Boosting the usability of the European Union mobile app for cancer prevention
Description
- Description:
The International Agency for Research on Cancer/World Health Organization forecasts a 55 percent increase in the annual number of newly diagnosed cancer patients globally over the next 20 years. This will result in an increase in cases from 18.1 million in 2020 to 28.0 million in 2040.
The European Code against Cancer (ECAC), which was launched over thirty years ago, has long been the preeminent tool for conveying the best available, evidence-based information about cancer risk factors and preventive measures individuals can take for themselves and their families to reduce their cancer risk. The current edition of the ECAC provides 12 recommendations that can be adopted without the need for specialist expertise or supervision. EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention, which will attempt to broaden coverage and dissemination of ECAC messaging among a diverse population, will be a crucial action to achieving ECAC implementation.
Boosting the Use of the EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention (BUMPER) is a project that focuses on increasing the usability of the 'EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention' among the general population through training, piloting, and promotion of the App. BUMPER will be implemented by a highly experienced coalition of organizations engaged in communicating cancer prevention to a broad cross-section of the population, using a mobile app, and developing, promoting, and implementing the ECAC. BIPS will take the leading role in piloting this newly developed mobile app in several European countries.
Collaborating Partners:
1. Association europeenne des ligues contre le cancer, Belgium
2. Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Romania
3. Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy
4. Suomen syopayhdistys -cancerforeningen, Finland
5. Fundación para Fomento de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la comunitat Valenciana, Spain
6. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany
7. Institut National Du Cancer GIP, France
8. Pagkyprios Syndesmos Karkinopathon kai Filon, Cyprus
9. Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
10. Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro. Portugal
11. Zveza slovenskih društev za boj proti raku, Croatia
12. Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, France
13. Magyar rákellenes liga, Hungary
Funding period:
Nov 2022-Nov 2024 (2 years)
Sponsor:
Horizon 2020 programme
Contact:
Furqan Ahmed
Funding period
- Begin: November 2022
End: October 2024
Sponsor
- European Commission
Contact
Project management (international)
- Dr. Wendy Yared, ASSOCIATION of EUROPEENNE DES LIGUES CONTRE LE CANCER ASBL, Brüssel, Belgien