This dissertation is focused on the relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation in light of the recent developments in Ukraine. The research provides evidence on the relations between these parties, keeping the dissolution of the Soviet Union in mind. It looks at various theories …

To study the knowledge of a large city population on preconception folic acid supplementation and intention to seek for preconception care within an urban perinatal health program.

Naar aanleiding van de relatief ongunstige zwangerschapsuitkomsten in Rotterdam startte in 2009, in opdracht van het gemeentebestuur, het meerjarenprogramma ‘Klaar voor een Kind’ (KveK). Het doel was de perinatale sterfte in Rotterdam te verminderen en de zwangerschapsuitkomsten te verbeteren. De maatregelen …

A population-based cross-sectional study (feasibility) and a cohort study (inter-rater reliability) to study in routine care the feasibility and inter-rater reliability of the Rotterdam Reproductive Risk Reduction risk score card (R4U), a new semi-quantitative score card for use during the antenatal …

Promotion of a healthy pregnancy is a top priority of the health care policy in many European countries. Perinatal mortality is an important indicator of the success of this policy. Recently, it was shown that the Netherlands has relatively high perinatal death rates when compared to other European countries. …

Het verband tussen woonwijk, etniciteit en ongunstige perinatale uitkomsten analyseren bij zwangeren in de 4 grootste steden (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag en Utrecht; G4) en in de rest van Nederland.