Background Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provide woman-centred care. Objective To reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care. Methods A Q-methodology …

Background: This paper presents the findings of a pilot research survey which assessed the degree of balance between safety and productivity, and its relationship with awareness and communication of human factors and safety rules in the aircraft manufacturing environment. Methods: The study was carried …

Western societies are quickly becoming less coherent (Giddens, 1991). As a result it is increasingly unclear how individuals should act in a range of situations or how they may understand themselves. To a certain extent this development towards more diverse perspectives and a broader range of ways to …

Inleiding – In sporten als voetbal, Australian football en hardlopen is al veel onderzoek gedaan naar de relatie tussen de Hamstring/M. Quadriceps-ratio (H/Q-ratio) en blessures. Voor de (semi-) professionele langebaanschaatsers zijn hier nog geen gegevens over bekend. Het doel van het huidige onderzoek …

Many countries and health systems are pursuing integrated care as a means of achieving better outcomes. However, no standard approaches exist for comparing integration approaches across models or settings, and for evaluating whether the key components of integrated care are present in different initiatives. …

Kicking in Australian Football (AF) has been reported as the most important skill of the game. Nevertheless, no study has investigated kicking with IMU units. These units could be used to gain kicking data through an easy and assessable way. The purpose of this study was to analyse a kick executed by …

Reflection is considered necessary and beneficial within career learning and is deemed to be a condition for successful career-identity development. Indeed, reflection is generally seen as a key competency in learning how to respond effectively to a complex and dynamic post-modern world in which individuals …

Objective Although regular physical activity is an effective secondary prevention strategy for patients with a chronic disease, it is unclear whether patients change their daily physical activity after being diagnosed. Therefore, the aims of this study were to (1) describe changes in levels of physical …