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Project 'Cooking should not kill' nominated for Albert Schweitzer Public Prize 2022
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Our PhD candidate Esther Boudewijns (Optimising Patient Care) and her colleague Evelyn Brakema (LUMC) have been nominated for the Albert Schweitzer Public Prize 2022 with the project 'Cooking should not kill'! Vote for this project, which aims to improve the implementation of clean cooking solutions.
2.6 billion people, a third of the world's population, cook on an open fire. Every year, 3.2 million people die from the smoke that is released. Cleaner cooking solutions are available, but are still rarely used. Esther and Evelyn developed two practical implementation tools to improve the use of clean cooking solutions (published in the Lancet Planetary Health). With the nominated project, they want to convert these tools into two user-friendly online interactive tools and ensure that the tools are put into use.
Read more about the project and vote!
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On 7 October Klasien Horstman and Mare Knibbe (Health Inequities and Societal Participation) will present their book: Gezonde stad (Healthy city) at Daalhoeve, Maastricht.
Healthy city policies can help to reduce health disparities between people. But what exactly is a healthy environment, how does knowledge about the healthy city come about and what knowledge counts? In “Gezonde Stad” Horstman and Knibbe write about health as a public issue. Central are the experiences of people whose voices are rearly heard in urban policy: they form the basis for a perspective on public space.
Do you want to attend the book presentation? Send an email to: h.heutz@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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How to age well in a nursing home
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Most older people want to age at home. But the reality is not everyone can, or should. Moving to a nursing can be inevitable, especially for people with very heavy care needs. How can a nursing home be a pleasant place? In a video of the University of the Netherlands, Hilde Verbeek (Ageing and Long-Term Care) explains how things can be done diffently: for example on a care farm.
Watch the video here
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Welcome to our new Management Office Assistent!
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BROK-GCP certificate MUMC+: Update Training and Examination Regulations (OER)
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All clinical investigators in the university medical centres (UMCs) who are involved in medical-scientific research that falls under the scope of the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO), Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) and/or Medical Device Regulation (MDR) are obliged to take a Basic course on Regulations and Organisation for clinical investigators (BROK) and successfully pass the concluding national exam. This is in line with the Training and Examination Regulations (OER) of the NFU. The OER specifically describes to whom the BROK obligation applies (including principal investigator/PI, researchers involved, head of department).
Note: An update of the OER was published in April 2022. The main change is the obligation for the researcher to be in possession of a valid BROK certificate before the start of a study (i.e. before the first subject is included). The grace period up to 6 months after the start of the study is not valid anymore (i.e. no transition period)!
More information (in Dutch)
Questions? Please contact the Clinical Trial Center Maastricht via helpdesk.ctcm@mumc.nl.
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VHC COVID-19 study awarded once again
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Rachel Gifford, Daan Westra, Frank van de Baan and Dirk Ruwaard (Creating Value-Based Health Care) have once again received recognition for their study on hospitals’ adaptations to the Covid-crisis. This year, the team won the ‘Best International Paper Award’ from the Healthcare Management division at the Academy of Management and the ‘Best ECR Paper award’ from the Society for Studies in Organizing Health Care. Last year they also won two awards from the Academy of Management with their work.
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Menthol smokers are more likely to quit smoking after European menthol ban
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The European ban on menthol cigarettes is working. In the past few years, more ‘menthol smokers’ have stopped than other smokers. This was the outcome of research in which CAPHRI and the Trimbos Institute participated. The results have been published in Tobacco Control. Nevertheless, it appears that despite the ban, one third of the participants in the study still smokes tobacco with a menthol flavour. This is largely the responsibility of the tobacco industry, which has brought a wide range of accessories onto the market to enable smokers to add menthol flavouring to tobacco products themselves, says Marc Willemsen, one of the researchers (Promoting Health and Personalised Care). He is therefore calling for an additional ban on these accessories.
Dutch newspaper AD wrote about the study. Read the article here.
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Research congenital abnormalities in Limburg
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Research shows that in Limburg many more children are born with a congenital abnormalities in Limburg than in the rest of the country. Premature birth and low birth weight are also more common here. How can this be explained? Despite an extensive study, researchers Luc Smits and Audrey Meulendijks (Optimising Patient Care) could not provide a direct explanation for this. Further research is needed.
Newspaper De Limburger interviewed Smits and Meulendijks. Read the article (in Dutch) here.
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Children in poor neighborhoods benefit from healthy school meals
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Children in poor neighborhoods benefit from healthy school meals to combat malnutrition and obesity. These are the results of a four-year study at eight primary schools in Limburg. The results of the study The Healthy Primary School of the Future have been published in Public Library of Science (PLOS) one.
Newspaper NRC published an article about the study and interviewed project leader Onno van Schayck (Optimising Patient Care). Read it here.
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Meeting: How to prevent and shorten out-of-home placements?
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How can we prevent and shorten out-of-home placements? This topic will be discussed during the next meeting organised by the Living Lab Public Health Limburg. The meeting is open to (youth) care professionals, researchers and policy makers.
Date and time: 17 November, 17:00-20:00
Location: Novotel, Sibemaweg 10, Maastricht
More information and registration: here
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Hybrid workshop: Patient engagement in drug development: moving beyond tools and standardization?
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The hybrid event brings together academic researchers with the main stakeholders currently shaping patient engagement in drug development. It aims to foster collective reflection on how to ensure the widespread uptake and successful implementation of the tools and standards already available in this field. The workshop is organized by Dr. Claudia Egher (Health Inequities and Societal Participation) with support from the InPart project members, CAPHRI together with the University Fund Limburg.
Date and time: 18 November 9:30-17:30
Location: Maastricht University Campus Brussels and online
More information & registration: here
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Symposium & inaugural lecture Daisy Janssen: Old Age Medicine
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Daisy Janssen, Professor in Old Age Medicine, will deliver her inaugural lecture on Friday 2 December 2022. The title of her lecture is:'Powerful in vulnerability'. Prior to this, the symposium 'Old Age Medicine: Ready for the future?' will be organised. Both the lecture and symposium are in Dutch.
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17th World Congress on Public Health - Rome 2023
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In May 2023, over 3,000 public health professionals and researchers, policymakers, and students will convene in Rome, Italy, for the 17th World Congress on Public Health, an event organised by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in association with the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER). The theme of the Congress is: 'A World in Turmoil: Opportunities to Focus on the Public’s Health'.
Date: 2-6 May 2023
Location: Rome, Italy
More information and registration: here
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