Nordic Network of Promoting Coercion Prevention Competencies- CORRECT
COORDINATOR
University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science
Contact person
Tella Lantta
RN, PhD, Adjunct Professor and University Lecturer
Tel.: +358504756068
Email: tella.lantta@utu.fi
Adjunct Associate Professor
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Swinburne University of Technology, AUSTRALIA
Other team members at the University of Turku
Project Researcher Maiju Björkqvist
Need to promote coercion prevention and implementation competencies among health and social science students
Minimising coercion, such as forced treatment, has been a goal in mental health care for decades, but no significant improvement has occurred in Nordic countries. Global health policies urge alternatives to coercion due to the severe harm it can cause, including patient death. Despite this urgency, master-level education on implementing these alternatives is lacking. This project addresses the issue by developing the CORRECT network, targeting coercion prevention and implementation competencies.
The project’s goal is to align Nordic educational standards with global health policy goals on coercion in mental health. We aim to achieve this by establishing the CORRECT – Nordic Network of Promoting Coercion Prevention Competencies, bringing together experts from five higher education institutions in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
ACTIVITIES
- Develop a joint curriculum for health and social science master’s students on coercion prevention and implementation
- To establish a new shared goal-oriented network that enables knowledge exchange and enhances educational equality of topics of coercion prevention and implementations between Nordic master-level education professionals.
PARTNERS
- Karolinska Institutet, Division of clinical neuroscience, Center of Psychiatry Research, Sweden
- University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Mental Health, Norway
- OSLOMET – Storbyuniversitetet, Norway
The CORRECT project has received funding from the Nordplus Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers´