The ultimate goal of FAIR is to optimize the Reuse of data. To achieve this, metadata and data should be well-described and documented so that they can be replicated, understood and/or combined in different settings. Think of variable labels, codebooks, protocols and instruments used, attaching a license, …

An example for the development of a potential Minimum Data Set (MDS) within the Urban Vitality (UV) themes ‘Gezond ouder worden / Mensen in Beweging’. The goal is to ensure more uniform collection of outcome measures, based on FAIR principles (ref 1), and to facilitate reuse of data and analyses spanning …

On duty, police officers are exposed to a variety of acute, threatening stress situations and organizational demands. In line with the allostatic load model, the resulting acute and chronic stress might have tremendous consequences for police officers’ work performance and psychological and physical …

Quality of life serves a reference against which you can measure the various domains of your own life or that of other individuals, and that can change over time. This definition of the World Health Organization encompasses many elements of daily living, including features of the individual and the environment …

Het team van het Healthy Urban Living Lab heeft samen met veel studenten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam een Health Impact Assessment (HIA) uitgevoerd op de plannen voor het Bajes Kwartier. Dat is een groene, gezonde, duurzame Amsterdamse stadswijk die wordt gebouwd op het terrein van de voormalige Bijlmerbajes, …

Increasing awareness of the impact of frailty on elderly people resulted in research focusing on factors that contribute to the development and persistence of frailty including nutrition and physical activity. Most effort so far has been spent on understanding the association between protein intake and …

Steden en wijken staan ook de komende jaren voor belangrijke opgaven op onder andere het gebied van armoede, duurzaamheid, veiligheid, welzijn en zorg. Deze complexe en taaie vraagstukken kunnen veelal niet door één of twee partijen van bovenaf worden opgelost. Ze vragen om een nieuwe aanpak met een …

Purpose: With the ageing population, there is an increasing demand for strategies to optimise muscle mass, strength and physical performance in community dwelling older adults. We designed a new innovative e-health intervention "VITAMIN" to improve physical performance in older adults. The blended home-based …