Introduction The provision of active parks/public open space is the key factor in promoting active living, because people and specially low-income and elderlies are being more interested in doing non-organized/informal, and no-cost sports/physical activities in outdoor spaces in recent decades (Borgers …

The ‘Sport Physical Education and Coaching for Health (SPEACH) project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (2015-2017) aims to increase awareness and behavioral change in sport professionals and European citizens towards an active and healthy lifestyle. The target is to develop …

Sinds 2014 vindt vanuit Sportplein Groningen het project Sportieve Gezonde School plaats op scholen in de provincie Groningen. Doelstelling is een kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve impuls te geven aan sport en bewegen op deze scholen door het aanbieden van extra lessen bewegingsonderwijs door een vakdocent …

Children with special educational needs, especially children with developmental coordination disorders need an adaptation of PE.

Inleiding: In dit onderzoek komt naar voren op welke wijze normatieve professionalisering een plek krijgt binnen de opleiding voor vakbekwaam bewegingsonderwijs aan de Marnix Academie, een opleiding tot leraar basisonderwijs. Het lijkt van belang dat studenten in hun handelen naast expertise ook engagement …

Surgery is aimed at improving a patient's health. However, surgery is plagued with a risk of negative consequences, such as perioperative complications and prolonged hospitalization. Also, achieving preoperative levels of physical functionality may be delayed. Above all, the "waiting" period before the …

Background: Self-management interventions are considered effective in patients with chronic disease, but trials have shown inconsistent results, and it is unknown which patients benefit most. Adequate self-management requires behaviour change in both patients and health care providers. Therefore, the …

As the problem of child abandonment in Uganda’s capital city Kampala has risen over the past decades, so has the demand for child care centers to take care of these children. However, the increasing use of institutional care in Uganda has raised questions about its impact on a child’s development. It …

Aims: This paper aims to explore the effect of the social network based intervention Powerful Together with Diabetes on diabetes self-management among socioeconomically deprived patients. This 10-month group intervention targeting patients and significant others aimed to improve self-management by stimulating …