De Test Of Environmental Supportiveness (TOES) is ontwikkeld door prof. dr. Anita Bundy en collega’s. De TOES evalueert de invloed van omgevingsaspecten op het spel van kinderen. Het instrument is van belang voor kinderergotherapeuten en andere professionals, omdat het een beoordeling is op activiteiten-/participatieniveau …

Het thema ‘diversiteit en inclusie’ is hot. Op het moment zijn er veel congressen in zorg en onderwijs waarop dit thema centraal staat. Ook binnen de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) is ‘diversiteit en inclusie’ één van de ambities van het huidige instellingsplan. Een ambitie waarbij de HvA uitspreekt …

Introduction: Undergraduate healthcare students on placement abroad can experience challenges that affect their wellbeing, personal and professional development. These challenges may result in students taking a more peripheral role in workplace activities, which negatively impacts learning. We studied …

Background: Although physical activity (PA) has positive effects on health and well-being, physical inactivity is a worldwide problem. Mobile health interventions have been shown to be effective in promoting PA. Personalizing persuasive strategies improves intervention success and can be conducted using …

Sport for development (SFD) initiatives have faced numerous criticisms around the focus on individual-level (micro) outcomes and lack of integration at the community (meso) and structural (macro) levels. As a result, there is growing recognition that programmes need to find ways to work with and engage …

Background: Being able to care for and cope with one’s stoma adequately may significantly impact patient’s wellbeing. A well-designed mobile application (app) may improve and solve some of the difficulties patients encounter. This study aims to gain a better understanding of the problems patients face …

The After-Action Review (AAR) in Virtual Reality (VR) training for police provides new opportunities to enhance learning. We investigated whether perspectives (bird’s eye & police officer, bird’s eye & suspect, bird’s eye) and line of fire displayed in the AAR impacted the officers’ learning efficacy. …

In policing, Virtual Reality scenario-based training (VR SBT) is being explored to complement real-life scenario-based training (RL SBT). We investigated whether relevant training responses in VR SBT, namely heart rate (HR), level of physical activity, mental effort, and perceived stress, resemble those …

Aims To analyze needs and requirements of Pediatric Physical Therapists (PPTs), parents, children and adolescents with and without developmental disabilities in the future use of an activity monitor prototype (AM-p) in everyday clinical practice. Methods Qualitative exploratory study with a thematic …