The (pre)school environment is an important setting to improve children’s health. Especially, the (pre)school playground provides a major opportunity to intervene. This review presents an overview of the existing evidence on the value of both school and preschool playgrounds on children’s health in terms …

PURPOSE: This study examined the effect of a 16-wk ball skill intervention on the ball skills, executive functioning (in terms of problem solving and cognitive flexibility), and in how far improved executive functioning leads to improved reading and mathematics performance of children with learning disorders. …

full text via link. Zowel qua uitgangspunt als systematiek is Intervention Mapping ons inziens verwant aan de manier van denken en werken die wij bij Hogeschool Utrecht in het tweejarige ‘Return on Creativity’ onderzoek hebben ontwikkeld en in november 2013 hebben gepresenteerd als ‘Accountable werken …

Wat bracht mij nou in lichte verwarring toen ik, geboren in de Gelderse Achterhoek als oudste zoon van een sober levend katholiek gezin van acht kinderen en inmiddels ruim vier decennia woonachtig te Amsterdam, op m’n 65ste verjaardag van mijn zussen en broers de vraag kreeg voorgelegd: “ie komp noo …

Objectives: To present the results of the process evaluation of the PLAYgrounds program, using the RE-AIM framework. Design: This study provides information regarding Reach, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance. Methods: The PLAYgrounds program promotes increasing levels of physical activity in 6–12 …

The majority of children treated in pediatric rehabilitation reach adulthood and develop into individuals with needs concerning sexuality and intimate relationships. However, because sexual health is rarely addressed during rehabilitation, some of these youngsters have unmet needs regarding the development …

Practical experience and research reveal generic spoken language benefits after cochlear implantation. However, systematic research on specific language domains and error analyses are required to probe sub-skills. Moreover, the effect of predictive factors on distinct language domains is unknown. In …

Background : The relative number of children meeting the minimal required dose of daily physical activity remains execrably low. It has been estimated that in 2015 one out of five children will be overweight. Therefore, low levels of physical activity during early childhood may compromise the current …

A heterogeneous sample of 137 school-aged children with learning disabilities (IQ > 80) attending special needs schools was examined on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). The results show that compared to the available norm scores, 52.6% of the children tested performed below the 15th …

Op het schoolplein is de activiteit van meisjes in de bovenbouw vrij gering. Dit onderzoek heeft laten zien dat het beschikbaar stellen van springtouwen ertoe bijdraagt dat meiden van groep zes tot en met acht meer gaan springen tijdens pauzes, wat heeft geleid tot een toename in zware fysieke activiteit. …