Abstract Background. Fever in children is common and mostly caused by self-limiting infections. However, parents of febrile children often consult in general practice, in particular during out-of-hours care. To improve management, it is important to understand experiences of GPs managing these consultations. Objective. …

In het gloednieuwe International Handbook of Early Childhood Education schrijft Joop Berding over de visie van Dewey over het kinderspel. Voor Dewey is het spel de vrije ruimte voor het kind waarin het zonder druk kan exploreren en uitvinden. Ook in onze tijd is deze visie van grote betekenis. Artikel …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a persistent problem in Ghana, with high rates of underweight children, stunting and wasting. One of the NGOs that is trying to turn this situation around is Project Share. Through their nutrition centre, they have already rehabilitated over 300 children since 2009. They …

Voor dit onderzoek mochten wij drie maanden naar Zuid-Afrika. Door de aanbevelingen van het muziekonderzoek (2013) en met behulp van Antoinette Tamminga zijn we in contact gekomen met The Pebbles Project. Uit het muziekonderzoek bleek dat dans en beweging spontaan ontstond tijdens de muzieksessies. Vanuit …

Abstract Despite the large amount of research available on how engagement in football practice relates to future performance level among football players, similar information about the contribution of non-football activities is scarce. Based on data from 745 elite youth players this study aimed to identify …

Het belangrijkste doel van dit proefschrift was om te onderzoeken of depressieve kinderen specifieke spelkenmerken laten zien die hen onderscheiden van niet-depressieve leeftijdgenoten. Daarnaast wilden we ook onderzoeken of leerkrachten in de onderbouw van het basisonderwijs op basis van hun dagelijkse …

In Europe, about 20% of children are overweight. Focus on parental responsibility is an effective method in weight control interventions in children. In this systematic review we describe the intensity of parental involvement and behaviour change aimed at parents in long-term European childhood weight …

While children who are healthy are already at risk for a hypoactive lifestyle in this modern society, this is even more the case in children with chronic disease or disability.1 Next to general health risks, low fitness levels may contribute to fatigue and lower levels of activities and participation.2 …

Background Fatness and fitness both influence cardiometabolic risk. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate whether childhood fatness and increasing fatness from childhood to adolescence are associated with cardiometabolic risk during adolescence and how fitness affects this association. …

The journal was a forum for the work of both theorists and practitioners of philosophical practice with children, and published such work in all forms, including philosophical argument and reflection, classroom transcripts, curricula, empirical research, and reports from the field. The journal also maintained …