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Although to a minor extent, some countries also plan actions related to an
active
promotion of healthcare
(e.g. healthcare education aimed at raising awareness about
healthcare rights and create and improve health habits, promotion of family planning
and responsible parenthood...).
The
Bulgarian
Human Resources Development OP
(ESF and ERDF) foresees different actions
to improve access to social and healthcare services, among them raising awareness among
Roma population about their social and healthcare rights and improving the healthcare
awareness and culture.
The
Czech
Employment OP
(ESF) plans a wide range of initiatives targeting socially excluded
persons or persons at risk of social exclusion. They relate to the provision of healthcare in
the patient’s social environment, the establishment of regional healthcare centres focused
on the development and implementation of healthcare support programmes and healthcare
literacy of groups at risk.
In the
Italian
Social Inclusion OP
(ESF) attention is paid to facilitating access to local
services and preventive healthcare services, with specific regard to women and children.
The aim is to promote the use of cultural and social mediation and family education.
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Actions targeting healthcare professionals
are also planned but to a minor extent.
In
Slovakia
, in synergy with the
Human Resources OP
(ESF and ERDF), the
Integrated
Regional OP
(ERDF) aims at creating facilities and conditions for helping professions in
healthcare education, in order to improve communication between residents of segregated
and isolated Roma settlements and primary outpatient healthcare.
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Interventions related to
healthcare infrastructure
are also foreseen in the OPs of some
countries (e.g. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia).
The
Czech
Integrated Regional OP
(ERDF) aims to improve the quality and availability of
services leading to social inclusion, including healthcare services. Projects focus on building
facilities for field services, purchasing equipment to work in hard-to-reach locations and
for the mobile team providing healthcare and social assistance in excluded localities, etc.