Youth Health Care
“With our research we contribute to new models of youth health and social care. We address socioeconomic inequalities and study topics of parenting, psychosocial problems, M-health, E-health, pathways to care, healthy lifestyles and environment.”
In our research group child public health care in the Netherlands (‘jeugdgezondheidszorg’; ‘youth health care’) serves as a ‘best practices’ model for other countries, and for other (adult) vulnerable groups. With our research we contribute to new models of youth health and social care. Using qualitative and quantitative methods we study how prevention and care practices and policies can be improved for children, and similarly for frail or vulnerable people. We address socioeconomic inequalities and study topics of parenting, psychosocial problems, M-health, E-health, pathways to care, healthy lifestyles and -environment. We apply co-creation, value-based approaches, prediction models and ‘big data,’ and implement large-scale (randomised) trials. Our international research group applies the experiences from the Dutch child public health model to inform proactive, preventive, integrated social care and health care for frail older people, and people with multiple chronic conditions. And vice versa, we use experiences from elderly care to inform child care practices. We conduct and lead national, European, and international projects funded by Horizon-2020, ZonMw, and other institutions.
Highlights
of Youth Health Care in 2020
CIKEO
The CIKEO (Consortium Integratie Kennisbevordering Effectiviteit Opvoedonzekerheid – Interventies) project was a national project about integrating knowledge on effectiveness of interventions to promote parenting. The consortium was led by Erasmus MC and funded by ZonMw. In the project, effective elements of parenting interventions were identified.
ValueCare
ValueCare (VALUE-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATED CARE SUPPORTED BY ICT) is an international project funded by the Horizon- 2020 program of the European Commission. With the increasing age of the European population, questions regarding healthy ageing and independent living become more pertinent. Older people need to be able to participate in their care and autonomy. The objective of the ValueCare project is to deliver efficient outcome-based integrated care to older people suffering from cognitive impairment, multiple chronic conditions or frailty in order to improve the quality of life of them and their families, and to make health and social care systems more sustainable. This will be achieved through applying principles of value-based care, and by testing the digital solution in seven pilots in Europe, including in Rotterdam, where stroke patients are the target group.
