WeCare

Mental Healthcare for Health Professionals

About the project

The WECARE – Mental Healthcare for Health Professionals project aims to support healthcare professionals in maintaining their mental health with the help of an APP. The WECARE APP offers low-threshold, targeted services to alleviate work-related stress.[;]

Project results

1. Requirement Analysis

Definition of scope and capacity of app based on target group assessment and desk research in terms of mental health aspects to be realistically covered in an app, feasible assessment tools, motivational types and psychological measures as well as feasible gamification elements. The requirements report is the basis for the creation of the app but can also be used by other interested actors from different professional fields as a proposal and encouragement to develop their own apps or programmes to assistmental health of other professions.

2. WeCare App

The main result of this project is the WECARE App, which supports mental health of health professionals in a personalised, low-threshold and direct way. The WECARE App’s aim is to relief work-related stress due to health sector specific working conditions. The App will therefore promote the improvement of mental health by introducing assessments leading to specific tips and strategies to support the overall welbeing of its users.

3. Policy Recommendations

The recommendations consist of three parts that will highlight different aspects of mental health care promotion for health and other professionals.

Content: Report on App testing phase (evaluation of suitability, SWOT analysis), Suggestions for transfer to other sectors, Recommendation on mental health promotion: Summary of results for use with employers, policymakers, multipliers. The recommendations shall give a comprehensive overview of the project results, their implications for the healthcare and other sectors and practical steps towards their implementation.