Barriers and facilitators of oral health care experienced by nursing home staff

Objectives to explore attitudes, perceptions, and perceived barriers to and the perceived facilitators of daily oral health care and the actual daily oral health care performances among nursing home staff. Methods A mixed methods study in 21 nursing homes was completed; a) questionnaires for nursing staff and managers; b) focus group interviews...

Assessing Concerns and Care Needs of Expectant Parents: Development and Feasibility of a Structured Interview

Many adverse situations for parenting and healthy child development can be detected before a child’s birth. The aim of this project was to develop and test an instrument to use in prenatal home visits, to improve the identification of adverse situations and care needs during pregnancy. The preSPARK is based on a valid and reliable broad-scope...

Klaar voor de toekomst over kwetsbaarheid en kansen in de jeugdgezondheidszorg

Health-related quality of life in patients with early-detected central congenital hypothyroidism

Context. Central congenital hypothyroidism (CH) requires lifelong medical treatment. The majority of children with central CH have multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (MPHD), but in some cases central CH is isolated. Most pituitary hormone deficiencies are associated with impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, studies on...

Costs and effects of conventional vision screening and photoscreening in the Dutch preventive child health care system

Background: Little is known about costs and effects of vision screening strategies to detect amblyopia. Aim of this study was to compare costs and effects of conventional (optotype) vision screening, photoscreening or a combination in children aged 3-6 years. Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study in preventive child health care in The...

JGZ richtlijn ouder-kind relatie

Richtlijn voor de ouder-kindrelatie vormt de basis voor de ontwikkeling van een kind. Vroege signalering van verstoringen in de relatie is belangrijk aangezien deze verstoringen kunnen leiden tot gedragsproblemen en in ernstige gevallen tot persoonlijkheidsproblematiek bij het kind. Jeugdgezondheidszorg (JGZ) professionals verkeren bij uitstek...

No miscalculations: combining photoscreening with conventional visual-acuity measurement is promising to detect amblyopia at 3 years and 3 years and 9 months

Comment on the article: Costs and effects of conventional vision screening and photoscreening in the Dutch preventive child health care system. We thank professor Simonsz for his comments, since it gives us the opportunity to clarify some of our findings. Indeed, with the price for the photoscreening device of €2.29 per child as calculated in...

ScheidingsATLAS wijst scheidende ouders de weg

Op de Dag van de Scheiding - 10 september 2021 - ontving ScheidingsATLAS de ZonMw Parel. Een ereprijs voor een bijzonder goed project, met grote maatschappelijke impact. De korte en laagdrempelige training steunt scheidende partners in hun rol als ouders.

De richtlijn lengtegroei voor de jeugdgezondheidszorg

Inleiding: Het doel van dit onderzoek was het ontwikkelen van een richtlijn voor Jeugdgezondheidszorg (JGZ)-professionals om aandoeningen die samenhangen met een kleine lengte (en/of trage groei) of een grote lengte (en/of snelle groei) vroegtijdig op te sporen. Methode: Op basis van literatuur en advies van een expertcommissie werd de vorige...

Even face-to-face praten …: de invloed van COVID-19 op het welzijn van adolescenten: Een mixed methods, participatief onderzoek

Inleiding: Eind 2019 werd de wereld opgeschrikt door COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-2019). Hoewel er veel onderzoek is gedaan, is weinig bekend over de invloed van COVID-19 op het leven en welzijn van adolescenten van 12 tot 18 jaar in Nederland. Methode: Dit mixed-methods, participatief onderzoek is uitgevoerd met behulp van zes adolescenten....

Maternal education and cognitive development in 15 European very-preterm birth cohorts from the RECAP Preterm platform

Background: Studies are sparse and inconclusive about the association between maternal education and cognitive development among children born very preterm (VPT). Although this association is well established in the general population, questions remain about its magnitude among children born VPT whose risks of medical and developmental...

Effects of Exergaming on Cognitive and Social Functioning of People with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Objectives: Physical activity in people with dementia (PwD) may enhance physical and mental functioning. Exergaming, which combines physical exercise with cognitive stimulation in a gaming environment, was developed to overcome barriers in performing physical activities. We evaluated the effects of exergaming in day care centers (DCCs) for PwD...

Expanding Neonatal Bloodspot Screening: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Neonatal bloodspot screening (NBS) aims to detect treatable disorders in newborns. The number of conditions included in the screening is expanding through technological and therapeutic developments, which can result in health gain for more newborns. NBS expansion, however, also poses healthcare, ethical and societal challenges. This qualitative...

Factsheet hielprik PANDA studie: De hielprik nu en in de toekomst

Met de hielprik wordt het bloed onderzocht op een aantal ziektes. Dit zijn ziektes die niet veel baby’s hebben, maar die wel ernstig zijn. Als deze ziektes tijdig worden ontdekt, kan de behandeling snel starten. De gevolgen van de ziekte zijn dan minder erg. De ZonMw PANDA-studie heeft onderzocht wat ouders en professionals van de huidige...

Birth outcomes between 22 and 26 weeks' gestation in national population-based cohorts from Sweden, England and France

Aim: We investigated the timing of survival differences and effects on morbidity for foetuses alive at maternal admission to hospital delivered at 22 to 26 weeks’ gestational age (GA). Methods: Data from the EXPRESS (Sweden, 2004–07), EPICure-2 (England, 2006) and EPIPAGE-2 (France, 2011) cohorts were harmonised. Survival, stratified by GA, was...