Background: During hospitalization patients frequently have a low level of physical activity, which is an important risk factor for functional decline. Function Focused Care (FFC) is an evidencebased intervention developed in the United States to prevent functional decline in older patients. Within FFC, …

Jonge kinderen zijn zeer efficiente taalverwervers. Meestal verloopt de taalontwikkeling van kinderen als vanzelfsprekend, maar sommige kinderen hebben problemen in de spraak- en taalontwikkeling. Door vroegtijdige opsporing, diagnostiek en behandeling van kinderen met problemen in de communicatie kan …

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is een steeds bekendere therapievorm bij het behandelen van depressie. In literatuur staat beschreven dat ACT goed te combineren is met beeldende therapie, maar de manier waarop was nog zeer summier beschreven. Dit onderzoek is dus verricht voor beeldend therapeuten …

In this paper we present a review of existing aviation safety metrics and we lay the foundation for our four-years research project entitled “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management Systems”. We reviewed state-of-the-art literature, relevant standards and regulations, …

Literature and industry standards do not mention inclusive guidelines to generate safety recommendations. Following a literature review, we suggest nine design criteria as well as the classification of safety recommendations according to their scope (i.e. organisational context, stakeholders addressed …

Organisatie X (2018) staat open voor veranderingen en wil zich voortdurend aanpassen aan de nieuwe wereld, de wensen van zijn klanten en medewerkers. Al deze veranderingen vragen om een andere aanpak en houding van leidinggevenden. Als de leidinggevenden niet mee veranderen, vormen zij een obstakel om …

The objective of the study described in this paper is to define safety metrics that are based on the effectiveness of risk controls. Service providers define and implement such risk controls in order to prevent hazards developing into an accident. The background of this research is a specific need of …

For five decades complex socio-technical systems have been studied in an attempt to understand and prevent the occurrence of accidents. In this paper, the authors define a concept for a System Complexity metric, comprising the total of all direct interactions between the system elements and the tools …

Safety culture has been a topic of discussion in safety literature in the past three decades. Since its first mentioning after the Chernobyl accident much have been written about what fosters a positive safety culture within organizations. The Aviation Academy of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences …