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The hybrid identity of the HIV/AIDS patient: a qualitative study of the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the lives of HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa University of Antwerp

Edwin Wouters
Centre for Population, Family and Health
Antiretroviral treatment has transformed AIDS from an acute, degenerative disease into a chronic - albeit incurable - illness. Hence, the illness is not an external assault on the body, but an internal one, becoming part of the patient's identity as a 'chronic HIV/AIDS patient'. This research project aims to assess the mechanisms through which the illness and the associated treatment influence the lives and the identity of the patients.

National and international evaluation of the optimized oral health-related section of the BelRAI and its incorporation in the interRAI Suite of Instruments. KU Leuven

Joke Duyck
Population Studies in Oral Health, Academic Center for General Practice, Centre for Sociological Research
Oral health of care-dependent elderly people is poor due to limited daily oral care and difficult access to dental care. In a previous project, the oral health-related part of the BelRAI was evaluated and optimized. BelRAI (Belgian version of the InterRAI Suite of Instruments) is a set of instruments that evaluates the health and well-being of a care-dependent person and tracks care needs to allow adequate care planning. The oral health-related ...

sexual and relational imaging of young people Ghent University

Mieke Van Houtte
Department of Sociology

This assignment is an exploratory quantitative study of links between the gender composition of contexts (mainly school context) in which young people aged 12-18 stay, taking into account family characteristics, SES, origin, and on the other hand their relational, sexual and gender perception and the relational, sexual and gender experiences. This is based on analyzes of data from existing scientific data sources that can be consulted by the ...

(De)constructing health news: a transdisciplinary investigation into news media coverage of elderly-related issues. Ghent University

Daniël Biltereyst
Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Department of Sociology, Department of Linguistics, Department of Communication Sciences, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care

Drawing on a transdisciplinary partnership between communication sciences, sociolinguistics, medical science and sociology, this project investigates the impact of the changing mediascape on the news coverage of health issues with a focus on elderly-related issues. Applying a holistic approach, we look at different stakeholders: the pharmaceutical industry, policy-making bodies, news media, special-interest groups and the general public.

The buffering effect of individual and community level social capital in the relation between socio-economic status and health Ghent University

Sara Willems
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care

Quantitative study of the buffering effect of social capital (both at the individual and the community level) on the detrimental health effects of individual poverty and/or neighborhood deprivation. Hereto, data will be collected on respondentsU+2019 socio-economic status, social capital and health using questionnaires, external databases and key-informant-interviews.



A postdoctoral research manager to assist transitioning iSi Health – KU Leuven Institute of Physics-based Modeling for in Silico Health- from idea to effective implementation. KU Leuven

Ilse Jonkers
Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group

iSi Health will provide a platform for interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and expertise building on ‘physics-based models for health’ across research domains and groups at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven, thereby optimally preparing for the ‘to be expected’ impact of in silico techniques in the medical domain.
With this proposal, we fund a senior postdoctoral research manager who will refine the translation of the vision on in silico health ...