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Talking about alcohol use helps patients. But how can doctors and other health care providers be encouraged to bring up this topic with their patients? SCALA is investigating whether scaling up an intervention programme for alcohol problems is more effective with municipal action and support.

Sinds 1 juli 2020 hebben alle patiënten in Nederland het recht om via hun huisarts online hun medische gegevens in te zien. Het wordt voor huisartsenechter een hele klus om aan de wettelijke en maatschappelijke eisen te voldoen. Om ze hierbij te helpen, is er een vierjarig programma gestart.

From 1 July 2020, all patients in the Netherlands have the right to access their medical information online through their primary care physician. But it will be quite a task for general practices to meet the legal and social requirements. To help GPs with this, a 4-year programme was launched.

Programmes to improve employee health often fail to have the desired effect, particularly for workers in manual occupations. Agnes Meershoek and Inge Houkes conduct research on participatory approaches to promoting employee health.

People with less education and in lower socioeconomic positions have a worse health status than their better-of counterparts.

No, you certainly can’t call the COVID-19 pandemic a gift. “But”, says Christian Hoebe, “the pandemic did confirm to us that we at CAPHRI are on the right track with our transdisciplinary research on viruses and borders.

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the world into turmoil. Which patients were at risk of severe illness? Laure Wynants immediately realised that she, as a statistician, could help them find the answers by identifying accurate prediction models.

Jarenlang adviseerden kindergezondheidscentra in Nederland jonge ouders om hun baby de eerste zes maanden uitsluitend borstvoeding te geven. De werkelijkheid ligt volgens Carel Thijs iets genuanceerder.

Our brains shape how we think, feel and live. Yet millions of people are affected by conditions that threaten this vital organ. The University Fund Limburg (UFL) is working strategically with four of its Named Funds to build a future with healthy brains.