Objective. Hospital in Motion is a multidimensional implementation project aiming to improve movement behavior during hospitalization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Hospital in Motion on movement behavior. Methods. This prospective study used a pre-implementation and …

Interactions among peers in residential youth care are an important dynamic factor affecting behavioral adjustment and treatment success. Assessment and monitoring of the quality of peer interactions are potentially important for promoting a positive peer culture at the living group, contributing to …

Soms vallen gezinnen tussen wal en schip of voelen professionals zich handelingsverlegen. Druk & Dwars biedt daarom laagdrempelige ondersteuning voor de omgeving van drukke en dwarse kinderen: thuis, op school en op de kinderopvang.

In mental healthcare, blended care (online combined with face to face treatment) is presented as a mundane practice. Most mental health care organizations have ‘opened’ their electronic patient records for patients, as well as provided for online treatment interventions like psycho-education and cognitive …

Rationale, aims and objectives: The aims of this study are as follows: (a) to establish whether a relationship exists between the importance that healthcare professionals attach to ethics in care and their likelihood to report reprehensible conduct committed by colleagues, and (b) to assess whether this …

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the one- and two-year effectiveness of the KEIGAAF intervention, a school-based mutual adaptation intervention, on the BMI z-score (primary outcome), and energy balance-related behaviors (secondary outcomes) of children aged 7–10 years. A quasi-experimental …

In Eastern Africa, increasing climate variability and changing socioeconomic conditions are exacerbating the frequency and intensity of drought disasters. Droughts pose a severe threat to food security in this region, which is characterized by a large dependency on smallholder rain-fed agriculture and …

Background: Adequate self-management skills are of great importance for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the impact of COPD exacerbations. Using mobile health (mHealth) to support exacerbation-related self-management could be promising in engaging patients in their …

Aanleiding: De opdrachtgever, Martinizorg Groningen, heeft aangegeven dat het huidige medicatieproces op de locatie Oosterparkheem inefficiënt verloopt. De organisatie wil gebruik maken van een nieuwe innovatie in de zorg, zoals een medicatie-app. Echter heeft de organisatie nog geen inzicht in de houding …

Education is a key factor to respond to the threat of climate change, increasing not only knowledge but also encouraging changes in attitudes and behaviors to adopt sustainable lifestyles. Scholars and practitioners in the field of education call for innovative ways of engaging youth—a reason why gamification …