BACKGROUND: An early return to normal intake and early mobilization enhances postoperative recovery. However, one out of six surgical patients is undernourished during hospitalization and approximately half of the patients eat 50% or less of the food provided to them. We assessed the use of newly introduced …

Transcultural placements occur frequently in foster care, and impact the ethnic identity of ethnic minority foster youth. Studies that investigate how foster youth’s ethnic identity develop over time, and what role ethnic minority as well as ethnic majority influences play, are extremely scarce. Therefore, …

Volunteering as a complement to formal care is important in shaping a participation society and is necessary due to increasing healthcare costs and the reduced availability of healthcare personnel. However, little is known about the mental health and factors that influence the mental health of a specific …

Abstract Background: Lifestyle interventions for severe mental illness (SMI) are known to have small to modest efect on physical health outcomes. Little attention has been given to patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Aim: To systematically review the use of PROs and their measures, and quantify the efects …

Lector Gezonde Stad Jeannette Nijkamp gaat in gesprek met collega Otto Lussenburg, projectleider Innovatiewerkplaats Gezonde Stad en Jorrit Albers, projectleider Molukkenplantsoen van de Gemeente Groningen.Sinds de jaren 80 is van alles gedaan om de bestaande gezondheidsverschillen tussen rijke en arme …

Social networks and news outlets entrust content curation to specialised algorithms from the broad family of recommender systems. Companies attempt to increase engagement by connecting users with ideas they are more likely to agree with. Eli Pariser, the author of the term filter bubble, suggested that …

Er bestaan grote gezondheidsverschillen tussen bewoners met een hoge en lage sociaaleconomische status, zowel tussen regio's als binnen gemeenten. Sinds de jaren 80 is van alles gedaan om te proberen deze gezondheidsverschillen te verkleinen, met name via leefstijlinterventies. Dit heeft echter niet …

Inspiratiesessie voor medewerkers van de Hanzehogeschool. Zij gaan in gesprek met studenten van de Innovatiewerkplaats Gezonde Stad en het Wijklab Floreshuis, onderzoekers, bewoners en opdrachtgevers en werken samen in een co-creatie sessie aan een gezonde leefomgeving in de wijk. Tussendoor maken zij …

The flexible strain sensors have been a topic of interest for multiple studies in the past years. These sensors are soft, bendable mechanisms, which can be applied to substrates through printing or other means. They can indicate longitudinal strain through resistance change, which means that they can …

Although father–child relationships (FCRs) are central to children’s experience of paternal imprisonment, few studies address this subject. A systematic review was conducted to synthesize the literature on paternal imprisonment and FCRs. Four academic databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies. …