The United Nations and Human Rights: Achievements and Challenges

human development, human rights

Current perspective of venous thrombosis in the upper\ud extremity

Venous thrombosis of the upper extremity is a rare disease. Therefore, not as much is known about risk factors, treatment and the risk of recurrence as for venous thrombosis of the leg. Only central venous catheters and strenuous exercise are commonly known risk factors for an upper extremity venous thrombosis. In this review an overview of the different risk factors, possible treatments and the complications for patients with a venous thrombosis of the upper extremity is give

Ontmoetingen tussen praktijk en beleid in de multifunctionele landbouw

During encounters on multifunctional farms, policy makers and multifunctional farmers have learned from each other by discussing existing barriers for multifunctional agriculture. This has led to more understanding for each others approach and a change in actions

Assessment of the benefits of user involvement in health research from the Warwick Diabetes Care Research User Group : a qualitative case study

Objective  To assess the benefits of involving health-care users in diabetes research. Design and participants  For this qualitative case study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with researchers who had worked extensively with the group. During regular meetings of the Research User Group, members discussed their views of the group's effectiveness as part of the meeting's agenda. Interviews and discussions were transcribed, coded using N-Vivo software and analysed using constant comparative methods. Results  Involvement of users in research was generally seen as contributing to effective and meaningful research. However, the group should not be considered to be representative of the patient population or participants of future trials. An important contributor to the group's success was its longstanding nature, enabling users to gain more insight into research and form constructive working relationships with researchers. The user-led nature of the group asserted itself, especially, in the language used during group meetings. A partial shift of power from researchers to users was generally acknowledged. Users' main contribution was their practical expertise in living with diabetes, but their involvement also helped researchers to remain connected to the `real world' in which research would be applied. While the group's work fulfilled established principles of consumer involvement in research, important contributions relying on personal interaction between users and researchers were hard to evaluate by process measures alone. Conclusions  We demonstrated the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of this longstanding, experienced, lay-led research advisory group. Its impact on research stems from the continuing interaction between researchers and users, and the general ethos of learning from each other in an on-going process. Both process measures and qualitative interviews with stakeholders are needed to evaluate the contributions of service users to health research

De Groene Trekker: Resultaten van de ontwerpfase

Het project ‘De Groene Trekker’ heeft als doel om nieuwe doelgroepen met de multifunctionele landbouw te verbinden door nieuwe (combinaties van) producten en diensten voor de multifunctionele landbouw te ontwerpen die tegemoet komen aan de wensen en behoeften van die doelgroepen

Programma van Eisen voor landbouwhuisdieren in de zorg

In this research we tried to find answers to the next relevant questions: what are the needs and requirements of: 1) farm animals on care farms, 2) clients with ASD (Autism spectrum disorders) with regard to Animal-assisted Interventions on care farms, and 3) care farmers with regard to using farm animals in care services. The (indicative) requirements give insight into how farm animals can be optimally used for care purposes from different perspectives and what the implications are for, among other things, farm management and agricultural production. Three important parts are: the characteristics of farm animals, management and housing systems

Zorgboer past werkwijze en bedrijfsvoering aan

De zorgvraag is zeer divers. Op een zorgboerderij wordt daarom zorg geboden in de vorm van dagbesteding, arbeidsintegratie, wonen of behandeling. Om goed in te kunnen spelen op de behoeften van de deelnemers, past de zorgboer(in) bovendien zijn werkwijze en bedrijfsvoering aan. In dit artikel een overzicht van de aanpassingen die zorgboeren deden op hun bedrijve