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of Year 2000 Grants
Project: “Psychological
Preparation of Children Before Operations and Other
Invasive Medical Procedures.”
Goal of the project: To reduce the stress levels of children waiting
for an operation or other invasive medical procedures in Vilnius Children’s
Hospital. Four
physician-anesthesiologists, 10 nursing care specialists, and 20 volunteers
working in the hospital will implement this project by psychologically
preparing 4000 patients (children)/ year. They will use not only verbal explanation
of the procedures applied to the child, but also include visual information, so
the children can see and understand what will be done in order to help them.
Colorful booklets with information about the procedures will be published;
short films will be shown; rubber dolls will be used to visually describe
certain procedure or operation.
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Project need: Information and training nursing care specialists working
with re-habilitation patients.
Goal of the project: To improve the level of knowledge of nursing care
specialists in order to get better rehabilitation treatment results for the
patients.
Educational program will consist of three stages:
1. Conferences will be organized two
times/ year on general topics of nursing care;
2. Workshops will be conducted – four
workshops/year for nursing care specialists of four different specializations;
3. Education in the work place.
(Palanga Sanatorium;
Project:
“Improvement of Mental Health for Children Living in Children’s Home by
Applying Clay Art.”
Goal of the project: To improve the psycho-physical state of mind of
children growing up in the
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Project need: Many people with disabilities after their treatment in
hospital don’t know how to help themselves and prevent bedsores.
Goal: To educate 60 people with disabilities by regularly visiting them at
home; and educating them about the prevention and care of bedsores.
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Project need: 35% of
Goal: To implement an educational self-control program for people with
diabetes hospitalized in
Project need: The number of young people using drugs is increasing
every year. One reason is that young people do not understand the harmful
effect of drugs (some anti-drug campaigns even make young people become
interested to try).
Goal: To conduct four courses / year for hygiene, biology and other
teachers working with the students of 7-10 grades. Introduce them to the
approach of Oriental Medicine, so they can apply this knowledge to their
classes; presenting harmful effects of addiction to the students and introducing
the concepts of a holistic approach to the human body.
(Doctor’s association of traditional medicine,
Project need: There is an increasing number of
children ages 3-6 with physical and developmental problems caused by the lack
of nutrition.
Goal: To evaluate the nutrition of children (ages 3-6 year old) in three
Children’s Homes in
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Project need: The number of school children using drugs is not only
increasing, but students start using drugs at an earlier age.
Goal: To conduct an educational program for the 5-7 grade students about the
harmful effects of drugs. The program will consist of lectures given in the
schools, video films and work during classes (children will be asked to draw
paintings and write written works on this topic).
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Project need: According to existing practices, schizophrenia patients
receive medical treatment, but not the psycho-sociological integration needed for
the total health of these patients. Patients do not receive enough information
about their disease, and are not taught how to live with the condition and to
control it. They become more and more isolated, lose
their social and labor skills, and self-confidence. These are some of the
reasons that patients are being re-hospitalized.
Goal: To reduce the number of re-hospitalization cases by implementing a
program of psycho-educational support for schizophrenia patients. Program will
last for 2 months, 2 times/ week, and will be implemented in 2 groups (15
patients in each group). Program will consist of theoretical and practical
courses.
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Project:
“Improvement of the Psychological Environment in the Educational Center for the
Deaf.”
Project need: 30% of deaf people have “secondary diseases.” Deaf people
are more emotionally sensitive, so it is difficult for them to adopt themselves
to everyday life. It is also important that the people who work with the deaf
know ways to prevent them from unnecessary stress which may cause more serious
problems.
Goal: To improve the psychological environment in the
(Center for the Deaf,
Project:
“Education of Street Prostitutes and Providing Them
with ‘Sex Worker’s Bag.’”
Goal: To reduce sexually-transmitted diseases (STD) and prevent HIV by
providing information to street prostitutes about those diseases; encourage
them to use the means of safe sex, seek regular medical check-ups, and to use
medication in case of STD is diagnosed. Project coordinator – a gynecologist –
will work with 50 street prostitutes serving
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