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Adviesrapport

Het adviesrapport onderzoekt hoe het vervoersgedrag van dagbezoekers in Zwolle kan worden verduurzaamd, met name door het gebruik van de auto te verminderen en het openbaar vervoer aantrekkelijker te maken. In opdracht van de gemeente Zwolle werd kwalitatief en kwantitatief onderzoek uitgevoerd, waarbij bestaande data en interviews werden geanalyseerd. Het rapport identificeert de belangrijkste factoren die bepalen waarom 75% van de bezoekers de auto verkiest, zoals comfort, snelheid, en flexibiliteit. Aanbevelingen omvatten het verbeteren van de kwaliteit van informatie, effectieve marketing, en de ontwikkeling van mobiliteitshubs. Daarnaast wordt voorgesteld om bewustwordingscampagnes te lanceren, samenwerkingen te bevorderen voor kortingen, en parkeertarieven te verhogen om autogebruik te ontmoedigen. Een geïntegreerde aanpak is essentieel om zowel gedragsverandering als structurele aanpassingen te realiseren en zo de duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen van de stad te behalen.

'Take a Mental Break!' study

Background Running-related injuries (RRIs) can be considered the primary enemy of runners. Most literature on injury prediction and prevention overlooks the mental aspects of overtraining and under-recovery, despite their potential role in injury prediction and prevention. Consequently, knowledge on the role of mental aspects in RRIs is lacking. Objective To investigate mental aspects of overtraining and under-recovery by means of an online injury prevention programme. Methods and analysis The ‘Take a Mental Break!’ study is a randomised controlled trial with a 12 month follow-up. After completing a web-based baseline survey, half and full marathon runners were randomly assigned to the intervention group or the control group. Participants of the intervention group obtained access to an online injury prevention programme, consisting of a running-related smartphone application. This app provided the participants of the intervention group with information on how to prevent overtraining and RRIs with special attention to mental aspects. The primary outcome measure is any self-reported RRI over the past 12 months. Secondary outcome measures include vigour, fatigue, sleep and perceived running performance. Regression analysis will be conducted to investigate whether the injury prevention programme has led to a lower prevalence of RRIs, better health and improved perceived running performance. Ethics and dissemination The Medical Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, has exempted the current study from ethical approval (reference number: NL64342.041.17). Results of the study will be communicated through scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, scientific reports and presentations on scientific conferences.

Socioeconomic status and mental health during the COVID-19 crisis

Background Evidence about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on existing health inequalities is emerging. This study explored differences in mental health, sense of coherence (SOC), sense of community coherence (SOCC), sense of national coherence (SONC), and social support between low and high socioeconomic (SES) groups, and the predictive value of these predictors for mental health. participants and procedure A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey in the Netherlands in October 2021, comprising a total of 91 respondents (n = 41, low SES; n = 50, high SES). results There were no differences in mental health, SOC, SOCC, SONC, and social support between the groups. SOC was a predictor for mental health in both groups and SOCC for the low SES group. conclusions We found that both SOC and SOCC predict mental health during the pandemic. In the article we reflect on possible pathways for strengthening these resources for mental health.

Mentalizing capacities of mental health nurses

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? • Mentalizing is the capacity to understand both one‘s own and other people‘s behaviour in terms of mental states, such as, for example, desires, feelings and beliefs. • The mentalizing capacities of healthcare professionals help to establish effective therapeutic relationships and, in turn, lead to better patient outcomes. What this paper adds to existing knowledge? • The personal factors positively associated with the mentalizing capacities of healthcare professionals are being female, greater work experience and having a more secure attachment style. Psychosocial factors are having personal experience with psychotherapy, burnout, and in the case of female students, being able to identify with the female psychotherapist role model during training. There is limited evidence that training programmes can improve mentalizing capacities. • Although the mentalization field is gaining importance and research is expanding, the implications for mental health nursing have not been previously reviewed. Mental health nurses are underrepresented in research on the mentalizing capacities of healthcare professionals. This is significant given that mental health nurses work closest to patients and thus are more often confronted with patients‘ behaviour compared to other health care professionals, and constitute a large part of the workforce in mental healthcare for patients with mental illness. What are the implications for practice? • Given the importance of mentalizing capacity of both the patient and the nurse for a constructive working relationship, it is important that mental health nurses are trained in the basic principles of mentalization. Mental health nurses should be able to recognize situations where patients‘ lack of ability to mentalize creates difficulties in the interaction. They should also be able to recognize their own difficulties with mentalizing and be sensitive to the communicative implications this may have.

Van ARG tot Widget-TV. Afstudeeronderzoeken bij het CrossmediaLab. LabRats #1

Met bijdragen van Matthijs Rotte, Niniane Veldhoen, Kevin Oudshoorn, Tom Jansen, Wiel van Horck, Bram Koopman, Joshua Hazelaar. Bevat samenvattingen van de eerste afstudeeropdrachten (2009) van het lectoraat Crossmedia.

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