The Final Report Meeting of the Impact Assessment Research (EDA) of Hacettepe University Services at the Hayat İyi Yaşam Center (HİYM) was held on 13.06.2024 between 13:30-17:00 at the Population Studies Institute Conference Hall.

In the final report, the impact assessment of the services provided by Hacettepe University in the New Life Container City was completed. The research revealed that women and children benefited from the services intensively and that the services provided increased the level of knowledge, improved physical and mental health, and increased school success. In particular, art, education, and health support had direct positive effects.

The social impact of the services is strong and diverse. While direct effects are concentrated on women and children, indirect effects have enabled children to learn the rules of daily life. In addition, the indirect effects include the fact that HIYM reduces the burden of childcare for women and increases the well-being of volunteer staff.

Catalytic and substitution effects have enabled the services provided by HIYM to spread to areas outside the container city. For example, children sharing what they have learned at HIYM outside has increased women's participation in literacy courses.

These findings show that the services provided by Hacettepe University in the New Life Container City have created broad and deep effects. The recommendations for the university to establish competent teams in post-disaster interventions and the training of the staff shed light on future studies.

The final report can be accessed from this link.

Planetary Health Report Card is a student initiative operating all over the world. This initiative adopts a student-centered and metric-based approach to promote planetary health in schools that train health professionals. A working group of students led by Mert Can Güneş at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine has joined this network since 2022 under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Mine Durusu Tanrıöver. The first evaluation report has been prepared and published for the 2022-2023 academic year. The new report prepared for the Faculty of Medicine in the 2023-2024 academic year shows that our University's grade has increased. As the only pharmacy faculty from Turkey participating in the 2023-2024 academic year for the first time , our Faculty of Pharmacy's evaluation report has been published among ten countries, marking a pioneering initiative.