Background: Although the incidence of HIV/AIDS has decreased globally, it is on the rise in Eastern Europe. The primary mode of HIV transmission in the region is injecting drug use (IDU) due to the smuggling routes of Afghan heroin into Europe, which makes drugs widely available. The widespread sharing …

Main goal of the Sport Physical Education And Coaching in Health Project (SPEACH/Erasmus+ sport 557083-EPP-1-2014-1-NL-SPO-SCP) is to increase awareness and behavioural change in sport professionals and European citizens towards an active and healthy lifestyle. Sedentariness and physical inactivity are …

Is het kennisniveau van de eindgebruiker over het zoeken van informatie op Mbox voldoende? Om antwoord te krijgen op de probleemstelling is de vraag opgedeeld in deelvragen: Wie is de doelgroep? Hoe gebruikt deze doelgroep Mbox? Tegen welke problemen lopen de eindgebruikers aan tijdens hun zoektocht …

While the socio-cultural concept of gender inequality in the workplace has been an issue since time immemorial, it has received more and more attention in recent years. Gender inequality is considered to be an essentially contested concept in which biological and cultural differences form the underlying …

The research on student attrition, retention and success in the Netherlands is highly influenced by Tinto’s integration theory. In this paper, as part of my broader PhD research, I propose adjusting this theory to achieve a better fit with the present generation of students in the developed world. By …

Lector Marco Snoek heeft een belangrijke bijdrage geleverd aan de publicatie ‘Shaping career-long perspectives on teaching’. Deze ‘Guide on policies to improve initial teacher education’ is onlangs gepubliceerd door de Europese Commissie. De guide omvat handreikingen die het resultaat zijn van het werk …

The transatlantic data transfer between the U.S. and the EU would have been extremely complex and expensive if the European Commission together with the U.S. Department of Commerce had not originated the Safe Harbor agreement in 2000. As recently as the beginning of 2014 the European Parliament, especially …

Het werkdrukinstrument is ontwikkeld in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zorgarbeidsinnovatie, een samenwerkingsverband tussen de Kenniscentra Arbeid en CaRES vande Hanzehogeschool Groningen, het Zorg Innovatie Forum, het netwerk Zorgarbeidsinnovatie en de V&VN. Het project is mede mogelijk gemaakt …

Het competentiemanagement-instrument is ontwikkeld in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zorgarbeidsinnovatie, een samenwerkingsverband tussen de Kenniscentra Arbeid en CaRES van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen, het Zorg Innovatie Forum, het netwerk Zorgarbeidsinnovatie en de V&VN. Het project is mede …

From January 2011 until December 2012, forty Family Group Conferences (FGCs) will be studied in the public mental health care (PMHC) setting in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands. Research should yield an answer to whether FGCs are valuable for clients in PMHC as a means to generate social support, …