Pilot project examples

Preventing skin cancer

Lifestyles and risk factors: UV exposure

How can a free facial ageing mobile app encourage sun‑protective behaviours against skin cancer among secondary school students?

Increasing HPV vaccination coverage

HPV vaccination

How can the effectiveness of text messages be assessed to increase demand for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among young girls?

Reducing vaping among adolescents

Lifestyles and risk factors: addiction, substance use, vaping

How can adolescents be supported in reducing vaping through a self‑management approach and online support communities?

Improving attendance at mental health appointments

Care pathways: mental health

How can patients waiting for mental health appointments be reassured in order to reduce the risk of disengagement from care?

Promoting autonomous asthma management

Care pathways: adherence to treatment for chronic diseases, asthma

How can a participatory mobile app be developed to help young people with asthma manage their condition more autonomously?

Supporting adolescents’ health literacy

Care pathways: access to care, navigation, orientation, health literacy

How can adolescents’ health literacy be strengthened to help them navigate the healthcare system, find, understand, assess and use local health information and services through an educational game app?

Preventing bullying and conflict in middle schools

Mental health, stress management, anti‑bullying

How can conflicts and bullying between pupils be reduced through a behavioural approach that directly involves students in creating a more harmonious school environment?

Encouraging stair use in universities

Lifestyles and risk factors: physical activity, sedentary behaviour

How can a motivational signage campaign encourage stair use in a university building, and what impact does it have?

Improving sleep among high school students

Lifestyles and risk factors: sleep, biological rhythms

How can the effects of a flexible school start time system be evaluated in terms of sleep duration and quality, as well as students’ motivation and concentration?

Encouraging help‑seeking behaviours among young athletes

Mental health, healthb literacy

How can mental health literacy be strengthened, help‑seeking behaviours encouraged and resilience improved among young boys involved in club sports through the Ahead of the Game programme?

Reducing sedentary behaviour among 11–14‑year‑olds

Lifestyles and risk factors: physical activity, sedentary behaviour

How can the literature on the determinants of physical activity among pre‑adolescents be synthesised, potential intervention points identified and a social marketing intervention designed?

Reducing alcohol consumption in universities

Lifestyles and risk factors: addiction, substance use, alcohol

How can the long‑term effectiveness of a campaign correcting misconceptions of social norms around alcohol consumption among students be evaluated to reduce their own drinking?

Strengthening young people’s adherence to cancer treatment

Care pathways / Treatment adherence, cancer / Health literacy

How can treatment adherence, knowledge and self‑confidence among young people with cancer be improved through a playful, video‑game‑based intervention?

Guiding students in their beverage choices

Lifestyles and risk factors: diet

How can students be encouraged to choose healthier beverages?

Strengthening HIV prevention

Sexual, menstrual and reproductive health: STIs, HIV

How can the dissemination of HIV prevention information and access to female condoms be improved through a network of community hairdressers and barbers?

Raising awareness of STI and blood‑borne infection screening among young adults

Sexual health, screening and early detection: STIs, BBIs

How can screening for sexually transmitted and blood‑borne infections be promoted among young adults by making the process accessible and engaging?