Background: Advanced statistical modeling techniques may help predict health outcomes. However, it is not the case that these modeling techniques always outperform traditional techniques such as regression techniques. In this study, external validation was carried out for five modeling strategies for …

Nadat de jacht op de haas in 2022 is beperkt naar aanleiding van de Kamermotie Natuurbeleid (Kst. 33576-267, 2022), zijn er vragen ontstaan over de methode van dataverzameling. Om hier antwoorden op te vinden, is onderzoek naar de gebruikte telprotocollen noodzakelijk. Het is van belang dat deze telprotocollen …

Rapportage over de vragenlijst van de online alliantie GroeiGids ouderenchat in het kader van het onderzoek door Donna Schalk en Christa Nieuwboer binnen het lectoraat Jeugd, Gezin en Samenleving van het Centre of Expertise Gdezondheid, Zorg en Welzijn van Avans Hogeschool.

Background: The target group of this study concerns young people with a mild intellectual disability. The central research question is: What evidence can be found in the literature for common and specific factors for a play therapy intervention for young people with a mild intellectual disability struggling …

This article focuses on how length of participation in professional youth work is associated with five outcome variables: prosocial skills, self-mastery, social network, civic participation (volunteering and organizing activities) and finding support from social care services. The study was designed …

Previous research has suggested that professional youth work settings empower socially vulnerable youngsters, strengthening their personal development and social participation. It is expected that youth work can prevent personal and social problems of youngsters, which may have longer term positive social …

Samenvatting Een deel van de jongeren die in het jongerenwerk participeert ontvangt specialistische jeugdzorg, vanuit bijvoorbeeld verslavingszorg, jeugdreclassering, jeugd-ggz of intensieve gezinsbehandeling. Hoewel professioneel jongerenwerk voor een brede groep jongeren in kwetsbare situaties positief …

Empowerment is seen as an important thinking and working framework for social work. Ideally, it is possible to measure the empowering effects of social work. However, various factors complicate measuring empowerment, making it a difficult exercise. In past decades many instruments for measuring empowerment …