This paper reports on the first stage of a research project1) that aims to incorporate objective measures of physical activity into health and lifestyle surveys. Physical activity is typically measured with questionnaires that are known to have measurement issues, and specifically, overestimate the amount …

Abstract Background: Children and adolescents in mental healthcare often perceive their care needs and necessary treatment differently from their clinicians. As such discordance between young patients and clinicians may obstruct treatment adherence and compromise treatment outcomes, it is important to …

The number of children dealing with behavioural problems is increasing. A major challenge in many health-supportive programmes is the recruitment and retention of these children. In the current study, Sport Mix Club (SMC), an approach to enhance socioemotional disorders of 4- to 12-year-old children …

In the history of rural sociology, the city has taken its place next to the countryside as animportant research area, and our research is no longer limited to the professional foodproducer. The article can be found on p. 133

Background: Mentors guide students in their challenges at school and in life. At-risk students in last-resort programs who are at a high risk of leaving school unqualified are especially in need of highly competent and adaptive mentors. This study therefore aimed to identify mentor qualities as perceived …

Symposium in het kader van SDG Action Day (Sustainable Development Goals). Tijdens dit symposium was Jan van Boeckel de keynote speaker. Hij gaf een lezing, getiteld 'Mindful schizophrenia: Keeping one's sanity in face of the ecological emergency'. Daarna gaf hij een kleiworkshop met als titel 'Silent …

The study was carried out to investigate the capacity of farmers, knowledge, and skills on ethnoveterinary practices. The main research question being addressed is, what is the capacity of the rural livestock farmers in maintaining the health and welfare of their livestock using ethnoveterinary medicine …

Digital health is considered a promising solution in keeping healthcare accessible and affordable. However, implementation is often complex and sustainable funding schemes are lacking. Despite supporting policy, scaling up innovative forms of healthcare progresses much slower than intended in Dutch national …

Presentatie van openings-keynote op deze vijfde ClimateExistence conferentie in Zweden

This assignment focuses on PanArt, a communication and marketing agency located in Rhoon, Netherlands. The company provides full-service packages to its customers. At this point in time the company operates without the use of a marketing plan in a fast-paced work environment. Consequently, PanArt’s marketing …