BACKGROUND: Given the negative consequences of early alcohol use for health and social functioning, it is essential to detect children at risk of early drinking. The aim of this study is to determine predictors of early alcohol use that can easily be detected in Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH). METHODS: …

- Overall: Politicians need to be educated at least to a basic level in the range of communications options that are available for region branding, to prevent a default position of using for example television simply because that is what politicians are familiar with. - Trade missions: widely used though …

Sport is often considered as a promising instrument for reaching a wide array of policy objectives. Social inclusion is one of the goals frequently mentioned. Though one can argue about the feasibility of the many claims made, sport can only reasonably be expected to play a role if the targeted population …

This thesis focuses on the effectiveness of a family-centered approach (in Dutch “DMOprotocol”, further referred to as the family-centered approach), designed for monitoring and enhancing children’s social-emotional development in Preventive Child Healthcare (PCH). The effectiveness study took place …

With these results at hand we developed a new program and evaluated it . In this presentation we will reflect on the merits of this program but also share with you the insight gained from other studies that we did to in the context of the program. First a study on the prevalence to give us an indication …

Het matige tot onvoldoende niveau van samenwerking op de Rembrandtschool is de aanleiding geweest voor dit onderzoek. Een mogelijke oplossing hiervoor is een beleid om de verbinding tussen ouders en de school van hun kind te versterken. In dit onderzoek zijn de ontwerpcriteria en contouren beschreven …

Background. Online consultation is increasingly offered by parenting practitioners, but it is not clear if it is feasible to provide empowerment oriented support in single session email consultation. Method. Based on empowerment theory we developed the Guiding the Empowerment Process model (GEP model) …

Background. A number of parenting programs, aimed at improving parenting competencies, have recently been adapted or designed with the use of online technologies. Although web-based services have been claimed to hold promise for parent support, a meta-analytic review of online parenting interventions …

This bachelorthesis focuses on the needs of a family- centred approach of young families affected by a stroke with psychosocial problems. In this purpose young families means: families with children in the age of nine till seventeen years old. The patient is still the central point of the rehabilitation, …

Background Single session email consultations in web-based parenting support may be used for a variety of reasons. Parents may be looking for information on developmental needs of children, for suggestions to improve their parenting skills, or for referrals to helpful resources. The way the practitioner …