Since 1990, natural hazards have led to over 1.6 million fatalities globally, and economic losses are estimated at an average of around USD 260–310 billion per year. The scientific and policy communities recognise the need to reduce these risks. As a result, the last decade has seen a rapid development …

Studies of brain size of children classified with ADHD appear to reveal smaller brains when compared to ‘normal’ children. Yet, what does this mean? Even with the use of rigorously screened case and control groups, these studies show only small, average group differences between children with and without …

Het deelnemen aan een sportactiviteit. Het klinkt als een zeer normaal deel van het leven van een kind, echter heeft niet ieder kind de kans om dit te doen. Dit kan door diverse redenen komen zoals fysieke of financiële belemmeringen. De ouders van de kinderen die leven onder de armoedegrens hebben vaak …

Een onderzoeksrapportage met de resultaten van een kwalitatief onderzoek over de meningen van verpleegkundigen van de afdeling Interne Geneeskunde die gaan over de kansen en barrières van familievisite

The interaction between physical drivers from oceanographic, hydrological, and meteorological processes in coastal areas can result in compound flooding. Compound flood events, like Cyclone Idai and Hurricane Harvey, have revealed the devastating consequences of the co-occurrence of coastal and river …

School health promotion is advocated. Implementation studies on school health promotion are less often conducted as effectiveness studies and are mainly conducted conventionally by assessing fidelity of “one size fits all” interventions. However, interventions that allow for local adaptation are more …

Introduction: Previous longitudinal studies indicate that physical activity (PA) significantly declines from primary-to secondary school, and report both changes in individual and environmental determinants of PA. In order to understand this transition and to prevent this negative trend, it is important …

De economiedocenten op de school waar het onderzoek plaatsvindt ervaren problemen met het indelen van de leerlingen in drie groepen om te kunnen differentiëren volgens de igdimethode. Om de docenten te ondersteunen met de selectie van de leerlingen is onderzocht of een toets ontwikkeld kan worden op …

This introduction to the special issue makes the argument that, in order to understand journalistic production and consumption in an increasingly complex digital world, journalism studies must employ research designs that combine methods from different academic perspectives and disciplines. In particular, …