One neighborhood in Groningen, the Netherlands, is a neighborhood housing about 12,000 citizens with on average a low-SES background, showing a less healthy and active lifestyle. In the past, initiatives have been undertaken to promote active lifestyle by implementing outdoor facilities stimulating physical …

BACKGROUND: To improve older patients' physical activity (PA) behavior, it is important to identify facilitators and barriers to enhancing PA in older patients (≥ 65 years) during hospitalization from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs). METHODS: In this systematic …

Background The uptake of eHealth technology in care organizations is low, considering the large supply of available eHealth applications. This study follows the implementation attempts of 18 European eHealth products (of several SME) in two health-care organizations to study the challenges during implementation, …

The scope of this research justification outlines plastic reduction and circularity efforts by the Schwarz Gruppe and focuses on aligning these practices to stakeholders. In fact, the research explores strategic possibilities to enhance communication among political stakeholders, media representatives, …

Background and objectives Before the Covid-19 pandemic, important social studies already indicated the severe negative feedback associated with high-rise developments. During the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens were confronted with their neighbourhoods’ insufficient restorative capacity to maintain their …

Abstract Radiology during pregnancy: risks, radiation protection in medical practice, and communication with the patient. Authors: Harmen Bijwaard, Fleur Wit, Colinda Vroonland, has been accepted as POSTER at the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Radiation Research Society (ERRS 2022), which will …

Aim: Wearables technology plays an important role in supporting patients in self-management. This study aims to identify the functions and purposes of activity trackers that contribute to and assist in addressing the nursing diagnosis of Sedentary Lifestyle in patients with heart failure. Design: A scoping …

On Saturday the 2nd of July, students and researchers of the NoorderRuimte Research Center organized a participatory event, in collaboration with the local citizen initiative Duurzaam Oosterpark. They exchanged information with local citizens about the main housing types in the district and how they …

Increasingly, discussions on sustainability, in particular in relation to energy transition, are finding their way to the regional and local political arena. Although for analysing transition pathways on these sub-national scales, conceptual frameworks such as the multi-level perspective may be helpful, …

In het welvarende Nederland groeit een op de dertien kinderen en jongeren op in armoede. Armoede heeft nadelige gevolgen voor de ontwikkeling en kansen van kinderen. Professionals in het sociaal domein kunnen veel voor deze kinderen, jongeren en hun ouders betekenen. De SOS aanpak bij kinderarmoede maakt …