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Open AccessBarriers and facilitators of implementation of new antibacterial technologies in patient care: an interview study with orthopedic healthcare professionals at a university hospital
Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat. Therefore, promising new antibacterial technologies that could minimize our dependence on antibiotics should be widely adopted. This study aims to iden...
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Open AccessOutcomes of the combined lifestyle intervention CooL during COVID-19: a descriptive case series study
The main objective of this nationwide study was to investigate changes in outcomes between baseline and eight months of participation regarding anthropometrics, control and support, physical activity, diet att...
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Open AccessPromoting the implementation process of Power Food (‘Krachtvoer’), an educational program on healthy nutrition for prevocational secondary schools
Actively promoting the implementation process of health promotion interventions, ensuring their sufficient and appropriate use in practice, requires a planned approach. Many types of implementation strategies ...
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Open AccessHet bevorderen van het implementatieproces van Krachtvoer, een lesprogramma over gezonde voeding voor het vmbo
Het actief bevorderen van het implementatieproces van gezondheidsbevorderende interventies, waardoor deze in de praktijk voldoende en op de juiste wijze worden gebruikt, vereist een planmatige aanpak. Vele soo...
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Open AccessDe ontwikkeling van een training om Gezonde School-adviseurs te stimuleren contextgericht te werken: een proces in cocreatie
Gezonde School-adviseurs (GSA) van de GGD ondersteunen scholen bij het implementeren van de Gezonde School-aanpak. Omdat iedere school uniek is, is een contextgerichte manier van ondersteunen noodzakelijk. Om ...
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Health Promotion Intervention Research in Complex Adaptive Systems: The Contextual Action-Oriented Research Approach (CARA)
Health promotion interventions often have suboptimal effects due to implementation challenges (Deschesnes et al., Health Promot Int 18:387–396, 2003; Lee, Appl Health Econ Health Policy 7:11–17, 2009; Langford...
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Open AccessImpact of malaria control interventions on malaria infection and anaemia in low malaria transmission settings: a cross-sectional population-based study in Sudan
The past two decades were associated with innovation and strengthening of malaria control interventions, which have been increasingly adopted at large scale. Impact evaluations of these interventions were most...
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Evaluating Health Promotion in Schools: A Contextual Action-Oriented Research Approach
Creating system-wide change in the school setting is challenging, since schools can be considered as complex adaptive systems. It implies a need for a more context-specific approach. To align the research of s...
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Open AccessImpact of malaria control interventions on malaria infection and anaemia in areas with irrigated schemes: a cross-sectional population-based study in Sudan
While the overall burden of malaria is still high, the global technical strategy for malaria advocates for two sets of interventions: vector control-based prevention and diagnosis and prompt effective treatmen...
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Open AccessChanging the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach
The Early Care and Education (ECE) setting plays an important role in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in young children. SuperFIT is a comprehensive, integrated intervention approach designed to promote h...
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Open AccessAnaemia prevalence and determinants in under 5 years children: findings of a cross-sectional population-based study in Sudan
Early childhood is an age at risk of anaemia and its deleterious consequences. In Sudan, there is limited evidence on the prevalence and determinant of anaemia in under-five children. This study was conducted ...
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Open AccessMaternal and newborn healthcare practices: assessment of the uptake of lifesaving services in Hoima District, Uganda
The current maternal mortality ratio in Uganda is 336 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Infant mortality is 43 deaths per 1000 live births, with 42% of the mortality occurring during the neonatal period...
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Open AccessDe invloed van de schoolcontext op de effecten van de Gezonde Basisschool van de Toekomst
Scholen zijn een belangrijke setting om gezondheidsgedrag van kinderen te verbeteren. Het initiatief ‘De Gezonde Basisschool van de Toekomst (GBT)’ heeft als doel om gezondheid en welzijn te integreren in het ...
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Open AccessPrevalence and determinants of anaemia in women of reproductive age in Sudan: analysis of a cross-sectional household survey
Anaemia is a global health problem and women in reproductive age (WRA) are amongst the most affected population. Its consequences include low birth weight and maternal mortality. This study aimed to assess the...
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Open AccessInvestigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS
Previous longitudinal studies indicate that physical activity (PA) significantly declines from primary-to secondary school, and report both changes in individual and environmental determinants of PA. In order ...
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Open AccessThe implementation of the coaching on lifestyle (CooL) intervention: lessons learnt
Combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) are designed to help people who are overweight or obese maintain a healthy new lifestyle. The CooL intervention is a CLI in the Netherlands, in which lifestyle coaches c...
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Open AccessMeasuring implementation fidelity of school-based obesity prevention programmes: a systematic review
Until now, there is no clear overview of how fidelity is assessed in school-based obesity prevention programmes. In order to move the field of obesity prevention programmes forward, the current review aimed to...
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Open AccessThe 2017 Dutch Physical Activity Guidelines
The objective of this study was to derive evidence-based physical activity guidelines for the general Dutch population.
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Coaching op Leefstijl (CooL) interventie: de leefstijlcoach als spin in het web?
De Coaching op Leefstijl (CooL) interventie is een gecombineerde leefstijlinterventie waarbij volwassenen en kinderen (en/of hun ouders), die obees zijn of een groot risico op obesitas lopen, worden begeleid d...
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Van fictie naar actie: naar een politiek-bestuurlijk gedragen integrale aanpak van overgewicht
Overgewicht en obesitas zijn te beschouwen als wicked problems, oftewel venijnige problemen. De aanpak hiervan vraagt om integraal gezondheidsbeleid. Dit is beleid waarin aandacht is voor gezond gewicht als uitko...
