A prospective study on the association between social support perceived by parents of children aged 1–7 years and the use of community youth health care services

Aim: This study examined the association between social support perceived by parents of children aged 1–7 years and the use of additional community youth health care services. Methods: Data of 749 parents of children aged 1–7 years, gathered in the CIKEO cohort study in the Netherlands, were analyzed. Social support was assessed with the...

Videos to support caregivers in assessing developmental milestones: experiences and determinants of future and current use

Aims The Dutch Development Instrument (DDI) measures child development with milestones. Videos were developed that allow caregivers to assess these developmental milestones for their child before they go to youth health care (YHC). By involving caregivers in their child's development, they are likely to be better prepared for the visit. The aim...

RESPECT4U – Privacy as innovation opportunity

The right to privacy is enshrined in the European charter of fundamental rights. The right to data protection is a relatively novel right, also enshrined in the same European charter. While these rights seem to focus on a defensive and protective approach, they also give rise to a positive and constructive interpretation. The GDPR may act as...

RESPECT4U: Privacy as innovation opportunity

The right to privacy is enshrined in the European charter of fundamental rights. The right to data protection is a relatively novel right, also enshrined in the same European charter. While these rights seem to focus on a defensive and protective approach, they also give rise to a positive and constructive interpretation. The GDPR may act as...

Design and evaluation of the StartingTogether App for home visits in preventive child health care

Background: The StartingTogether program (in Dutch SamenStarten) is a family-centred method for early identification of social-emotional and behavioural problems in young children. Nurses in preventive child health care find it challenging to: determine family issues and need for care; provide education; refer to social services; increase parent...

Blogboek: geef ouders de eigen regie over het zorgproces, met steun van professionals [Blogbook: empowers parents in giving direction to their child’s multi-disciplinary care process, with support of care professionals]

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...

An exploration of parents' experiences and empowerment in the care for preterm born children

Biedt inzicht uitzicht? Verslag van een onderzoek naar het gebruik van de interventie "Wijzer met Welder" door een groep leden van CNV Publieke Zaak

De Wijzer met Welder is een bron van informatie over gezondheid, ziekte en werk(behoud). Het doel van de pilot was om te onderzoeken of de Wijzer met Welder effectief bijdraagt aan het vergroten van zelfregie en empowerment en of het gebruik een positieve invloed heeft op de dienstverlening van CNV Publieke Zaak.

Wijzer voor vangnetters: verslag van een onderzoek naar de inzet van de interventie 'Wijzer met Welder' bij vangnetters

Virtues in participatory design: Cooperation, curiosity, creativity, empowerment and reflexivity

In this essay several virtues are discussed that are needed in people who work in participatory design (PD). The term PD is used here to refer specifically to an approach in designing information systems with its roots in Scandinavia in the 1970s and 1980s. Through the lens of virtue ethics and based on key texts in PD, the virtues of...

The effectiveness of a construction worksite prevention program on work ability, health, and sick leave: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Objective This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a prevention program on work ability, health, and sick leave targeted at construction worksites. Methods A total of 15 departments (N=297 workers) from 6 construction companies participated in this cluster randomized controlled trial and were randomly allocated to the intervention (8...

Effectiveness of an intervention at construction worksites on work engagement, social support, physical workload, and need for recovery: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial

Background: To prolong sustainable healthy working lives of construction workers, a worksite prevention program was developed which aimed to improve the health and work ability of construction workers. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of this program on social support at work, work engagement, physical workload...

Increased empowerment with a decision aid for choosing a place of dying

An important decision that terminally ill patients may face is where they want to spend the last period of their lives. To support patients in making this choice, a decision aid was developed. In the present study, we investigated whether participants could better withstand opinions against their favored option when they had consulted this...

An empowerment-based approach to developing innovative e-health tools for self-management

E-health is seen as an important technological tool in achieving self-management; however, there is little evidence of how effective e-health is for self-management. Example tools remain experimental and there is limited knowledge yet about the design, use, and effects of this class of tools. By way of introducing a new view on the development...

Sociale innovatie als inspiratie

Empowerment of disability benefit claimants through an interactive website: Design of a randomized controlled trial

Background. Individuals claiming a disability benefit after long-term sickness absence, have to undergo medical disability assessments. These assessments, often carried out by specialized physicians, can be complicated by wrong expectations or defensive attitudes of disability benefit claimants. It is hypothesized that empowerment of these...

Positive outcomes of participatory ergonomics in terms of greater comfort and higher productivity

Ergonomics sometimes has a negative connotation, as it is seen to be connected to illness or guidelines that limit innovations. This paper is focused on the positive aspects of ergonomics in improvement of the working environment. It consists of a part that studies the literature on success factors in the process towards higher productivity and...

ALIFE@Work: A randomised controlled trial of a distance counselling lifestyle programme for weight control among an overweight working population [ISRCTN04265725]

Background: The prevalence of overweight is increasing and its consequences will cause a major public health burden in the near future. Cost-effective interventions for weight control among the general population are therefore needed. The ALIFE@Work study is investigating a novel lifestyle intervention, aimed at the working population, with...