Work Package 6

Knowledge utilization and participation

General aim

To iteratively communicate, disseminate and implement, together with the stakeholders, the created knowledge on the maintenance of oral and metabolic health during the first 1000 days of life, through a framework of inclusive digital and non-digital means.

Objectives

• To iteratively design and develop a multi-dimensional eHealth platform dedicated to communicate and disseminate the created knowledge and interventions to the various stakeholders.
• To iteratively develop integrated digital and non-digital strategies and interventions to employ and implement the created knowledge developed with the different stakeholders.
• To iteratively evaluate both the eHealth platform (Objective 1) and integrated digital and non-digital strategies and interventions (Objective 2) developed throughout the duration of the project, providing a framework of inclusive digital and non-digital services.

Active period

Year 1-8

Members of WP6

Applicants

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

Cooperation partners/co-funders

GGD, Sarphati Amsterdam, JGZ, SGF, Ivoren Kruis, Municipality of Amsterdam, NIBI, Bètapartners, Voedingscentrum, NJi, NCJ, PHAROS, Food4Smiles, Municipality of Amsterdam, PANEL, Onkolyze, Supabase, NVvK, JTV Amsterdam.

Progress

In spring 2023, we conducted introductory meetings with the stakeholders of WP6. The purpose of these interviews was to get acquainted and to make an inventory of the information needs of the various parties involved, and what knowledge sharing practice is already present, what the expectations are with regard to knowledge sharing from WP6, and how we can work together.

The first PhD student of WP6 Lea Hohendorf started in June 2023. She is based at the University of Twente and is doing her research in collaboration with the research Group Medical Technology at Inholland.

A WP6 meeting was organised in September 2023 with a number of WP6 stakeholders, WP1, WP2 leads and with members of PANEL, a co-funding partner of the consortium.

In September 2023, a bachelor student from Dental Care educational bachelor program at Inholland started a research project on the ways dental care professionals approach preventive education to the targeted group of parents.

In the fall 2023, a master student from Inholland (Master Advanced Health Informatics Practice) started her master thesis focused the design of an eHealth application for promotion of healthy snacks for children under 3.

In the past few months, we contacted a couple of companies regarding the development of the MetaHealth website.

MetaHealth logo was selected from various designs via a design competition call via the website ontwerpen-voor-geld.nl.