A public health perspective on frailty

NOVA—The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy—coordinates a group of three inflatable mobile planetariums that visit around 200 primary and secondary schools per year (approximately 30,000 students/year). After an initial stop in activities (March-June 2020) due to the COVID-19 crisis, NOVA has …

This research’s primary goal is to explore the current marketing communication strategy of The Hague Summer School at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and to answer the main question, which is - “How can the Hague Summer School at the Hague University of Applied Sciences attract more partner …

First year students Aeronautical Engineering had the opportunity to enter a five days program to enhance their mathematical skills. The program had 55 participants. Our research questions were: What are the effects of participation in the summer school program on math skills? Do participants experience …

Over the last decade, many (European) countries have created special committees or conducted special investigations into the occurrence of sexual abuse in residential and/or foster care. Many of these studies concluded that children and young people in care are at a greater risk of being sexually abused, …

Kick-Start College is a three-day pre-academic program (summer school) for prospective first year students of Inholland Rotterdam, University of Applied Sciences. The aim is to integrate students academically and socially, which could make the transition to higher education easier and eventually lead …

Met betrekking tot het doel van de summerschools die aan het onderzoek hebben deelgenomen is een driedeling zichtbaar, op basis van twee ingrediënten, namelijk het wegwerken van deficiënties, het binden & boeien van studenten of een combinatie van beide. Over het algemeen wordt aangegeven dat de summerschool …

Er is onderzocht of studenten na deelname aan de zomercursus rekenen, taal en studievaardigheden van de opleidingen business studies, accountancy en bedrijfseconomie, beter presteren op reken- en taalopgaven in vergelijking tot hun prestaties voorafgaand aan de zomercursus én in vergelijking tot studenten …

One might expect that a perception of obesity being a risk factor and disease, contributes to effective obesity prevention and management strategies. However, obesity rates continue to increase worldwide. The question arises whether obesity is truly perceived as a risk factor and a disease. This paper …