Dit PS van een redacteur schrijf ik terwijl velen onder ons zich in thuisquarantaine bevinden naar aanleiding van de covid-19-pandemie. Om toch enigszins fit te blijven doe ik elke dag wat lichamelijke oefeningen op muziek.

Iran has been a critical player in the Syrian war since 2011, crafting a complex foreign policy and military strategy to preserve its Syrian ally. What have been the drivers of Iranian decision-making in this con fl ict? And how has Iranian strategy evolved over the course of the war? This chapter argues …

Background: Physical activity is an important intervention for improving disease-related symptoms and systemic manifestations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMDs). However, studies suggest that RMD patients report that the lack of individualized and consistent information about physical activity …

Little has been published regarding the training of academic developers themselves to support internationalization of the curriculum (IoC) initiatives. However, higher education institutions around the globe are responding to strategic demands for IoC which prepare students as ‘world-ready’ graduates. …

Agrobiodiversity has been decreasing substantially in Europe. Social scientific research in this area has paid limited attention to how citizens value agrobiodiversity and its decline, and how these valuations can be influenced. We explore the influence of different arguments for enhancing agro-biodiversity, …

Introduction: Hardly any research exists on the relationship between substance use and sexual behaviors in patients with a substance use disorder. This study aimed to examine this relation by looking into perceived positive effects on sexual behavior, perceived negative effects and risky sexual behavior …

Bij onderwijzen in het algemeen zijn mensen van nature gewend om expliciet te vertellen wat iemand moet doen. Dit is, zo blijkt uit onderzoek, ook in het vak van trainer-coach het geval. We willen iemand immers graag helpen en vertellen hoe het moet. Maar het kan ook anders.

De relatie met de beroepspraktijk is belangrijk in het leren toepassen van de competenties van het vak ervaringsdeskundige. Veelal werken zij in organisaties en werkvelden waar het werken met deze functie nog in ontwikkeling is. Daarnaast onderscheid het zich van andere deskundigheid omdat de werker …

Background: In Western healthcare policies, promotion of self-management of patients is an important topic. Currently, there is also a worldwide interest in the integration of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and conventional medicine into integrative medicine. This article explores the contribution …

Background: Caregiving by family members of elderly with chronic conditions is currently intensifying in the context of an aging population and health care reform in the Netherlands. It is essential that nurses have attention for supporting roles of family caregivers of older patients and address family …