Jong starten met goede voeding: Van jonge kinderen, de dingen die voorbij gaan

Hoe krijg je een kind aan de gezonde voeding? Volgens Monique LHoir, psychotherapeut, klinisch pedagoog en senior onderzoeker bij TNO Child Health is het vergroten van opvoedkundige vaardigheden van ouders hiervoor relevant: want jong beginnen met goede eetgewoonten is relevant voor gezondheid op jonge en oudere leeftijd. ‘Hebben ouders een kind...

Stakeholders' opinions on the implementation of Child Death Review in the Netherlands

Background The death of a child is an enormous tragedy for both the family and others involved. A child’s death appeals to everyone’s responsibility to take measures to prevent similar deaths in the future. Child Death Review (CDR) is an interagency approach in which a child’s death is systematically analyzed by a multidisciplinary team. The aim...

How do parents experience support after the death of their child?

Background A child’s death is an enormous tragedy for both the parents and other family members. Support for the parents can be important in helping them to cope with the loss of their child. In the Netherlands little is known about parents’ experiences of the support they receive after the death of their child. The purpose of this study is to...

Implementation of Child Death Review in the Netherlands: results of a pilot study

Background: Child mortality in the Netherlands declined gradually in the past decades. In total 1130 children and youth aged 0 to 19 years died in 2014 (i.e. 29.4 per 100,000 live births). A better understanding of the background and the circumstances surrounding the death of children as well as the manner and cause of death may lead to...

Swaddling and the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Meta-analysis

CONTEXT: Swaddling is a traditional practice of wrapping infants to promote calming and sleep. Although the benefits and risks of swaddling in general have been studied, the practice in relation to sudden infant death syndrome remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to conduct an individual-level meta-analysis of sudden infant...

Predictie van groei vanaf jonge leeftijd: Curve matching’ met de TNO Groeivoorspeller [Prediction of growth from an early age: curve matching with the TNO growth predictor]

Curve matching is a new big data technique to predict an outcome given earlier measurements. Here we apply curve matching to predict the future growth of a specific child, the target child. The method searches in large datasets of longitudinal growth data for other children who are similar to the target child in terms of factors that influence...

Parents' decision for helmet therapy ion infants with skull deformation

Purpose. Helmet therapy is regularly prescribed in infants with positional skull deformation. Evidence on the effectiveness is lacking, which complicates decision making. This study aims to assess the relation between parents’ decision for treatment of skull deformation in their infant and their level of anxiety, decisional conflict,...

The excessively crying infant: Etiology and treatment

Excessive crying, often described as infantile colic, is the cause of 10% to 20% of all early pediatrician visits of infants aged 2 weeks to 3 months. Although usually benign and selflimiting, excessive crying is associated with parental exhaustion and stress. However, and underlying organic cause is found in less than 5% of these infants. In...

Child mortality in the Netherlands in the past decades: An overview of external causes and the role of public health policy

Among European countries, the Netherlands has the second lowest child mortality rate from external causes. We present an overview, discuss possible explanations, and suggest prevention measures. We analyzed mortality data from all deceased children aged 0-19 years for the period 1969-2011. Child mortality declined in the past decades, largely...

Comparing high altitude treatment with current best care in Dutch children with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (and asthma): Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (DAVOS trial)

Background: About 10 to 20% of children in West European countries have atopic dermatitis (AD), often as part of the atopic syndrome. The full atopic syndrome also consists of allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and food allergy. Treatment approaches for atopic dermatitis and asthma include intermittent anti-inflammatory therapy with...

Ophelderen en leren van sterfgevallen van kinderen

De dood van elk kind doet een moreel appel op de verantwoordelijkheid van de maatschappij. Door bij elk overlijden kennis te vergaren over de doodsoorzaak, de achtergrond en omstandigheden rond het overlijden, en daar lering uit te trekken, kunnen gerichte preventieve maatregelen worden getroffen zodat toekomstige vergelijkbare sterfgevallen...

Lekker slapen allemaal! informatieboekje over slaap

Gedragsproblemen bij kinderen: praktische kindergeneeskunde

Aan gedragsproblemen bij kinderen en jeugdigen kunnen psychische, somatische, emotionele of relationele oorzaken ten grondslag liggen. Voor een arts die een kind met gedragsproblemen in de praktijk krijgt, is een overzicht van de meest voorkomende gedragsproblemen een uitkomst. Gedragsproblemen bij kinderen biedt dat overzicht. In dit boek komen...

Slecht slapen

Slaap is een normale, periodiek optredende toestand van rust, die gepaard gaat met een verlaging van het bewustzijn, waarbij het lichaam en de geest tot rust komen.

Rust en regelmaat: goed voor kind en ouders én hun interactie

Preventie van wiegendood op maat

Uit de TNO-peiling van 2003 naar verzorgingsfactoren van zuigelingen blijkt dat de prevalentie van risicovolle verzorgingsfactoren laag is. Om preventie van wiegendood nog meer op maat te maken, is onder­ zocht of er associaties bestaan tussen deze erkende aan wiegendood gerelateerde verzorgingsfactoren (slaapligging, beddengoed ,...

Preventie van overgewicht bij niet-westerse zuigelingen