Curious to learn about the policies and programmes that exist for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in the DigiCare4You implementation countries?
Read more about how the health systems in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Spain are organised, along with their key policies and programmes here.
Creating healthier and more supportive local environments plays an important role in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Engaging individuals, families and schools can help foster conditions that support sustainable behaviour change and promote overall wellbeing within communities.
In May 2025, a series of community-based activities designed to raise awareness of, and encourage, healthier behaviours among diverse population groups were implemented in Bulgaria.
DigiCare4You aims to improve the early prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes and hypertension via a community-based, person-centred solution, integrating both social and healthcare systems, supported by the use of digital tools.
As an implementation research project, DigiCare4You must follow legal and ethical standards to ensure the protection of participant data and privacy, the integrity of the research process, and compliance with relevant regulations while achieving its objectives.
To identify the strengths and limitations of the digital screening tools and gain feedback for improvements, a series of tests and online surveys were conducted in the four implementation countries.
The system was accepted by users, considered easy to learn, and received high ratings for usability, highlighting the potential of DigiCare4You’s digital tools to enhance community-based screening services for both citizens and health professionals.
My name is Delfien Gryspeerdt, I am a PhD researcher in health economics at Ghent University in Belgium. While other partners in DigiCare4You focus on the project implementation, clinical effectiveness and scalability, our team brings a health economic perspective to answer a crucial question: is DigiCare4You a smart investment for national healthcare systems?
Over 45 representativesfrom the DigiCare4You consortium and its International Stakeholder Advisory Board, including experts from National Ministries of Health and Education, WHO Europe, pan-European public health organisations, national diabetes associations and implementing partners, gathered in Lisbon, Portugal for the project’s first Capacity Building and Recommendations Development (CBRD) workshop.
Consortium Partners from the DigiCare4You project published a new article in the journal Universal Access in the Information Society (November, 2024) on the usability and acceptability of a diabetes screening tool in four European Countries - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Spain.
Read our summary of the publication here.
Representatives from the 16 international, multidisciplinary DigiCare4You consortium partners gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 16-18 2024, for the project’s sixth consortium meeting. DigiCare4You partners reviewed the progress made in each work package since the previous consortium meeting in May 2024 and discussed next steps for the project.
Read the full press release here.
DigiCare4You aims to improve the early prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HTN) via a community-based, person-centered solution, integrating both social and healthcare systems, supported by the use of digital tools. DigiCare4You is a research project that is collecting and producing large sets of data. A Data Management Plan (DMP) has therefore been developed to comply with legal and ethical requirements concerning data processing. The DMP outlines how data will be processed and handled during, and after completion of, the DigiCare4You project.
DigiCare4You aims to improve the early prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HTN) via a community-based, person-centred solution, integrating both social and healthcare systems, supported by the use of digital tools. A legal and ethical framework has been developed which outlines the strategy for managing research activities in accordance with national, international and supranational ethical and legal standards.
