AimTo assess the quality of evidence and determine the effect of patient-related and economic outcomes of self-management support interventions in chronically ill patients with a low socio-economic status. BackgroundIntegrated evidence on self-management support interventions in chronically ill people …

Background: Despite high prevalence of mental problems among elderly migrants in The Netherlands, the use of psychosocial care services by this group is low. Scientific evidence points at the crucial role of social support for mental health and the use of psychosocial services. We therefore explored …

According to the European Council (2013), "Defence matters". However, the extent to which defence does matter appears to vary among the member states. Kollias (2008), analyzing burden sharing and free-riding behaviour of fifteen members of the European Union (EU15) over the year 2001, asks: Suppose the …

What is a pop-up store and how can it be used for organisational counterspacing? The pop-up can be interpreted as a fashionable and hypermodern platform focusing on the needs of a younger generation of consumers that searches for new experiences and is prone to ad hoc decision-making. From this perspective, …

The dissertation at hand intents to analyze how public diplomacy can be used by Romania to improve the image of the European Union in the Republic of Moldova. Romania represents the biggest ally of the Republic of Moldova due to the historical, cultural and linguistic bonds between them. The disappointment …

De hoofdvraag die beantwoord wordt in dit onderzoek is de volgende: Hoe kan de beleving van bezoekers van Nationaal Park Weerribben Wieden geoptimaliseerd worden in de verschillende fasen van de customer journey? De volgende sub vragen worden beantwoord in dit onderzoek: - Met welke touchpoints zijn …

-De opbrengst van het Omgevingslab Fries Platteland bestaat uit drie delen: 1. De “SYNTHESE” van omgevingslabs. De Synthese is een beknopt overzicht van de resultaten en een overzicht van de meest opvallende punten die uit de Omgevingslabs Fries Platteland naar voren komen. 2. Het “PROCESVERSLAG” van …

The general aim of this research project has been to examine this phenomenon of tourism flow switching and consider the factors driving the geopolitical instability that can compromise destination security. On a more practical level the research has also examined what the reactions of Dutch tourists …

In dit rapport wordt beschreven hoe ETFI in 2015 samen met Jam Visual Thinking een project gestart zijn om de bouwstenen voor een strategienota aan te dragen. De gemeente Emmen heeft Stenden ETFI gevraagd de bouwstenen voor de nieuwe strategienota aan te dragen en een begin te maken met de politiek-bestuurlijke …

Objective: Gaining too much or too little weight in pregnancy (according to Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines) negatively affects both mother and child, but many women find it difficult to manage their gestational weight gain (GWG). Here we describe the use of the intervention mapping protocol to …