{"id":1539,"date":"2026-01-23T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/self-help-groups\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:12:46","slug":"self-help-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/en\/self-help-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-help groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1539\" class=\"elementor elementor-1539 elementor-1037\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74719a2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74719a2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64e52e85\" data-id=\"64e52e85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50042aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50042aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Self-help groups and community<\/strong><br>Advice and support for ovarian cancer<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11777b6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11777b6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fc89ef5\" data-id=\"7fc89ef5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd3d38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7fd3d38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-768x515.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1541\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-1536x1030.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-2048x1373.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/studienportal-eierstockkrebs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdobeStock_80589382-624x418.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627dade5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"627dade5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Around 3.5 million people are active in 70,000 &#8211; 100,000 self-help groups ( SHGs ) in Germany. Around two thirds of the self-help groups focus on health-related topics in the areas of illness and disability. These topics cover almost the entire spectrum of physical illnesses and disabilities, from allergic and asthmatic diseases to cardiovascular diseases and the many tumor and cancer diseases.    <\/p><p>When &#8220;classifying&#8221; self-help into &#8220;health-related&#8221;, &#8220;psychosocial&#8221; and &#8220;social&#8221;, it is important to be aware of this: The work of SHGs can never be about a clear demarcation of the individual subject areas. This is because many health-related self-help groups are also active on many social issues and base their work on a broader understanding of health. <\/p><p>Psychosocial and social self-help groups also deal with health-related aspects within their own focus topic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cc01307 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cc01307\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-275f89ff\" data-id=\"275f89ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-107039db elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"107039db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e93c23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e93c23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c403c1c\" data-id=\"c403c1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9328f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9328f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"red\">Contacts and contact points for self-help<\/h2><p>If you would like to know more about the work of ovarian cancer support groups, just take a look at the websites:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovarsh.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ovarsh.de<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frauenselbsthilfe.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.frauenselbsthilfe.de<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netzwerkstattkrebs.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.netzwerkstattkrebs.de<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/junge-erwachsene-mit-krebs.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.junge-erwachsene-mit-krebs.de<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brca-netzwerk.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brca-netzwerk.de<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8d4fb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8d4fb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0659b9b\" data-id=\"0659b9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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