Projects
Towards a sustainable and affordable health care: Exploring the possibilities of subsidiarity in the care of complex chronic diseases Ghent University
This project aims to develop and test a methodology for the determination of the most appropriate setting of care for patients with complex chronic conditions (CCC’s), depending on clinical outcomes
and healthcare expenditures. Adults with Congenital Heart Disease will be investigated as a sample case for the broader spectrum of CCCs
Who deserves (our) care? A critical enquiry of moral understanding and normative frameworks on health care for undocumented migrants Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...
Supporting the development of self-regulation in infants: a promising strategy in preventive mental health care. University of Antwerp
Sexuality at the end of life: experiences and needs of terminally ill patients and their partner, and the role of the health care providers Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Supporting the development of self-regulation in infants: a promising strategy in preventive mental health care Ghent University
A major challenge of the newborn child is to learn to regulate internal states (physiological, emotional, and cognitive) and behavior. The child’s self-regulation stems from successful co-regulation between the baby and its caregiver(s) and constitutes the basis of mental health. Regulation problems (RP) in early childhood are the seeds for emergent developmental psychopathology and for persistent mental health problems later in life. Given ...
Development of strategic preconception care to improve maternal fertility and protect offspring's health in obese individuals: steps towards evidence based clinical advice. University of Antwerp
Revisiting health and social care in the community for disadvantaged elderly citizens: developing a socio-spatial professional orientation Ghent University
Little attention has been paid to the changing professional role of frontline community-based health and social care professionals throughout the transition towards a spatial rescaling of state responsibilities towards local communities. The research project will tackle 3 interrelated theoretical and empirical knowledge gaps, taking into account how health and social care professionals can shape community care for disadvantaged elderly ...
Training tools for explaining and reducing ethnic discrimination in the fields of education, health care, housing and labour Ghent University
EdisTools aims to get a better understanding of ethnic inequality and ethnic discrimination in the social domains of health, housing, education and work, so that (often well-intentioned or unconscious) processes that give rise to it can be addressed. EdisTools wants to develop both innovative, scientific knowledge and user-friendly training tools that service providers and organizations in these domains can use.