SUNRISE Aims to Create a Comprehensive, Engaging, and Sustainable Digital Health Promotion Program That Not Only Addresses Immediate Health Behaviours But Also Instils Lifelong Healthy Habits Among Adolescents. It is a Unique, Digitally Enhanced Program Combining Different Digital Solutions With New

Summary

SUNRISE aims to create a comprehensive, engaging, and sustainable digital health promotion program that not only addresses immediate health behaviours but also instills lifelong healthy habits among adolescents. By integrating cutting-edge digital tools with traditional educational settings, SUNRISE seeks to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice, making cancer prevention a tangible and achievable goal for young people. This study represents a significant step towards reducing the future burden of cancer through early and innovative preventive measures.

The SUNRISE project aims to test its interventions on students across eight European countries, including Greece, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Cyprus, Italy, Belgium, and Romania. This study focuses on integrating a unique, digitally enhanced program combining different digital solutions with new methods to change adolescent health behaviour through social media campaigns, social bot platforms, educational games, and health-related advertising content into the school environment, targeting students aged 10 to 19 years.

The program emphasizes inclusivity, ensuring participation from both urban and rural regions and socially disadvantaged groups such as ethnic minorities and migrants. By addressing diverse socio-economic, cultural, and environmental contexts, SUNRISE aspires to create a universally applicable and impactful intervention.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

SUNRISE program

The program will use several solutions, each focusing on different aspects of health promotion: * SmartCoach, a mobile phone-based life-skills training program, focuses on self-management, social skills, and substance use resistance. * Social robots and conversational assistants aim to engage students through interactive sessions on health topics like diet and physical activity. * Educational and serious games enhance knowledge and resistance to unhealthy food marketing, providing an engaging way to learn about advertising tactics and healthy eating. * The influencer campaign tackles nutritional misinformation by using content created by influencers to educate adolescents on detecting and critically evaluating misleading health information. * Health and advertisement educational module aims to educate students on recognizing deceptive advertising and making informed choices about their health.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI DI VOLONTARIATO IN ONCOLOGIA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hellenic Mediterranean University

  collaborator OTHER

• University Ghent

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Zurich

  collaborator OTHER

• FISABIO (Foundation for the Promotion of Healthcare and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Community)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• The Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă" Cluj-Napoca

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Alma Mater Europaea University

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute

  lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Min Age

10 Years

Max Age

19 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-09-30

Primary Completion

2027-03-31

Completion

2028-04-30

Countries

• Belgium
• Cyprus
• Greece
• Italy
• Romania
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Switzerland

Study Locations