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Work Package 1

Inclusivity and engagement of families in research and intervention development

General aim

  • Enhancement of inclusivity & engagement of families (to be) living in vulnerable conditions, where children are ‘at higher risk of developing oral disease (caries/gingivitis) and overweight’.
  • Shared understanding of the system around oral disease (caries/gingivitis) and overweight of families (to be) living in vulnerable conditions.
  • Identification of leverage points for change to create conditions in society and stimulate household practices that make healthy choices the norm.

Active period: Year 1-5

Members of WP1

Monique van der Veen
Leader WP1
Coosje Dijkstra
Gerlieke Veltkamp
Bich Chau
Carla F. Rodrigues
Soely Mandrone
Christian Bröer

Applicants

ACTA, VU, AUMC, UvA-FMG, Inholland, AUAS.

 

Cooperation partners/co-funders

GGD, Sarphati Amsterdam Food4Smiles, PHAROS, Voedingscentrum, Gezonde en Kansrijke start, JGZ, NJi, NCJ, NVD, Coop, MRN&CN, EVAA, Smallsteps/Partou, PANEL, Ivoren kruis, NVvK.

 

Progress

The work on inclusivity and engagement (aim 1) follows two lines: a scoping review is being written on citizens inclusion in research using a micro-sociological critical approach. Meanwhile efforts are made to increase representation of vocationally trained participants in the Sarphati Ethnography and AIMS cohorts.

To map the system around oral disease and overweight (aim 2) we focus on Amsterdam North. Contacts have been made with various neighborhood organizations. Key figures in the local community have been identified via neighborhood-tables for residents. The PhD student has started interviewing parents. Also, oral hygiene students have asked families from the neighborhood how they perceive the role of the living environment on their lifestyle related choices regarding food and physical activity.

This has resulted in a bachelor thesis. A scoping review regarding indicators for lack of access to care or avoidance of care is under way.

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