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Research Research programs Healthcare-related prevention

Our purpose

We aim to enable that all patients receive an offer for a lifestyle program that is tailored, acceptable, accessible, feasible, evidence-based, and cost-effective.

Goals

See some of the most important goals for this research program.

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Goals

To study how to:

  • best connect the living environment of the patient, where lifestyle needs to be adapted, with the healthcare system.
  • optimize the collaboration between and performance of social and healthcare professionals in lifestyle promotion from a behavioural point of view.
  • optimize the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of a common trunk of generic lifestyle advice.
  • evaluate underlying mechanisms and effectiveness of lifestyle and lifestyle programs targeting specific subpopulations (e.g. people in low socio-economic position, patient groups with specific diseases).
  • optimally involve citizens and patients in the design and evaluation of lifestyle projects / programs to improve accessibility and match their needs and capabilities.
  • optimize targeting, content and evaluation of lifestyle programs through smart data (re-)use and analysis.


Research groups contributing to this research program

Allied health sciences

Philip van der Wees's research group aims to have a significant impact on people’s daily lives through research and education in allied healthcare.

Behavioral medicine and health psychology

Marijn de Bruin's research group focuses on understanding and supporting healthier behaviors in public health and healthcare contexts.

Epidemiology

Bart Kiemeney's research group aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of urological cancers using observational and experimental designs.

Spokesperson

prof. dr. Pim Assendelft

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