Projects
Culturally competent and sensitive care: study on perceptions, needs and barriers of healthcare professionals and informal carers to improve quality of care for patients with a migration background Vrije Universiteit Brussel
increasing number of patients from diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic background. Scientific
research highlights that patients from minority groups receive lower quality of care, and inequities
and disparities towards these groups can be found in healthcare.
Culturally competent and sensitive care is often cited as a ...
A time to care and to be cared for: the wellbeing of childbearing women and the organization of maternity care in a cross-national perspective Ghent University
In the post-doc phase of this research two goals are pursued: 1) the impact of the tension between the organisation of formal and informal care and work, for the wellbeing of mothers and fathers will be addressed. 2) The cross-national comparison of Flanders and the Netherlands will be extended with other countries in the preparation for a new data collection. The sociological background for the study of these matters is multi-fold: ...
Rethinking IPF care: charting the course to person-centred integrated care for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis together with patients and healthcare professionals KU Leuven
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare lung disease that has a crude impact on a person's ability to breathe freely due to the progressive accumulation of scar tissue which destructs lung tissue. As a result, patients face debilitating symptoms such as breathlessness and fatigue, and are given a poor prognosis of two to five years after diagnosis if left untreated. Fortunately, there are two anti-fibrotic drugs available that ...
Research on the opportunities to the legal formalization of agreements between partners regarding compensation for career decisions in the context of facilitating the combination of work and care Hasselt University
Households in mental health care: an experimental study on the role of the household in the care for people with a severe mental illness in South Africa. University of Antwerp
SwAP To Care: What aspects are relevant from the perspective of women and midwives to realize midwife-led care in Flanders? A mixed-methods study. AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
Attentive visitors in home care: development and pilot testing of a voluntary training in assessment and communication of psychological, social and existential care needs Ghent University
Project objective
The overall objective of this project is twofold: (1) the development of a
reference training for all volunteers in home care who come into contact with
people with palliative care needs; (2) the pilot testing of this course within the context
voluntary home care in the context of local Samana departments. The training will consist of ...
The effectiveness of a blended care program for the discontinuation of benzodiazepines use for sleeping problems in primary care: a clustered randomized trial. University of Antwerp
The effectiveness of a blended care program for the discontinuation of benzodiazepines use for sleeping problems in primary care: a clustered randomized trial KU Leuven
There is a well-known problem of overuse of sleeping pills (benzodiazepines) in the Belgian population and a large proportion of people taking sleeping pills are doing so on an daily basis. The high consumption of sleeping pills is problematic as it is associated with potentially serious medical complications as well as a high social cost (costs related to the use of health care services, productivity losses, premature mortality and ...