This bachelor dissertation examines whether there is a noticeable stigma against Feminism in the Netherlands and in the Republic of Ireland. To answer that, it looks at the image of feminism in selected Irish and the Dutch online newspapers. Additionally, interviews with eight young women were held as …

Background: Although the incidence of HIV/AIDS has decreased globally, it is on the rise in Eastern Europe. The primary mode of HIV transmission in the region is injecting drug use (IDU) due to the smuggling routes of Afghan heroin into Europe, which makes drugs widely available. The widespread sharing …

People living with HIV (PLWH) face various workrelated problems, such as stigma and physical difficulties. Health care professionals can help improve the employment situation of PLWH. Nurses who work in HIV care play a central role in the care of PLWH in the Netherlands. The aim of this crosssectional study …

Maatschappelijke participatie, stigma en openheid. Presentatie lectorinstallatie 27 januari 2015 te Groningen.

De opdrachtgever ervaart dat de samenwerking tussen de ervaringsdeskundigen en de professionele hulpverleners verbeterd kan worden op het gebied van stigmabestrijding. Mogelijk komt dat omdat de ervaringsdeskundige vanuit de opleidingen onvoldoende wordt toegerust in het bespreekbaar maken van stigmatisering …

Deze rapportage onder de noemer ‘Verplicht vrijwillig’ bevat de weerslag van een deelonderzoek van de Wmo-werkplaats Rotterdam naar de Rotterdamse aanpak van de verplichte tegenprestatie voor bijstandsgerechtigden. Rotterdam kent een lange traditie om voor de moeilijk(er) te bemiddelen groepen participatieplaatsen …

Purpose Finding and keeping employment is difficult for people with HIV. To improve supportive care for people with HIV and employment-related problems, a multidisciplinary guideline was developed in the Netherlands in 2010/2011. To identify the employment-related concerns of people with HIV and to formulate …

This article describes a European project which was aimed at improving the situation of persons with psychiatric or learning disabilities with regard to social participation and citizenship. The project took place in three countries (Estonia, Hungary and the Netherlands) and four cities (Tallinn, Budapest, …

Physical exercise education in overweight and obese patients not only requires knowledge of physical exercise programs, but also knowledge of psychological processes such as cognitions that may hamper adherence to the exercise program and knowledge of social processes, e.g., consciousness of the stigma …