This Erasmus+ project is coordinated by Artesis Plantijn University College. Context Professional mobility has become an inherent feature of today’s global world. Mobility of the nursing professio...
Becoming a parent is an exciting time that brings many challenges affecting parents’ mental health: illnesses such as postnatal depression are not always recognized and treated. PATH will enable women...
Problem description In Flanders, one fifth of pregnant women suffer from maternal distress (MD). MD is defined as an emotionally unbalanced state specifically during the period of pregnancy, which ma...
Problem outline The holistic perspective from which the occupational therapist acts means that occupational therapy is closely aligned with the vision pursued by primary healthcare. The paradigm shif...
Pain is a continuous challenge for healthcare providers. A new alternative form of pain management is Virtual Reality (VR). VR has proven effective in pain management; experimental pain, pain from bur...
Background According to the European Commission, “social inclusion is at the core of the European Social Model and European values enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty”. However, in the past few years, soc...
Sexual health (SH) is defined by the WHO as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. Caregivers are hesitant in initiating a conversation about SH and the...
The transition from employee to retired person is a change in the phase of life in which daily activities and the daily schedule have to be filled in again. This involves changes in lifestyle. This ph...
Project description Non communicable diseases (NCDs) take 38 million people’s lives each year worldwide (1). In Europe NCDs are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organi...
Problem description Since the implementation of the Royal Decree of 15.12.2013, midwives in Belgium have the right to prescribe medicines autonomously. Because the authority for midwives to prescribe...