Projects
Gender differential patterns in the education gradient in health. A cohort study on the impact of the reversed gender gap in higher education. Ghent University
This research proposal aims (1) to reveal and explain cohort changes in the education gradient in health among women (in the context of the massive growth in female enrollment rates), (2) to explain cohort changes in the gender gap in health at the different levels of the educational structure (in the context of the reversed gender gap in higher education).
Evaluating the impact of medical aid in dying on bereaved relatives: a prospective cohort study of grief, health consequences and bereavement care Ghent University
Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), i.e. active termination of life at a patient’s request, can confront physicians, patients and their families with substantial challenges and demands. Given its ethical contentiousness, MAiD remains a heavily debated medical and societal issue and concerns about developments in MAiD practice persist. While the impact of MAiD on the patient’s relatives is a major concern, little attention has been paid to the ...
Improving adolescent sexual health: studying the process of gender socialization in early adolescence and its association with sexual behavior and health outcomes in later life. A Flemish cohort study in an international perspective. Ghent University
Adolescent sexual health is a major public health concern. Nearly 2/3 of premature deaths and 1/3 of the total adult disease burden is associated with conditions or behaviours that began in youth, including unsafe sexual behaviour.2 The latter is also a major contributor to disability adjusted life years lost for adolescents in nearly every region of the world.3 Contributing to adolescent health is crucial to improve community health ...
TBM (Applied Biomedical Research with a Primary Societal finality) project: Prenatal valaciclovir-treatment for congenital CMV: a prospective cohort study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
usually asymptomatic, might be transmitted to the fetus, known as
congenital or cCMV infection. In industrialized countries cCMV has an
estimated prevalence of 0.7% - 1.5% and can occur as a primary
infection or a non-primary infection (reinfection or re-activation). This
makes the disease more prevalent than Down’s syndrome, spina bifida ...
Prenatal valaciclovir-treatment for congenital CMV: a prospective cohort study KU Leuven
Currently, in Flanders, there is no effective treatment for congenital CMV infections prenatally. A postnatal treatment is available but at that stage, the damage has already occurred.
In this project, we aim to:
- Install standardized first trimester CMV screening for pregnant women at the intake outpatient clinic or preconceptionally. Although this has already been proven (in international peer-reviewed papers) to be ...