Introduction The Dutch Medical Doctor-Global Health (MD-GH) prepares to work in low-resource settings (LRS) by completing a hybrid postgraduate training program of 2 years and 9 months, with clinical and public health exposure in the Netherlands and a Global Health residency in LRS. The objectives of …

Pregnancy can be challenging for women as they experience various physical, psychological, and social changes that can lead to stress and potential mental health concerns. Being neglected in the long-term, sustained stress can increase the likelihood of postpartum depression, which can have significant …

Dementie is een wereldwijde gezondheidsuitdaging. Onderzoek naar de ervaringen van fysiotherapeuten die mensen met dementie behandelen, is beperkt. Inzichten kunnen worden gebruikt om de fysiotherapeutische zorg in Nederland daarvoor te verbeteren. Dit onderzoek verkent de ervaringen, uitdagingen en …

Purpose: To describe perceptions and experiences of people who have undergone a major dysvascular lower limb amputation (LLA) regarding nutrition, and to identify perceived barriers and facilitators regarding nutritional intake. Methods: In this phenomenological qualitative study, individual, semi-structured, …

Theoretici zoals Tobin Siebers, Ato Quayson en Martha Stoddard Holmes hebben onderzocht hoe handicaps verschillende emoties oproepen en hoe deze relatie centraal staat in het sociale leven. Dit artikel introduceert de concepten affordances en genre om deze relatie beter te begrijpen. Affordances verwijzen …

1. The authors regret that some of the references in the final version of the manuscript were still indicated as ‘deleted for blinded review’. These have been corrected below: a) On page 2: For example, in a recent Delphi study, older people in the Netherlands indicated that they did not use or like …

BACKGROUND: Physical activity is essential in burn care to counteract the effects of severe burns and inactivity during hospitalization. However, detailed knowledge of performed physical activities is lacking. This study evaluated the feasibility of a dual accelerometer-based method to assess type, frequency, …

Op 9 oktober vond de jaarlijkse Onderzoeksconferentie Kind en Educatie plaats op Hogeschool KPZ. Tijdens de onderzoeksconferentie deelden betrokken onderzoeksscholen en Hogeschool KPZ onderzoeksuitkomsten en -ervaringen met elkaar en andere geïnteresseerden. In dit artikel vertellen verschillende professionals …

Reliability is a constraint of low-power wireless connectivity, commonly addressed by the deployment of mesh topology. Accordingly, power consumption becomes a major concern during the design and implementation of such networks. Thus, a mono-objective optimization was implemented in this work to decrease …