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C3 Project
- C3 Project : "Continuum of Cancer Care"
- The C3 “Continuum of Cancer Care” project is a multidisciplinary initiative funded by Innoviris that brings together several research teams from the Brussels region, including the School of Public Health and the Human Reproduction Research Laboratory at ULB, UCLouvain, ULB-Solvay, and Haute École Vinci.
This project examines the health challenges faced by women with cancer, with a particular focus on those in vulnerable situations and/or at risk of vulnerability. It adopts an approach that goes beyond treatment and the strictly medical framework to embrace a broader perspective of care or “promoting health.” With this in mind, it explores three central dimensions of life after cancer: professional life and returning to work, sexual health and emotional well-being, and occupational balance.
The concept of the “landscape of care” is central to the project, serving to map the needs of women after cancer as well as the formal and informal resources available to address them. This approach makes it possible to understand the post-cancer journey across the various settings in which these women live (home, neighborhood, workplace, hospital, and other healthcare settings), and to grasp how the various stakeholders in the healthcare system, the workforce, the nonprofit sector, and their social circles work together to support their life journey. It also takes into account the diversity of their needs and life plans, as well as their socioeconomic, professional, and sociocultural contexts, which can influence both their experience with cancer, their ability to access resources, and the types of support they can receive.
Based in the Brussels region, the project aims to gain a better understanding of the continuum of care and to develop recommendations designed to strengthen the coordination of services and improve support for women as they navigate life after cancer.
The concept of the “landscape of care” is central to the project, serving to map the needs of women after cancer as well as the formal and informal resources available to address them. This approach makes it possible to understand the post-cancer journey across the various settings in which these women live (home, neighborhood, workplace, hospital, and other healthcare settings), and to grasp how the various stakeholders in the healthcare system, the workforce, the nonprofit sector, and their social circles work together to support their life journey. It also takes into account the diversity of their needs and life plans, as well as their socioeconomic, professional, and sociocultural contexts, which can influence both their experience with cancer, their ability to access resources, and the types of support they can receive.
Based in the Brussels region, the project aims to gain a better understanding of the continuum of care and to develop recommendations designed to strengthen the coordination of services and improve support for women as they navigate life after cancer.