Healthcare systems face rising costs, aging populations, and increasing chronic conditions, creating a need for personalized, multidisciplinary care. Value-Based Health Care (VBHC) offers a promising approach by shifting focus from volume to value. Burn care is particularly suited for this model due …

In recent decades, after several family tragedies with fatal outcomes in the Netherlands, a critical attitude emerged towards the role of youth care that prompted refinements of procedures and guidelines. These measures partly aim to eliminate moral hesitancy among social workers, defined as hesitation …

In the past years, professional musicians of participatory music practices in healthcare contexts have increasingly worked as artistic allies for care. The musicians shaping these practices have developed ways of engaging with patients and their families, collaborating with healthcare professionals, …

Inleiding: Zorgprofessionals binnen de tweedelijnszorg spelen een cruciale rol in het herkennen en benutten van teachable moments, momenten waarop patiënten extra ontvankelijk zijn voor leefstijladvies, vaak na een opname in het ziekenhuis of diagnose. Het effectief inzetten van deze momenten vereist …

Background Communicative participation is the most important outcome of speech and language therapy. However, there are no instruments to measure communicative participation in children. This paper focuses on assessing the psychometric properties of MyCommunication-Children, an item bank designed to …

The success of the energy transition will depend not only on the rapid deployment of zeroemission technologies, but also on the expansion of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydrogen. Equally important is meaningful engagement with the communities affected by this transition. Despite …

Background/Objectives: Digital technologies and data-driven approaches are rapidly transforming healthcare practice and enabling more personalized and preventive care. As personal health data becomes increasingly embedded in healthcare systems, understanding how future healthcare professionals interpret …

Background: Body composition and energy metabolism assessments are central to nutrition care but remain underused. This study evaluated dietitians’ access, use, education, and beliefs toward these assessments, and the impact of an educational session. Methods: Dietitians (≥1 year experience) within Alberta …

BACKGROUND: Family members play a vital role in supporting patients during hospitalization, yet their involvement is often insufficiently recognized. Existing family assessment tools are typically developed for community or long-term care settings and are too complex or time-intensive for hospital use. …

Despite the importance of positive transitions for children's future development, little is known about how Dutch parents experience transitions of their children with SEN in regular education. Therefore, the current study aimed (a) to investigate the experiences of parents in the Dutch context of their …