“Promovax- Promote Vaccinations among Migrant Populations” European Workshop

The “Promovax” European workshop was successfully organized by the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health, Prolepsis. The EU workshop was the main event of the 6th WP of the European project “Promovax-– Promote Vaccinations among Migrant Populations”, which is dedicated to the development of the educational materials for health professionals and migrants. The workshop took place in Brussels, on June 28-29th, 2012.

Associated as well as collaborating partners and invited experts participated in the workshop. Among the 45 participants there were health professionals, cultural mediators and migrant representatives. They all gave their valuable feedback on the presented material and thus the workshop fulfilled its goal which was to add to what has been developed by the consortium and produce more efficient educational material, tailored to the needs of the project’s target groups.

More specifically, the main objectives of this event were the following:

– review and evaluate the health professional toolkit that was developed during prior stages of this project. The health professional toolkit was evaluated mainly by health professionals caring for migrants.

– review and evaluate the educational materials for migrants that were developed during prior stages of this project. The educational material for migrants was reviewed and evaluated mainly by cultural mediators and migrant representatives.

Based on the feedback received during the workshop the final educational material will be produced, pilot tested and widely disseminated in all consortium countries.

Promovax is a 3-year project funded by the DG SANCO Public Health Program 2008 – 2013. Its general objective is to promote immunizations among migrant populations in Europe, thus contributing to the elimination of vaccine preventable diseases in the region and reducing social inequality in population's health. Prolepsis is the project coordinator.