Background Specialist palliative care teams are consulted during hospital admission for advice on complex palliative care. These consultations need to be timely to prevent symptom burden and maintain quality of life. Insight into specialist palliative care teams may help improve the outcomes of palliative …

The online environment, where the boundaries between the domains of home, school, work, and leisure are blurred, poses new challenges for youth work practice. Due to limited research on this subject matter, the theoretical underpinnings of the online youth work practice are constrained. The fulfilment …

Lezing, op uitnodiging van het Humanitas Kenniscafé, over het belang van sociale relaties in het proces van cognitieve achteruitgang en dementie. De lezing ging over dementie, preventie en de rol van sociale relaties en was gebaseerd op mijn promotieonderzoek bij de afdeling Epidemiologie van het UMCG. …

Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) typically arises from mutations inherited in the germline. BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutaions are predominant contributors to HBOC, accounting for the majority of cases. These mutations are associated with 10% of ovarian cancer cases and 3-5% of breast cancer cases [4]. BRCA1 …

Currently, the knowledge about the epidemiology of sport-related health problems of athletes with a physical impairment is limited. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence, incidence and severity of sport-related health problems of athletes with a physical impairment in the Netherlands …

Prevention of non-communicable diseases through, among other factors, increasing vegeta bles and fruit (V&F) intake is a cost-effective strategy for risk reduction but requires behavioral change. Such changes in adolescents benefit from their active involvement. The Food Boost Challenge (FBC) was developed …

In this paper we describe one aspect of nature-based flood protection by foreshores in hybrid flood defences and discuss how foreshore ecosystem restoration can contribute to flood protection. Flood protection consists of flood prevention, by grey, green or hybrid defences, and flood impact reduction, …

Het jaarlijkse NVFVG congres vindt op dinsdag 3 oktober 2023.De congrescommissie heeft een mooi programma samengesteld voor het congres getiteld 'Blinde vlekken in de (fysiotherapie binnen de) VG zorg'. Als fysiotherapeut in de VG-zorg heb je te maken met multi-problematiek. De hulpvragen liggen meestal …