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Local models for chronic care and self-management support in Southern Malawi Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Joske Bunders, Bart Criel
Gezondheidsbeleid
Health systems in Africa are grappling with considerable challenges including poor health infrastructure, erratic supply chain, inadequate human resources and lack of pro-poor health financing policies. The double burden of infectious diseases (HIV and tuberculosis) and rise in non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease) and related mortality, is forcing policy makers to re-orient their health systems to meet ...

Omgaan met stigma: Een doelgericht perspectief op zelfregulatie in sociaal identiteitsbedreigende werk- en onderwijsvelden KU Leuven

Colette van Laar
Sociale en Culturele Psychologie

Dit proefschrift onderzocht de ondervertegenwoordiging van minderheidsgroepen in werk- en onderwijsvelden, gefocust op vrouwen in door mannen gedomineerde velden (de politie, het leger en STEM-velden [Science, Technology, Engineering, en Mathematics]) en eerste generatiestudenten aan de universiteit. Het is al langere tijd duidelijk dat deze ondervertegenwoordiging niet volledig kan worden verklaard door inherent lagere capaciteiten of ...

Preventieve, op scholen gebaseerde interventies om het geestelijk welzijn van vluchtelingen en migranten te bevorderen KU Leuven

Lucia De Haene
Gezins- en Orthopedagogiek (OE)

Today, European societies face the challenge of promoting the integration of growing numbers of refugee and migrant adolescents. Supporting the mental well-being of these young newcomers is herein pivotal, with recent scholarly work emphasizing the preventive role of schools in promoting mental well-being. Yet, there is still little robust evidence on how preventive school-based interventions may impact newcomers’ well-being. This project ...

Entrepreneurial orientation in large firms: strategic, organizational design, and institutional considerations. KU Leuven

Ernst Verwaal
Onderzoekseenheid Management, Strategie & Innovatie, Campus Antwerpen

In today’s intense global competition, and a rapidly shifting technological landscape, firms need to nurture their entrepreneurial activities in order to survive and grow.

In the revealing meta-analysis Rauch et al., (2009) showed that entrepreneurship, as captured by the popular concept of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), has a substantial positive impact on a number of aspects of firm performance. The researchers concluded ...

Scale-Up an integrated care package for diaBetes and hYpertension for vulnerable people in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Edwin Wouters, Roy Remmen, Wim Van Damme
Gezondheidssystemen, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Internationaal Gezondheidsbeleid
Diabetes and hypertension are increasingly dominant in the global burden of disease. Effective interventions for prevention, detection, treatment and control of both conditions are available, but do not reach all people in need. Countries are struggling how to scale-up interventions sustainably and effectively. There is an urgent need to develop and document strategies on how to do so. This PhD project is part of a multi-country research ...

Scaling-up of evidence-based health interventions at population level for the prevention and management of hypertension and/or diabetes Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Wim Van Damme
Beheer Volksgezondheid, Gezondheidssystemen, National Institute of Public Health, Internationaal Gezondheidsbeleid
Diabetes and hypertension are increasingly dominant in the global burden of disease. Effective interventions for prevention, detection, treatment and control of both conditions are available, but do not reach all people in need. Countries
are struggling how to scale-up interventions sustainably and effectively. There is an urgent need to develop and document strategies on how to do so.

Method.
This project examines the ...

Een holistisch, scenario-onafhankelijk, situatiebewust en begeleidend systeem voor het ondersteunen van de actieve evacuatieroute voor grote drukte. KU Leuven

Joseph Dumortier
Onderzoekseenheid KU Leuven Centrum voor IT & IE Recht

The dynamic capture of situational awareness concerning crowds in specific mass gathering venues and its intelligent enablement into emergency management information systems, using smart communication devices and spaces is critical for achieving rapid, timely guidance and safe evacuation of people out of dangerous areas. Humans could be overwhelmed by fast changes of potentially dangerous incidents occurring at confined environments with ...

Grundtvig - Botanic Gardens: new tools for environmental education Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise

Gert Ausloos, Valérie Charavel
Jardin Botanico Nacional, Jardin botanique national de Belgique, Orto Botanico di Firenze, Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
The Botanic Gardens Education Network promotes and advances the delivery of education in member organizations. This project was dedicated to support and train a network for professionals working in plant-based education in Europe.
In order to produce vital knowledge for researchers, citizens, museum professionals, and policymakers, this project integrated historical studies with a wider contextual examination of the role of these gardens in ...

Socio-economische patronen van gezinsvorming en vruchtbaarheid in Europa :Wat is de invloed van de economische en de beleidscontext? Universiteit Antwerpen

Karel Neels
Centrum voor Demografie, Familie en Gezondheid
Het demografisch landschap wordt in Europa sinds 1970 gekenmerkt door uitstel van gezinsvorming naar oudere leeftijd en daling van de vruchtbaarheid onder het vervangingsniveau. De invloed van gezinsbeleid lijkt gering, maar het ongelijke effect van beleid naar onderwijs- en arbeidsmarktpositie blijft in onderzoek onderbelicht. Dit project onderzoekt hoe socio-economische patronen van gezinsvorming in Europa worden beïnvloed door variatie in de ...

Gebieden van opsluiting. Een vergelijkende studie van gevangenisbedrijven op het Europese platteland en een voorstel voor Vlaanderen. KU Leuven

Martino Tattara
Architectuur, Campussen Sint-Lucas Brussel en Gent

Prison Farm (PF) is a correctional facility located in rural environments where inmates are employed in open-air manual work.Within the current European carceral archipelagos, mostly constituted of mass urban walled prisons and recent suburban super prisons, PFs are limited in number and scope and often disregarded by national and EU policies, and by academic studies. Yet, PFs show potential in addressing the EU's wills to: improve the ...