strategies, barriers and facilitators](https://empower-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EMPOWER_D6.2_Scoping-review-of-implementation-and-uptake-strategies-barriers-and-facilitators.pdf#new_tab) - [A mobile application for improving mental health and well-being in the workplace](https://empower-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EMPOWER_D2.2-A-mobile-application-for-improving-mental-health-and-well-being-in-the-workplace.pdf#new_tab) ## Events - [Example Event](https://empower-project.eu/event/example-event/) ## Categories - [Press Releases](https://empower-project.eu/category/press-releases/) - [Empower In The Media](https://empower-project.eu/category/empower-in-the-media/) - [News](https://empower-project.eu/category/news/) - [EMPOWERed while working](https://empower-project.eu/category/empowered-while-working/) ## Tags - [Mental Health](https://empower-project.eu/tag/mental-health/) - [World Mental Health Day](https://empower-project.eu/tag/world-mental-health-day/) - [Mental Health Forum](https://empower-project.eu/tag/mental-health-forum/) - [WHO](https://empower-project.eu/tag/who/) - [EMPOWER](https://empower-project.eu/tag/empower/)