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Int J Equity Health ; 19(1): 80, 2020 06 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32487086

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BACKGROUND: It is important for people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) to eat healthily. However, implementing dietary advice in everyday life is difficult, because eating is not a distinguishable action, but a chain of activities, embedded in social practices and influenced by previous life experiences. This research aims to understand why and how eating practices are developed over the life-course by investigating influential life experiences - turning points - and coping strategies for eating practices of people with T2DM. METHODS: The Salutogenic Model of Health guided the study's objective, study design and analysis. Seventeen interviews were performed and analysed based on the principles of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Narrative inquiry and the creation of timelines and food boxes were used as tools to facilitate reflection on turning points and eating practices. RESULTS: Turning points for unhealthier eating were experiences that strongly disturbed the participants' emotional stability. These experiences included psychosocial trauma, physical health disorders, job loss, and smoking cessation. Turning points for healthier eating were experiences that significantly changed participants views on life and made participants reflective about the effects of current eating practices on future health and life goals. These turning points included confrontation with ill-health, becoming a parent, psychosocial therapy, and getting married. Notably, turning points for healthier eating seemed only to happen when life was relatively stress-free. All participants experienced turning points for healthier eating, yet, not all participants succeeded in improving their diets. Two coping styles were distinguished: active and passive coping. Active coping individuals were able to act in line with their personal intentions, whereas passive coping individuals could not. Differences between active and passive coping styles seemed to be explained by differences in available resources important for adapting and maintaining a healthy diet. CONCLUSION: Disadvantaged childhood and later life adversities together with the inability to manage the mental stress explained the development unhealthier eating practices. All participants experienced turning points for healthier eating that caused eating to become a priority in their life. Yet, the fact that not all were able to eat as they intended, advocates for nutritional guidance for people with T2DM, with a greater emphasis on reflexivity, psycho-social well-being and social support.


Asunto(s)
Adaptación Psicológica , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/psicología , Dieta Saludable/psicología , Estado de Salud , Modelos Teóricos , Estrés Psicológico , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Países Bajos/epidemiología
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Health Promot Int ; 33(3): 422-435, 2018 Jun 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28011656

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INTRODUCTION: To stimulate physical activity and guide primary care patients towards local sport facilities, Care Sport Connectors (CSC), to whom a broker role has been ascribed, were introduced in 2012 in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to explore CSCs' role in connecting the primary care sector and the PA sector. METHOD: Fifteen CSCs were selected to participate in this study and were followed in their work of connecting both sectors. Over the course of one year, three rounds of interviews were held with these CSCs on the topics of their role and the connection between the primary care and the PA sector. Both top-down and bottom-up codes were used to analyse the interviews. RESULTS: CSCs fulfilled three roles: 1) broker, 2) referral, 3) organiser. The extent to which CSCs fulfilled these roles was influenced by the way municipalities implemented the CSC funding. CSCs set up two forms of collaboration structures: 1) project basis and 2) referral scheme. CSCs perceived the following barriers to connecting the primary care and the PA sector: lack of knowledge and time, primary care professionals' own interests, and lack of suitable sport activities for the target group. CONCLUSION: The CSC role seems to hold the promise of improving collaboration between the primary care and the PA sector, especially, because the roles that CSCs perceive themselves as having seem to be directed at eliminating barriers in this connection. Future research is needed to study whether CSCs are capable of establishing a connection over time.


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Redes Comunitarias/organización & administración , Promoción de la Salud/organización & administración , Colaboración Intersectorial , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Derivación y Consulta , Deportes , Adulto , Ejercicio Físico , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Países Bajos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Health Promot Int ; 33(4): 622-634, 2018 Aug 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28334765

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To stimulate physical activity (PA) and guide primary care patients towards local sport facilities, Care Sport Connectors (CSCs), to whom a broker role has been ascribed, were introduced in 2012 in the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to describe CSCs' operational context. A theoretical framework was developed and used as the starting point for this study. Group interviews were held with policymakers in nine participating municipalities, and, when applicable, the CSC's manager was also present. Prior to the interviews, a first outline of the operational context was mapped, based on the analysis of policy documents and a questionnaire completed by the policymakers. A deductive content analysis, based on the theoretical framework, was used to analyse the interviews. Differences were found in CSCs' operational context in the different municipalities, especially the extent to which municipalities adopted an integral approach. An integral approach consists of an integral policy in combination with an imbedding of this policy in partnerships at management level. This integral approach is reflected in the activities of other municipal operations, for example the implementation of health and PA programs by different organisations. Given the CSC mandate, we think that this integral approach may be supportive of the CSCs' work, because it is reflected in other operations of the municipalities and thus creates conditions for the CSCs' work. Further study is required to ascertain whether this integral approach is actually supporting CSCs in their work to connect the primary care and the PA sector.


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Ejercicio Físico/fisiología , Promoción de la Salud , Colaboración Intersectorial , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Deportes/fisiología , Política de Salud , Humanos , Países Bajos , Investigación Cualitativa , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Health Promot Int ; 32(4): 624-635, 2017 Aug 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26755807

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The objective of this article is to provide insight in the five-step development process of the best evidence, best practice intervention for obese young children 'AanTafel!'. A set of requirements for intervention development was developed to guide the data inquiry: the use of theory, influencing factors, tailoring, multi-disciplinarity, duration/frequency and evaluation and monitoring. Step I retrieved evidence from clinical guidelines, followed by a systematic review with meta-analysis (Step II) and an extended literature review (Step III). Evidence was consistent with regard to parent-focus, targeting family level, including diet, physical activity and behaviour change techniques and tailoring to age. However, no evidence or inconsistent evidence emerged from the theory-basis, group-versus-individual sessions, face-to-face contact versus Internet-mediated contact, which disciplines to involve and how to involve them, as well as intervention duration and intensity. Hence, practice-based insights from parental interviews (Step IV) and involved therapists were added and subsequently integrated to the intervention 'AanTafel!' (Step V). 'AanTafel!' is a multi-component, multi-disciplinary, family-based, parent-focused, age-specific intervention, which is tailored to individual children and families with a duration of 1 year, and using a combination of individual and group sessions as well as a Web-based learning module. Changes in scientific working principles with regard to data collection, reporting and translation to guidelines are required. Practice and science may benefit from close collaboration in designing, implementing and evaluating interventions.


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Terapia Conductista/métodos , Padres/educación , Obesidad Infantil/prevención & control , Adulto , Niño , Preescolar , Dieta , Ejercicio Físico , Femenino , Humanos , Internet , Masculino , Países Bajos , Responsabilidad Parental
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Health Promot Int ; 31(4): 869-878, 2016 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26208654

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Sense of coherence (SOC) reflects a coping capacity of people to deal with everyday life stressors and consists of three elements: comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness. SOC is often considered to be a stable entity that is developed in young adulthood and stabilizes around the age of 30. Recent studies have questioned this stability of SOC and some studies report on interventions that have been successful in strengthening SOC in adult populations. Currently, however, there is no clear understanding of the mechanisms underlying SOC. As a consequence, it is a challenge to determine what is needed in health promotion activities to strengthen SOC. This article aims to explore the mechanisms underlying SOC as these insights may underpin future health promotion efforts. An exploration of the salutogenic model suggests two important mechanisms: the behavioural and the perceptual. The behavioural mechanism highlights the possibility to empower people to use their resources in stressful situations. The perceptual mechanism suggests that, in order for people to deal with life stressors, it is essential that they are able to reflect on their understanding of the stressful situation and the resources that are available. Based on these mechanisms, we suggest that both empowerment and reflection processes, which are interdependent, may be relevant for health promotion activities that aim to strengthen SOC. The successful application of resources to deal with stressors is not only likely to have a positive influence on health, but also creates consistent and meaningful life experiences that can positively reinforce SOC levels.


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Adaptación Psicológica , Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Sentido de Coherencia , Adulto , Humanos , Modelos Psicológicos , Percepción , Estrés Psicológico
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Prev Med ; 81: 460-78, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26522091

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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this review was to identify collaborative initiatives between the primary care and the sport sector in order to promote physical activity (PA), and barriers and facilitators in these initiatives. METHOD: Pubmed, SportDiscus, Web of Science, and SOCindex were systematically searched for publications published between 2000 and June 2014. Publications reporting on collaboration between the primary care and the sport sector to promote PA were included. Publications reporting on non-empirical data were excluded, except for study protocols. RESULTS: The search process yielded 1352 publications. After selection, 40 publications were included. Twenty-eight different initiatives were divided into four forms of collaboration, and two approaches to promote PA were distinguished with different kinds of facilitators and barriers. In the referral of patients, sport professionals' lack of medical knowledge, and health professionals' lack of time, were seen as barriers. In networks to organize activities to promote PA among the community, different shared interests and different cultures were seen as barriers. CONCLUSION: This review showed that performance of intersectoral collaboration and the collaboration between both sectors are still unexplored. This review provides a first step towards an insight into collaboration and factors that facilitate or hinder collaboration between these sectors.


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Conducta Cooperativa , Ejercicio Físico , Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Deportes , Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud , Personal de Salud/psicología , Humanos
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BMC Public Health ; 15: 510, 2015 Nov 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26597675

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BACKGROUND: The number of people with one or more chronic diseases is increasing, but this trend could be reduced by promoting physical activity. Therefore, in 2012, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport introduced Care Sport Connectors (CSCs), to whom a broker role has been ascribed. The defined outcome of CSCs role is an increased number of residents participating in local sports facilities and being physically active in their own neighbourhood. To realize this, primary care and sports professionals need to collaborate, and local sports facilities and neighbourhoods need to offer accessible physical activities for people in the locality, including people with one or more chronic diseases or at increased risk of chronic disease(s). Adequate scientific research is needed to assess CSCs' impact on: 1) connecting primary care, sport, and physical activity and 2) increasing the number of residents who engage in physical activity to promote their health. METHODS AND DESIGN: To study the role and the impact of CSCs, a longitudinal multiple case study will be conducted, in nine municipalities spread over the Netherlands, from 2014 until 2017. A mixed methodology will be used to perform action research and process evaluation. Study I focuses on the expected alliances of CSCs and the preconditions that facilitate or hinder CSCs in the formation of these alliances. The study population will consist of intermediary target groups. A literature review, interviews, focus groups, and document analysis will be undertaken. Study II will concentrate on lifestyle program participants to identify health and physical activity behavior changes. For this purpose, interviews, literature studies, a Delphi study, fitness tests, and questionnaires will be used. DISCUSSION: Linking and integrating results gained by multiple methods, at different levels, will provide a validated assessment of CSCs' impact on connecting the primary care and sports sectors. This will reveal changes in residents' physical activity behavior, and also the circumstances under which this will happen. The assessment in combination with general lessons learned from the different case studies will make it possible to determine whether CSCs are able to fulfill the policy aspiration and whether it would be beneficial to extend this function. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Nederlands Trialregister NTR4986 . Registered 14 December 2014.


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Ejercicio Físico , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Proyectos de Investigación , Características de la Residencia , Deportes , Enfermedad Crónica/prevención & control , Enfermedad Crónica/terapia , Conducta Cooperativa , Femenino , Investigación sobre Servicios de Salud , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Países Bajos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Patient Educ Couns ; 103(4): 764-776, 2020 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31711677

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OBJECTIVE: Describe the characteristics (development, intensity, deliverers, setting, strategies) and assess the effect of salutogenic-oriented lifestyle interventions on physical and psychosocial health outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHOD: PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO were systematically searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published up to August 2019 that complied with predefined salutogenic criteria: the participant as a whole, the participant's active involvement and the participant's individual learning process. Characteristics of the salutogenic-oriented interventions with and without significant results were compared and qualitatively summarised. RESULTS: Twenty-eight RCTs were identified. Salutogenic oriented interventions that significantly improved both physical and psychosocial health were characterized by being based on formative research, culturally targeted, and delivered in 10-20 sessions in group settings, whereas salutogenic oriented interventions that neither improved physical or psychosocial health significantly were characterized by being individually tailored and delivered in less than 10 group sessions in individual settings. CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review suggests that salutogenic-oriented lifestyle interventions are effective for physical and psychosocial health in the short term. More research is needed to determine how intervention characteristics moderate (long-term) effectiveness. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The results provide a basis for purposefully developing effective salutogenic interventions for adults with T2DM.


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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Sentido de Coherencia , Adulto , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/terapia , Humanos , Estilo de Vida , Ensayos Clínicos Controlados Aleatorios como Asunto
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Appetite ; 52(2): 528-30, 2009 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19071170

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Conditioning is an important mechanism for establishing food preferences. Although the basic principles for conditioning are well-known, less is known about the conditions under which this type of learning takes place. This paper aims to add to the knowledge of the essential conditions for flavour-nutrient learning with vegetable flavours. We describe a study which aimed to investigate whether flavour-nutrient learning is effective in increasing 7-8-year-old children's preference for vegetables. Their preference for, and consumption of, two different vegetable drinks was measured before and after a 14-day-conditioning period, using a within-subject design. Flavour-nutrient learning could not occur, due to insufficient consumption during the conditioning period: 2.4 g (S.D.=5.6) for the high energy (HE) drink and 3.0 g (S.D.=9.3) for the low energy (LE) drink. The high taste intensity may have caused the insufficient consumption. We hypothesize that the pure taste of vegetables in itself is not acceptable. Mixing vegetables with other foods may lead to gradual acceptance of vegetables through flavour-flavour and flavour-nutrient learning. Future flavour-nutrient learning studies with children should use less intense vegetable flavours.


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Ingestión de Alimentos/fisiología , Conducta Alimentaria/psicología , Preferencias Alimentarias , Gusto/fisiología , Verduras , Aprendizaje por Asociación , Bebidas , Niño , Ingestión de Energía , Conducta Alimentaria/fisiología , Femenino , Manipulación de Alimentos , Humanos , Aprendizaje , Masculino
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Fam Pract ; 25 Suppl 1: i112-5, 2008 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18978011

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BACKGROUND: Currently, overweight and obesity do not receive the attention they deserve from the Dutch GPs, mostly because of a lack of an effective intervention strategy to tackle this difficult health problem. OBJECTIVE: To develop a minimal intervention strategy (MIS) addressing overweight and obesity among adult primary care patients, resulting in a prototype. METHODS: Following the intervention mapping protocol, the MIS is based on literature study, existing interventions, psychosocial theories, stakeholder interviews and a questionnaire study among stakeholders. This led to the development of a prototype of the MIS materials: a screening flow chart and a treatment flow chart, a manual and patient education materials. A pre-test among 42 general practitioners and practice nurses was conducted to investigate the usefulness of the MIS materials at first sight. RESULTS: The stakeholder interviews and the questionnaire study resulted in insight on what the MIS should look like. For instance, the stakeholders indicated that the treatment needs to focus on helping patients to eat more healthy and exercise more, using techniques like motivational interviewing. The pre-test showed that most participants were enthusiastic about the materials, although they made some suggestions on improvements. CONCLUSION: The MIS materials seem to be useful and promising. A future pilot test is needed to investigate its usefulness in daily practice and to further improve the materials in preparation for a process and effect evaluation.


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Actitud del Personal de Salud , Sobrepeso/terapia , Médicos de Familia/psicología , Atención Primaria de Salud/métodos , Desarrollo de Programa , Pérdida de Peso , Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud , Humanos , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Motivación , Países Bajos , Obesidad , Sobrepeso/psicología , Educación del Paciente como Asunto , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 59 Suppl 1: S10-5; discussion S16, S23, 2005 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16052175

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An important goal of health promotion is to make it easier for people to make healthy choices. However, this may be difficult if people do not feel control over their environment and their personal circumstances. An important concept in relation to this is empowerment. Health professionals are expected to facilitate and enable people moving towards empowerment. In this paper, we address the question what is meant by individual empowerment. In an attempt to provide a theoretical framework, we discuss individual empowerment from a salutogenic perspective. This perspective introduces two fundamental concepts: the general resistance resources, and the sense of coherence. In addition, in order to further clarify and operationalise the concept, some factors influencing individual empowerment are identified, that is, locus of control, learned helplessness, self-efficacy and outcome expectations. These concepts find common ground in feelings of (lack of) control, but they differ in stability and changeability. We provide some suggestions how these factors can be influenced, and we discuss the meaning of the identified factors for empowering interactions between professionals and their clients. Health professionals can facilitate people to see a correspondence between their efforts and the outcomes thereof, improve and facilitate health literacy, in a relationship which can be characterised as partnership.


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Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Control Interno-Externo , Autoimagen , Autoeficacia , Actitud Frente a la Salud , Conducta de Elección , Humanos , Relaciones Médico-Paciente
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 59 Suppl 1: S179-86, 2005 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16052189

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Social support is important to achieve beneficial changes in risk factors for disease, such as overweight and obesity. This paper presents the theoretical and practical framework for social support, and the mechanisms by which social support affects body weight. The theoretical and practical framework is supported with a literature review addressing studies involving a social support intervention for weight loss and weight loss maintenance. A major aspect in social support research and practice is the distinction between structural and functional support. Structural support refers to the availability of potential support-givers, while functional support refers to the perception of support. Interventions often affect structural support, for example, through peer groups, yet functional support shows a stronger correlation with health. Although positive correlations between social support and health have been shown, social support may also counteract health behaviour change. Most interventions discussed in this review showed positive health outcomes. Surprisingly, social support was clearly defined on a practical level in hardly any studies, and social support was assessed as an outcome variable in even fewer studies. Future social support intervention research would benefit from clear definitions of social support, a clear description of the intended mechanism of action and the actual intervention, and the inclusion of perceived social support as a study outcome.


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Estilo de Vida , Obesidad/psicología , Apoyo Social , Pérdida de Peso , Humanos , Obesidad/terapia , Pérdida de Peso/fisiología
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 59 Suppl 1: S47-55; discussion S56, 2005 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16052196

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the nutrition communication styles of Dutch family doctors and in particular to assess its psychosocial and sociodemographic correlates. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study in which a representative sample of 600 Dutch family doctors completed a questionnaire. SETTING: The survey was conducted in October and November 2004 in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS: A total of 267 family doctors completed the questionnaire (response rate 45%). METHODS: Principal component factor analyses with varimax rotation were performed to construct factors. Cronbach's alpha was used as an index of reliability. Our hypothetical model for nutrition communication style was tested using multiple regression analysis, combining the forward and backward procedures under the condition of the same results. RESULTS: Many family doctors felt at ease with a motivational nutrition communication style. The main predictor for motivational nutrition communication style was task perception of prevention (26%). Some individual and environmental correlates had an additional influence (explained variance 49%). Other styles showed explained variances up to 57%. The motivational style was the best predictor for actual nutrition communication behaviour (35%), while the confrontational style was the best predictor for actual nutrition communication behaviour towards overweight (34%). CONCLUSIONS: In contemporary busy practice, family doctors seem to rely on their predominant nutrition communication style to deal with standard situations efficiently: for the majority, this proved to be the motivational nutrition communication style. Moreover, family doctors used a combination of styles. This study suggests that family doctors behave like chameleons, by adapting their style to the specific circumstances, like context, time and patient. If family doctors communicate about nutrition in general, they select any of the five nutrition communication styles. If they communicate about overweight, they pick either the confrontational or motivational style.


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Actitud del Personal de Salud , Comunicación , Ciencias de la Nutrición/educación , Médicos de Familia/psicología , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina , Adulto , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Motivación , Países Bajos , Educación del Paciente como Asunto/métodos , Relaciones Médico-Paciente , Análisis de Componente Principal , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 59 Suppl 1: S57-65, 2005 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16052197

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BACKGROUND: Research has shown that especially pregnant women, and also women with a wish for a child, have increased nutrition awareness. Seeking nutrition information seemed to be an important determinant for nutrition awareness. However, little research has been carried out about nutrition-related information-seeking behaviours before and during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore nutrition-related information sources, nutrition information-seeking behaviours and motives for seeking nutrition information before and throughout the course of pregnancy. DESIGN: Data were collected by means of retrospective in-depth face-to-face interviews of 1 h with five groups of 12 women: women with a child wish, women in their first, second and third trimester of the first pregnancy and women in their first trimester of the second pregnancy. Women were mainly selected via midwifery practices. The interviews took place at conference rooms or at the respondent's home. Qualitative data were analysed with the software program NUD(*)IST (QSR, Melbourne). This was based on the research objectives and relevant text segments of transcripts. RESULTS: Women with a child wish generally sought little nutrition information because they were not pregnant yet. Information sources were the Internet (anonymous) and the social environment (models). In relation to the manifestation of nutrition-related information-seeking behaviours during first-time pregnancies, three groups of women could be distinguished: (1) women who feel like a mother from the moment they know that they are pregnant, (2) women who feel like a mother later in pregnancy and (3) women who do not feel like a mother yet. Each group had its own specific information-seeking behaviour. Important information sources of the first group were the Internet (anonymous and up to date), books (extended) and midwives (expert) during the first trimester; the 9-month calendar (fun and tips), friends (experienced) in the second trimester; and friends (information on breastfeeding) in the third trimester. Information sources of the second group of women were mainly brochures provided by the midwife and the midwife herself. The third group of women mainly relied on their own common sense. Second-time pregnant women mainly relied on their experience, the midwife and books for specific questions. CONCLUSIONS: Pregnant women perceive pregnancy-specific nutrition information as important because it is one of the few things that they can apply in their daily lives to protect the health of the fetus. Nutrition-related information-seeking behaviours mainly were pregnancy specific in character, rather than directed to general nutrition information.


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Comunicación , Fenómenos Fisiologicos Nutricionales Maternos , Ciencias de la Nutrición/educación , Educación del Paciente como Asunto/métodos , Adulto , Femenino , Educación en Salud , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Humanos , Internet , Entrevistas como Asunto , Fenómenos Fisiologicos Nutricionales Maternos/fisiología , Partería , Rol del Médico , Embarazo , Estudios Retrospectivos
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 59 Suppl 1: S108-15; discussion S116, 2005 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16052178

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The potential effectiveness of personalized nutrition communication through the Internet is promising in terms of addressing personal relevance, flexibility, interactive options and amount of people that can be reached. However, little research on the contribution to behaviour change has been done. The MyFood program at Wageningen University aims at providing insight into strategies to implement personalized nutrition communication through interactive tools. In this article we present the framework for research on social acceptance of personalized nutrition communication through interactive computer technology as part of the MyFood program.


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Consejo/métodos , Educación en Salud/métodos , Internet , Ciencias de la Nutrición/educación , Aceptación de la Atención de Salud , Comunicación , Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Humanos
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Am J Clin Nutr ; 65(6 Suppl): 1980S-1984S, 1997 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9174507

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Finding a strategy to improve-diets is a concern of many politicians and health promoters. Distribution of information is one strategy, but seems to be relatively unsuccessful. There is public awareness of the role of diet in health, but this awareness has not led to sufficiently improved eating habits. What people buy and eat depends not only on individual but also on social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors. These factors are interrelated and food choice is a complex process, which explains why information supply on its own is insufficient as a strategy to promote healthy eating. Public health professionals in eight European cities therefore decided to use the health promotion approach as an alternative strategy to promote healthy eating. The essence of this approach is community action in which participation and multisectoral collaboration are key elements. Each of the sectors, such as consumers, supermarket managers, social workers, school teachers, restaurant keepers, and health workers, try to undertake actions that support positive individual behavior change. This so-called SUPER project has been running for 5 y and results to date are promising. Nutrition is emphasized in several places in the community. In this way people are involved in the process and become interested in and curious about healthy eating. Experiences of working with this strategy and opportunities for primary care physicians to apply this approach are presented.


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Participación de la Comunidad , Servicios de Información , Fenómenos Fisiológicos de la Nutrición , Humanos , Países Bajos
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J Epidemiol Community Health ; 55(4): 257-62, 2001 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11238581

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OBJECTIVE: To analyse dilemmas and challenges in health promotion research, and to generate ideas for future development. METHOD: The analysis is based on authors' experiences in working in the field of research and action in health promotion and on experiences of others as found in literature. RESULTS: The assumptions underlying scientific research as based in the biomedical design are difficult to meet in community-based health promotion research. Dilemmas are identified in relation to the possibility of defining the independent and dependent variables beforehand and the intermingling of these variables (the intervention and outcome dilemma), the difficulty in quantifying the desired outcomes (the number dilemma), and the problem of diffusion of the programme to the control group (the control group dilemma). CONCLUSION: Research in health promotion has specific reasons to reconsider the approach towards research, the selection of outcome variables, and research techniques. Strategies and methods to make activities and their outcomes clear are discussed and criteria to judge confidence and applicability of research findings are presented.


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Promoción de la Salud , Investigación sobre Servicios de Salud/métodos , Juicio , Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
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Eur J Clin Nutr ; 58(9): 1306-13, 2004 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15054407

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OBJECTIVE: For more effective nutrition communication, it is crucial to identify sources from which consumers seek information. Our purpose was to assess perceived relevance and information needs regarding food topics, and preferred information sources by means of quantitative consumer research. DESIGN: Based on qualitative studies, a quantitative questionnaire was developed and administered in face-to-face interviews. SUBJECTS: The study population consisted of Dutch adults aged 18-80 y. A stratified sample of 923 adults was taken from the GfK ScriptPanel; 603 respondents completed the questionnaire. RESULTS: Despite high perceived relevance of food topics regarding dietary guidelines (55-78%), most respondents indicated that they did not want more information about these topics (71-74%). Furthermore, our study revealed information needs regarding safety- and health-related food topics (up to 77% in some subgroups). Differences in perceived relevance and information needs were found in subgroups based on gender, age, perceived weight and socioeconomic status. Education offices of the food sector and the family doctor were mentioned for most food topics, who ranked among the highest regarding perceived reliability, perceived expertise, clearness and accessibility. CONCLUSIONS: With respect to five food topics (losing weight, sports and nutrition, lowering cholesterol, carbohydrates and food composition), interested subgroups should receive tailored information. For other groups and food topics, a population-wide strategy should suffice, utilising the preferred information source. If people who are not yet interested become interested through a life event, information on demand can be put into action. SPONSORSHIP: Dutch Dairy Association.


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Comunicación , Alimentos , Ciencias de la Nutrición , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Comportamiento del Consumidor , Femenino , Educación en Salud , Humanos , Entrevistas como Asunto , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Países Bajos , Política Nutricional , Ciencias de la Nutrición/educación , Percepción , Rol del Médico , Médicos de Familia , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd ; 97(11): 448-51, 1990 Nov.
Artículo en Neerlandesa | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2151527

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An investigation was carried out to determine those factors that play a decisive part in dental care for handicapped children living at home. Data were obtained by interviews with parents of 32 mentally retarded and cerebral palsied children, 20 attendants, 48 general dental practitioners and 19 dental hygienists in two districts in The Netherlands. The dental health of 21 children was clinically examined. Parents experienced many problems in maintenance of oral hygiene as well as in finding a dentist for their child. They perceived drooling, halitosis and oral-facial malfunctions as the most important oral problems. Poor levels of oral hygiene were found in the handicapped children and the normative treatment needs were high. Dentists and dental hygienists shrank from treating disabled patients mainly because of inadequate knowledge and training. The results of this study were discussed in the context of planning dental health care for the handicapped.


Asunto(s)
Atención Dental para la Persona con Discapacidad/psicología , Parálisis Cerebral , Niño , Preescolar , Odontología Comunitaria , Humanos , Discapacidad Intelectual , Países Bajos , Higiene Bucal
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Int J Dent Hyg ; 1(1): 16-22, 2003 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16451542

RESUMEN

Although, in the Netherlands, the fight against tooth decay has been successful over the past decades, in 1994, the incidence of nursing caries made the Ivory Cross(*), the Dutch National Association for the Promotion of Oral Hygiene, decide to develop and implement a campaign to address the phenomenon. The campaign is based on a two-step approach: a community strategy that exposes both the intermediaries and the target group to the message. It mainly focussed on intermediaries (step 1) such as child health clinic teams and care attendants, aiming to motivate and enable them to address the topic in their communication with parents of children aged 0-4 years (step 2). The development of this campaign lasted for about 1.5 years and will be described along the lines of the OPUS model: Orientation, Planning, execUtion and cloSure. The campaign was continuously assessed by means of research consisting of a pretest of materials, and a process and outcome evaluation. The research results gave the organisers a lot of information to monitor the campaign and useful insights for future activities.


Asunto(s)
Alimentación con Biberón/efectos adversos , Caries Dental/prevención & control , Educación en Salud Dental/métodos , Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Adulto , Preescolar , Caries Dental/epidemiología , Caries Dental/etiología , Promoción de la Salud/organización & administración , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Países Bajos , Salud Bucal
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