In recent studies on the association between education and fertility, increased attention has been paid to the field of study. Women who studied in traditionally more “feminine” fields, like care, teaching, and health, were found to have their children earlier and to have more children than other women. …

Background: The shift in healthcare to extramural leads to more patients with complex health problems receiving nursing care at home. However, the interest of baccalaureate nursing students for community nursing is moderate, which contributes to widespread labour-market shortages. This study investigates …

Background Interventions to prevent overweight and obesity in toddlers are needed to minimize health inequalities, especially in migration and lower socio-economic groups. Preschools are identified as important environments for interventions to prevent overweight and obesity. Early Childhood Education …

Background: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are highly prevalent and pose a burden both on patients and on health care. In a pilot study psychosomatic therapy delivered by specialised therapists for patients with MUS showed promising results with regard to patient’s acceptability, feasibility and …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Dietetic interventions contribute to certain health objectives and other outcomes, but are mostly part of a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach what makes evaluating the actual effects of dietitians' involvement rather complex. Although monitoring and outcome evaluation (M&OE) …

Gezonde GebouwenHet lectoraat Facility Management van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de verdere professionalisering van het praktijkgericht onderzoek naar de gebouwde omgeving in Nederland. Daarvoor wordt multidisciplinair en ontwerpgericht onderzoek gedaan. Altijd op …

Introduction Over the past years, health games have shown to be an effective method for providing patient-education. At the same time, physical activity as medicine is increasingly popular when stimulating health in patients. Especially for those who are inactive and have a chronic disease, these two …

Every type of dementia has specific motor dysfunctions. Movement disorders are already visible in a very early stage of dementia. Physiotherapists need to know more about these movement disorders and how to intervene. In this lecture insight will be given into these movement disorders, effective interventions …

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Door de toegenomen levensverwachting en vergrijzing bestaat de samenleving uit steeds meer ouderen van hogere leeftijd. Ouderen hebben bij een stijgende leeftijd een grotere kans op frailty (kwetsbaarheid), waarbij door kleine verstoringen op fysiek, cognitief en sociaal vlak ernstige complicaties kunnen …