Omgaan met verward gedrag is een onderwerp dat de samenleving reeds enige tijd bezighoudt en, zo blijkt, vraagt om verregaande samenwerking tussen diverse betrokken disciplines. De ervaring is namelijk dat de professionals, die te maken krijgen met mensen die onbegrepen gedrag vertonen hierop vanuit …

Abstract Specialist oncology nurses (SONs) have the potential to play a major role in monitoring and reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs); and reduce the level of underreporting by current healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to investi gate the long term clinical and educational efects …

Background: The support of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) rarely focused on motor activity, which might have negative consequences for the quality of life of these people. Evidence-based motor activity programs that present individually tailored and structural motor …

Background International studies provide an overview of socio-demographic characteristics associated with loneliness among older adults, but few studies distinguished between emotional and social loneliness. This study examined socio-demographic characteristics associated with emotional and social loneliness. Methods Data …

In this study, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted with 26 Dutch third-graders as well as interviews with one of each child’s parents. The children attended one of six schools, each with a relatively large population of families with a low socioeconomic status, where home-based literacy assignments …

Sommige kinderen hebben in de klas moeite met luisteren, ondanks een goed werkend gehoororgaan en normale gehoordrempels. Luisterproblemen en andere ontwikkelingsstoornissen, zoals een taalontwikkelingsstoornis, dyslexie, autisme spectrum stoornis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hebben overlappende …

Worldwide, an increasing number of students in higher education have mental health problems. Talking about these problems at the university is often not that easy. Students fear to be stigmatised if they disclose their problems to others. However, if they do not disclose their problems, they may not …

Through a qualitative examination, the moral evaluations of Dutch care professionals regarding healthcare robots for eldercare in terms of biomedical ethical principles and non-utility are researched. Results showed that care professionals primarily focused on maleficence (potential harm done by the …

Chronic diseases represent a significant burden for the society and health systems; addressing this burden is a key goal of the European Union policy. Health and other professionals are expected to deliver behaviour change support to persons with chronic disease. A skill gap in behaviour change support …

Abstract (165) European policy makers consider higher education essential for the development of high-level employable professionals but who is responsible for ensuring that Europe has the professionals that it needs. In this article, we examine how policy from three European countries – the Netherlands, …