Aanleiding: De HPV-vaccinatie is sinds februari 2009 onderdeel van het Rijksvaccinatieprogramma geworden, en wordt gegeven bij meisjes van 12 jaar. Er ontstond veel discussie rondom dit onderwerp, en ouders kwamen soms voor een lastige keuze te staan. In Zeeland liet in 2016 62% van de meisjes zich vaccineren …

from the repository of Utrecht University: "PURPOSE: Previously, a high prevalence of certain psychiatric disorders was shown among non-Western immigrants. This study explores whether this results in more prescriptions for psychotropic medication. METHODS: Data on dispensing of medication among adults …

The question which author has written a certain text has been around since people have started to put their ideas and thoughts into writing. Recent advancements in statistics and the capabilities of powerful machine learning algorithms have created a research field which is known as authorship attribution. …

Er zijn tegenwoordig vele monitoringapparaten beschikbaar voor de individuele hardloper die ondersteuning bieden tijdens trainingen. Echter wordt de informatie die deze apparaten via sensoren verkrijgen niet omgezet in educatieve feedback, waardoor de hardloper zijn hardlooptechniek niet kan optimaliseren. …

With only one in five secondary-school aged children attending secondary school, a quarter of teenaged girls being pregnant or already having a child (Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2012), and one out of every five people living below the poverty line in Uganda (CIA, 2013) statistics show the ever prevalent …

Objective: To obtain insight into (a) the prevalence of nursing staff–experienced barriers regarding the promotion of functional activity among nursing home residents, and (b) the association between these barriers and nursing staff–perceived promotion of functional activity. Method: Barriers experienced …

BACKGROUND: Nursing home residents are mainly inactive. Nursing staff can encourage residents to perform functional activities during daily care activities. This study examines 1) the extent to which nursing staff perceive that they encourage functional activity in nursing home residents and 2) the …

Borstkanker is de meest voorkomende kankervorm onder vrouwen. Beweging tijdens en na de behandeling van borstkankerpatiënten krijgt steeds meer aandacht, omdat uit onderzoek is gebleken dat dit een positief effect heeft op het herstel. Het belang van preoperatief bewegen is echter nog onvoldoende onderzocht. …

Background Ethnic differences in colon cancer (CC) care were shown in the United States, but results are not directly applicable to European countries due to fundamental healthcare system differences. This is the first study addressing ethnic differences in treatment and survival for CC in the Netherlands. Methods Data …

Blended learning, a teaching format in which face-to-face and online learning is integrated, nowadays is an important development in education. Little is known, however, about its affordances for teacher education, and for domain specific didactical courses in particular. To investigate this topic, we …