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Ulzen, S.L.van (author), van der Pal, S. (author)Blogboek is an e-tool which allows parents to create and manage a personal health record online, and empowers them in giving direction to the multi-disciplinary care process when their child receives care from several professionals. Because Blogbook is created and managed by parents, its answers the current call for more empowerment and...article 2015
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Duijster, D. (author), de Jong-Lenters, M. (author), Verrips, E. (author), van Loveren, C. (author)Background The prevention of childhood dental caries relies on adherence to key behaviours, including twice daily tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste and reducing the consumption of sugary foods and drinks. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore parents’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators that influence these oral health...article 2015
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Stalman, S.E. (author), Hellinga, I. (author), van Dommelen, P. (author), Hennekam, R.C.M. (author), Saari, A. (author), Sankilampi, U. (author), Dunkel, L. (author), Wit, J.M. (author), Kamp, G.A. (author), Plötz, F.B. (author)Aims: To evaluate three guidelines for selecting short children for diagnostic workup in a general pediatric clinic. Methods: All patients (n = 131) aged 3.00-9.99 years who were referred for growth failure to a general pediatric clinic were evaluated for their medical history and growth and examined. All of them underwent the same standardized...article 2015
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Diderich, H.M. (author), Dexhesne, M. (author), Fekkes, M. (author), Verkerk, P.H. (author), Pannebakker, F.D. (author), Klein Velderman, M. (author), Sorensna, P.J.G. (author), Buitendijk, S.E. (author), Oudesluys-Murphy, A.M. (author)To determine the critical facilitating and impeding factors underlying successful implementation of a method to detect child abuse based on parental rather than child characteristics known as the Hague Protocol. The original implementation region of the protocol (The Hague) was compared to a new implementation region (Friesland), using analysis...article 2014
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Hofman, R. (author), van Empelen, P. (author), Richardus, J.H. (author), de Kok, I.M.C.M. (author), de Koning, H.J. (author), van Ballegooijen, M. (author), Korfage, I.J. (author)To assess among parents longitudinal predictors of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake for their daughters, random samples of parents were identified via municipal services and sent baseline questionnaires in June 2009 and follow-up questionnaires in November 2011 after their uptake decision. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis...article 2014
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- van der Pal, S.M. (author), Alpay, L.L. (author), van Steenbrugge, G.J. (author), Detmar, S.B. (author) article 2014
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van Wijk, R.M. (author), van Til, J.A. (author), Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C.G.M. (author), L' Hoir, M.P. (author), Boere-Boonekamp, M.M. (author), IJzerman, M.J. (author)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,...article 2014
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Vernooij-van Langen, A.M.M. (author), van der Pal, S.M. (author), Reijntjens, A.J.T. (author), Loeber, J.G. (author), Dompeling, E. (author), Dankert-Roelse, J.E. (author)Background: False-positive screening results in newborn screening for cystic fibrosis may lead to parental stress, family relationship problems and a changed perception of the child's health. Aim of the study: To evaluate whether parental anxiety induced by a false positive screening result disappears after six months and to assess whether a...article 2014
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de Jong-Lenters, M. (author), Duijster, D. (author), Bruist, M.A. (author), Thijssen, J. (author), de Ruiter, C. (author)The aim of this case-control study was to explore the relationship between parenting practices, parent-child interaction and childhood dental caries, using a sample of 5-8-year old children from the Netherlands. Cases were defined as children with four or more decayed, missing or filled teeth and controls were caries free. Cases (n=28) and...article 2014
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Dusseldorp, E. (author), Klein Velderman, M. (author), Paulussen, T.W.G.M. (author), Junger, M. (author), van Nieuwenhuijzen, M. (author), Reijneveld, S.A. (author)Objective: Multiple studies have identified clusters of co-occurring health-related behaviours. Little is known, however, about factors associated with such clusters. This study aims to identify these factors and to assess whether their effects are in accordance with the Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI).Design: A cross-sectional study using a...article 2014
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Akhnikh, S. (author), Engelberts, A.C. (author), van Sleuwen, B.E. (author), L’ Hoir, M.P. (author), Benninga, M.A. (author)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...article 2014
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Gerards, S.M.P.L. (author), Gubbels, J.S. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author), Kremers, S.P.J. (author), Stafleu, A. (author), de Vries, N.K. (author), Thijs, C. (author)Background: Parents often fail to correctly perceive their children's weight status, but no studies have examined the association between parental weight status perception and longitudinal BMIz change (BMI standardized to a reference population) at various ages. We investigated whether parents are able to accurately perceive their child's weight...article 2014
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Remmers, T. (author), van Kann, D. (author), Gubbels, J. (author), Schmidt, S. (author), de Vries, S. (author), Ettema, D. (author), Kremers, S.P.J. (author), Thijs, C. (author)Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children's physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play. Study design: 1875 parents from the KOALA Birth Cohort Study reported on their child's...article 2014
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Sleddens, E.F.C. (author), Kremers, S.P.J. (author), Stafleu, A. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author), de Vries, N.K. (author), Thijs, C. (author)Research on parenting practices has focused on individual behaviors while largely failing to consider the context of their use, i.e., general parenting. We examined the extent to which food parenting practices predict children's dietary behavior (classified as unhealthy: snacking, sugar-sweetened beverage; and healthy: water and fruit intake)....article 2014
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Hafkamp-De Groen, E. (author), Mohangoo, A.D. (author), Landgraf, J.M. (author), de Jongste, J.C. (author), Duijts, L. (author), Moll, H.A. (author), Jaddoe, V.W.V. (author), Hofmane, A. (author), Raat, H. (author)We assessed whether dynamic preschool wheezing patterns affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at age 4 years. The study included 3878 children participating a prospective cohort study. Information on preschool wheezing was obtained by questionnaire and children were categorised into: never, early, late and persistent wheezing. At age 4...article 2013
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Hofman, R. (author), van Empelen, P. (author), Vogel, I. (author), Raat, H. (author), van Ballegooijen, M. (author), Korfage, I.J. (author)Before the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, decisional strategies and factors that could guide HPV vaccination intentions were explored. The authors conducted 4 focus group discussions with 36 parents of children 8-15 years of age. Three groups consisted primarily of Dutch parents and 1 group of only Turkish parents....article 2013
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Witting, M. (author), Boere-Boonekamp, M.M. (author), Sakkers, R.J.B. (author), Fleuren, M.A.H. (author), IJzerman, M.J. (author)Ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is an innovation in preventive child health care in the Netherlands. Parental participation in the screening will be essential for the success of implementation of the screening. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether psychosocial factors (attitude, subjective...article 2013
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Psychosocial determinants of parents' intention to vaccinate their newborn child against hepatitis BHarmsen, I.A. (author), Lambooij, M.S. (author), Ruiter, R.A.C. (author), Mollema, L. (author), Veldwijk, J. (author), van Weert, Y.J.W.M. (author), Kok, G. (author), Paulussen, T.G.W. (author), de Wit, G.A. (author), de Melker, H.E. (author)From October 2011, The Netherlands started to vaccinate all newborns against hepatitis B. The aim of the present study was to get insight in the psychosocial factors that determine parents' intention to vaccinate their child against hepatitis B, and to test whether intention to vaccinate is a good predictor of actual vaccination behaviour. In...article 2012
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Liebrechts-Akkerman, G. (author), Lao, O. (author), Liu, F. (author), van Sleuwen, B.E. (author), Engelberts, A.C. (author), L'Hoir, M.P. (author), Tiemeier, H.W. (author), Kayser, M. (author)Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of an infant that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation of the circumstances, family history, paediatric investigation and complete autopsy. In Western society, it is the leading cause of post-neonatal death below 1 year of age. In the Netherlands, the SIDS...article 2011
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Gubbels, J.S. (author), Kremers, S.P.J. (author), Stafleu, A. (author), Dagnelie, P.C. (author), de Vries, N.K. (author), van Buuren, S. (author), Thijs, C. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Objectives:Studies regarding the association of child-care use with body mass index (BMI), overweight or obesity development show contradictory results. This study examined the relationship between child-care use and BMI z-scores and overweight, as well as associates of child-care use in children up to 2 years old.Methods:Longitudinal data...article 2010