Search Results - "Meershoek, Agnes"

'Foreigners', 'ethnic minorities', and 'non-Western allochtoons': an analysis of the development of 'ethnicity' in health policy in the Netherlands from 1970 to 2015 by Helberg-Proctor, Alana, Meershoek, Agnes, Krumeich, Anja, Horstman, Klasien

“…The Netherlands, because of the sustained and systematic attention it paid to migrant and minority health issues during the last quarter of the twentieth…”
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Using the Capability Approach to Review the National Legislative Frameworks for Support Services for Persons with Disabilities in Four Countries in Asia by Gupta, Shivani, Meershoek, Agnes, Witte, Luc P. de

“…Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (UN CRPD) requires countries to harmonise their legislative…”
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A lifestyle intervention study targeting individuals with low socioeconomic status of different ethnic origins: important aspects for successful implementation by Teuscher, Dorit, Bukman, Andrea J, van Baak, Marleen A, Feskens, Edith J M, Renes, Reint Jan, Meershoek, Agnes

“…Evaluation of the implementation process of trials is important, because the way a study is implemented modifies its outcomes. Furthermore, lessons learned…”
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Implementation of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) testing for Plasmodium vivax case management, a mixed method study from Cambodia by Cassidy-Seyoum, Sarah A, Chheng, Keoratha, Chanpheakdey, Phal, Meershoek, Agnes, Hsiang, Michelle S, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Tripura, Rupam, Adhikari, Bipin, Ley, Benedikt, Price, Ric N, Lek, Dysoley, Engel, Nora, Thriemer, Kamala

“…Plasmodium vivax remains a challenge for malaria elimination since it forms dormant liver stages (hypnozoites) that can reactivate after initial infection…”
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Participation in co-design: In search of a recipe for improved cookstoves in urban Indian slums by Ghergu, Cristian T, Meershoek, Agnes, Sushama, Preeti, van Schayck, Onno CP, de Witte, Luc P

“…This study responds to the need for participatory, context-oriented approaches to address the growing health threat of indoor air pollution faced by…”
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Ethical considerations of worksite health promotion: an exploration of stakeholders' views by van Berkel, Jantien, Meershoek, Agnes, Janssens, Rien M J P A, Boot, Cécile R L, Proper, Karin I, van der Beek, Allard J

“…Developing, implementing and evaluating worksite health promotion requires dealing with all stakeholders involved, such as employers, employees, occupational…”
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Dark clouds in co-creation, and their silver linings: Practical challenges we faced in a participatory project in a resource-constrained community in India, and how we overcame (some of) them by Sushama, Preeti, Ghergu, Cristian, Meershoek, Agnes, de Witte, Luc P., van Schayck, Onno C. P., Krumeich, Anja

“…Background: While any type of field-based research is challenging, building action-oriented, participatory research in resource-constrained settings can be…”
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NGO–Business Collaboration in Kenya: A Case Study and Broader Stakeholder Analysis by Kuijpers, Laura M.F., Meershoek, Agnes M.

“…Previous studies have identified possible success factors for NGO–business partnerships, but questions remain over which of these factors are critical and to…”
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Responding to Scars After Breast Surgery by Slatman, Jenny, Halsema, Annemie, Meershoek, Agnes

“…This article represents a phenomenological study on how women endow meaning to their scarred bodies after breast cancer treatment. Data collection consisted of…”
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Safety: A collective and embedded competency. An ethnographic study of safety practices at an industrial workplace in the Netherlands by Biermann-Teuscher, Dorit, Thissen, Lotte, Horstman, Klasien, Meershoek, Agnes

“…•Safety is a competency, rooted in interactions and embedded in everyday practices.•Standardized and non-contextualized OHS-management tend to lead to unsafe…”
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(Un)belonging at work: an overlooked ingredient of workplace health by Thissen, Lotte, Biermann-Teuscher, Dorit, Horstman, Klasien, Meershoek, Agnes

“…Abstract Organizations offer activities and programmes to improve their employees’ health. These workplace health promotion (WHP) activities usually have an…”
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A Narrative Review of the Government Wheelchair Provision System in India by Gupta, Shivani, Meershoek, Agnes, De Witte, Luc

“…Background and aim: India has had a wheelchair-delivery system in place for several years but its impact on users is inadequate. Therefore, this research…”
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Health in global context; beyond the social determinants of health? by Krumeich, Anja, Meershoek, Agnes

“…The rise of the social determinants of health (SDH) discourse on the basis of statistical evidence that correlates ill health to SDH and pictures causal…”
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Creating a market in workplace health promotion: the performative role of public health sciences and technologies by Meershoek, Agnes, Horstman, Klasien

“…The last 20 years have seen the rise of 'a market' aiming to promote the vitality and health of employees. In this article, we use insights from Science and…”
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Controlling Access to Sick Leave Programmes: Practices of Physicians in the Netherlands by Meershoek, Agnes

“…Policymakers in industrialized countries attempt to contain the costs of sick leave and disability schemes by limiting access to include medically proven cases…”
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Perspectives from the Netherlands: Responses from, Strategies of and Challenges for Long-Term Care Health Personnel by Meershoek, Agnes, Broek, Laura, Crea-Arsenio, Mary

“…The outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis severely afflicted the Dutch long-term care sector. To protect vulnerable residents of nursing homes the government took…”
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Exploring the implicit meanings of 'cultural diversity': a critical conceptual analysis of commonly used approaches in medical education by Zanting, Albertine, Frambach, Janneke M, Meershoek, Agnes, Krumeich, Anja

“…Existing approaches to cultural diversity in medical education may be implicitly based on different conceptualisations of culture. Research has demonstrated…”
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The 'exotic other' in medical curricula: Rethinking cultural diversity in course manuals by Zanting, Albertine, Meershoek, Agnes, Frambach, Janneke M., Krumeich, Anja

“…Introduction: Implementation of cultural diversity training in medical education faces challenges, including ambiguity about the interpretation of 'cultural…”
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Dimensions of invisibility: insights into the daily realities of persons with disabilities living in rural communities in India by Gupta, Shivani, de Witte, Luc P., Meershoek, Agnes

“…Persons with disabilities in rural India do not have the opportunity to lead a self-determined life and be included in their community as required by the…”
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Recognizing difference: in/visibility in the everyday life of individuals with facial limb absence by Yaron, Gili, Meershoek, Agnes, Widdershoven, Guy, Slatman, Jenny

“…People who lack part(s) of their face have a visibly different appearance both due to their facial difference itself and the medical aids that they use to…”
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