This article analyzis two Dutch experiments in which the government guarantees a job to tackle long-term unemployment. The experiment with the Melkert jobs was carried out in the 1990s. Recently the municipality of Groningen implemented a project in which long-term unemployed people are offered a so-called …

Purpose: The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a validated nutritional screening, assessment, triage, and monitoring tool. The aim of this study was to perform translation, cultural adaptation, linguistic, and content validation of the translated and culturally adapted …

In a home care setting, high-quality care is typically associated with continuity of care. In addition, the increasing pressure due to labor shortages calls for cost-efficient operations. This paper focuses on obtaining cost-efficient daily schedules over a longer time horizon, with balanced shift lengths, …

Citizen science can be a powerful approach to foster the successful implementation of technological innovations in health, care or well-being. Involving experience experts as co-researchers or co-designers of technological innovations facilitates mutual learning, community building, and empowerment. …

Artikel gepubliceerd in Nurse Academy O&T | nummer 3 | 2024: Steeds vaker meten patiënten hun eigen gezondheid. Deze metingen zijn voorbeelden van ‘point of care’-testen (POCT), een voorbeeld is de COVID-19-test. De ontwikkeling en inzet van POCT dragen bij aan betaalbare en toegankelijke gezondheidszorg. …

Over the last five years, I have found myself circling around four key concepts: Performance. Philosophy. Animals. And Equality. And I have found myself thinking in and with circles. It began with the various references to circles we can find in the philosophy of Henri Bergson - in his idea of the field …

In social research qualitative analysis of verbatim coded interviews is a common yet time consuming task. Artificial Intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT could assist here. Previous research showed prevalent self-monitoring among researchers, especially when expertise is required. We also found that AI applications …

Introduction: Bruxism is a repetitive masticatory muscle activity that may cause substantial morbidity and reduce the quality of life in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Assessment methods most commonly used were caregiver reporting and dental examination, This systematic …

In deze bijdrage de bevindingen uit een evaluatieonderzoek naar een methodiek om jongeren met psychische problemen te begeleiden bij het kiezen en verkrijgen van een reguliere opleiding, tegen de achtergrond van het tegengaan van voortijdig schoolverlaten bij jongeren met psychische problemen. Zowel …

Climate change calls for an energy transition utilizing all available renewable energy resources, such as bioenergy from biomass. However, the use of biomass is debated in society, and public acceptance is low or lacking. This survey-based research demonstrates for the first time that public acceptance …