This open access book is a valuable resource for students in health and other professions and practicing professionals interested in supporting effective change in self-management behaviors in chronic disease, such as medication taking, physical activity and healthy eating. Developed under the auspices …

Chronic diseases represent a significant burden for the society and health systems; addressing this burden is a key goal of the European Union policy. Health and other professionals are expected to deliver behaviour change support to persons with chronic disease. A skill gap in behaviour change support …

In dit praktijkonderzoek staat het in kaart brengen van de werkwijze van de vijf Sociale teams in Dordrecht centraal. Deze vijf teams hebben namelijk de opdracht gekregen van de gemeente Dordrecht om aan de doelen van het Wmo beleidsplan 2015-2018 Drechtsteden te werken. De doelen zijn: het bevorderen …

Sustainable consumption is interlinked with sustainable production. This chapter will introduce the closed-loop production, the circular economy, the steady state economy, and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of production. It will reflect on the key blockages to a meaningful sustainable production and …

Purpose: Pressure ulcers are a high cost, high volume issue for health and medical care providers, having a detrimental effect on patients and relatives. Pressure ulcer prevention is widely covered in the literature, but little has been published regarding the risk to patients in the radiographical setting. …

Introduction: Pressure ulcers are a high cost, high volume issue for health and medical care providers, affecting patients’ recovery and psychological wellbeing. The current research of support surfaces on pressure as a risk factor in the development of pressure ulcers is not relevant to the specialised, …

In toenemende mate wordt er onderzoek gedaan naar de economische en maatschappelijke effecten van sportevenementen (Cashman et al., 2004). Veel onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd in opdracht van beleidsmakers en de politiek om de publieke financiering van sportevenementen te legitimeren. De focus van dit type …

The use of product placement has been around for a long period of time. Nevertheless, it has only been for the last twenty years that the use of placing products into movies, television shows and radio has picked up. But what exactly is it? How can it be measured and what are the effects. The main question …

The content that has been written regarding this thesis report about personal branding should serve as a guideline for young entrepreneur and how they could be successful by using the personal branding strategy.. The content was written based on the following main question: why should young entrepreneurs …

The EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a non-profit organisation based in Malaysia. The core business of the Chamber is advocacy through lobbying and events. The Chamber has asked for a visibility strategy to be set. The reason for this is that with many chambers of commerce and business …