There is an increasing interest in outdoor play, both in research and in policy. However, in (re)designing, planning and managing the public space, there is still limited attention for children’s actual playing behavior. A lot of urban planning decisions are based on adults’ perceptions of children’s …

Background: In the Netherlands, general practitioners (GPs) play a key role in provider-initiated HIV testing, but opportunities for timely diagnosis are regularly missed. We implemented an educational intervention to improve HIV testing by GPs from 2015 to 2020, and observed a 7% increase in testing …

Het sportadvies welke is ontwikkeld in het SportPaspoort geeft inzicht geven in de sporten en beweegvormen die bij de intrinsieke motivatie en beweegvaardigheid van het kind past. De focus ligt op een leven lang met plezier sporten en/of bewegen. Dit project probeert door middel van een motorische- en …

In het Nederlandse onderwijssysteem wisselen de meeste kinderen van de basisschool (PO) naar het voortgezet onderwijs (VO) rond hun twaalfde levensjaar. Het basisonderwijs sluit meestal niet naadloos aan op het voortgezet onderwijs. Veel kinderen maken de overstap ogenschijnlijk probleemloos, maar voor …

Basic motor competencies (BMC) belong to the key learning goals of Physical Education (PE) in primary school curricula in Europe. These competencies are necessary to participate in sports inside and outside of school. Children should therefore achieve age-adequate BMC in PE and any need for educational …

Purpose: A more dynamic school day that includes less sitting and more physical activity throughout the day may support health in primary school children. In this mixed methodologies study, we assessed which physical activity possibilities are incorporated in the school policies of Dutch primary schools …

Abstract Purpose The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of including the Dutch National Pharmacotherapy Assess ment (DNPA) in the medical curriculum on the level and development of prescribing knowledge and skills of junior doctors. The secondary aim was to evaluate the relationship …

In het onderwijsbeleid wordt veel belang gehecht aan een soepele overgang van de voorschoolse periode naar de basisschool. Bij kinderen met een speciale onderwijsbehoefte verloopt de start op de basisschool echter niet altijd zo optimaal als gewenst, waardoor de ontwikkeling van deze kinderen verstoord …

The closing of schools and sports clubs during theCOVID-19 lockdown raised questions about thepossible impact on children’s motor skilldevelopment. Therefore we compared motorcompetence development over a one-year periodamong four different cohorts of primary schoolchildren. A total of 992 children from …

Purpose : Adolescents are insufficiently physically active and spent too much time sitting, which provides a health risk. In the current study the municipality of Amsterdam, secondary schools, experts in urban sports and researchers work together to stimulate healthy exercise behavior of adolescents. …