Publications

Over the last two decades, gender-responsive budgeting has gained prominence as an effective tool for governments to fulfil gender commitments and the realisation of womens rights. To date, however, limited empirical evidence exists of the impact and effectiveness of gender budget initiatives. This article proposes and demonstrates the integration of theory-based evaluation and process tracing to examine the effects of local-level civil ...

BACKGROUND: Research has highlighted the need for improving the implementation of advance care planning (ACP) in nursing homes. We developed a theory-based multicomponent ACP intervention (the ACP+ programme) aimed at supporting nursing home staff with the implementation of ACP into routine nursing home care. We describe here the protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) that aims to evaluate the effects of ACP+ on nursing home ...

One of the paradigms for surrogate marker evaluation in clinical trials is based on employing data from several clinical trials: the meta-analytic approach. It was originally developed for continuous outcomes by means of the linear mixed model, but other situations are of interest. One such situation is when both outcomes are binary. Although joint models have been proposed for this setting, they are cumbersome in the sense of computationally ...

To understand the impact of the international Master’s programmes offered at the Institute of Development Policy (University of Antwerp), a theory-based evaluation was undertaken. In the first phase, a Theory of Change (ToC) was elaborated, distinguishing between three levels of impact (individual, organisational and societal), four learning dimensions (knowledge, skills, attitudes and networks) and five implicit pathways (change agent, social ...

Background While various initiatives have been taken to improve advance care planning in nursing homes, it is difficult to find enough details about interventions to allow comparison, replication and translation into practice. Objectives We report on the development and description of the ACP+ program, a multi-component theory-based program that aims to implement advance care planning into routine nursing home care. We aimed to 1) specify how ...

Background: Uptake of advance care planning in routine nursing home care is low. Through extensive literature review, theoretical development, and stakeholder involvement, we developed the ACP+ intervention. Aims: To evaluate the effects of ACP+ on the knowledge and self-efficacy (confidence in own skills) of nursing home care staff concerning advance care planning. Design: Cluster randomized controlled trial, conducted between February 2018 and ...

Psychological mechanisms play a crucial role in explaining weight gain. Aim of the present study was to identify subtypes in youngsters with obesity in line with these mechanisms. Defining homogeneous clusters within this heterogeneous group provides relevant information for personalized treatments. Data were collected in N = 572 participants (51% boys, aged 7-19) with extreme obesity (%BMI M = 187.8; SD = 30.9) ...

Objective During autonomy-supportive consultations, professionals use a need-supportive interaction style to facilitate patients’ self-regulated behaviour. To improve maternity care professionals’ need-supportive interactions, it is important to provide insights into their interaction style. No tool is currently available for measuring need-supportive interactions in maternity care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to adapt the COUNSEL-CCE ...

The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) is the most influential organization entity in Wushu internationalization and plays an irreplaceable role in Wushu’s entry into the Olympics and the Wushu’s popularization. Evaluating the development and the policy of the IWUF can contribute to clarify the role and value of the IWUF and broaden the observation perspective of Wushu internationalisation. However, the theoretical value and practical ...

Introduction Improving complementary feeding in Ethiopia requires special focus on dietary diversity. The Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE) programme is a government-led multisectoral intervention that aims to integrate the work of the health and agriculture sectors to deliver a complex multicomponent intervention to improve child feeding and reduce stunting. The Federal Ministries of Health and Agriculture and Natural ...