Background: People with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) have difficulty participating in society through work or other daily activities. Aims: To establish the effectiveness with which the Boston University Approach to Psychiatric Rehabilitation (BPR) improves the level of social participation in people …

Inspiration session on healthy cities and urban facility management for students Facility Management (course Entrepreneurship)

Background: The increase in life expectancy has brought about a higher prevalence of chronic illnesses among older people. Objectives: To identify common chronic illnesses among older adults, to examine the influence of such conditions on their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), and to determine …

Presentatie voor studenten van Bureau NoorderRuimte

Guest lecture, Minor Healthy Workplace

Presentatie over kenmerken van een gezonde stad tijdens een workshop bij VanWonen Vastgoedontwikkeling B.V.

Objective: To predict mortality with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) in a sample of community-dwelling older people, using a follow-up of 7 years. Setting and Participants: 479 Dutch community-dwelling people aged 75 years or older. Measurements: The TFI, a self-report questionnaire, was used to …

Het afstudeeronderzoek heeft als doel onderwijsinstelling X, een regionaal opleidingscentrum en aanbieder van een groot aantal middelbaar beroepsonderwijs- en agrarische opleidingen in West-Brabant, te adviseren over de begeleidingswijze bij de ontwikkeling van de tien gevraagde hoger beroepsonderwijs …

Guest post by Lieke Wissink. Lieke is an anthropologist and philosopher who works at the Youth and Society knowledge center, University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam. She engages in an action-research project with undocumented youths at a day shelter, and carries-out participant observation, group workshops …