Societal challenge - Being healthy and staying healthy

The research we conduct in the framework of the challenge on how to be and stay healthy, is divided into the four subjects:

• Increasing multimorbidity
• The impact of infectious diseases on health and society
• The influence of living environment on public health
• Preventive care

All relevant research information and results on these subjects you will find at the sections Publications, Projects, News, etc.
 

Subject: Increasing multimorbidity

More than 5 million adults in the Netherlands live with multiple disorders; this is called multimorbidity. Proper healthcare provision in the case of multimorbidity requires integral cooperation and network healthcare. Also attention for prevention is of great importance.

The COVID pandemic shows that it is important to have an integrated surveillance system that can identify in time how a pandemic is developing. This helps policymakers to take targeted measures in line with the latest developments.

Ilgin Arslan, PhD

Onderzoeker Zorgdata en het Lerend Zorgsysteem

Subject: The impact of infectious diseases on health and society

Early detection of infectious outbreaks is a precondition for fast and effective intervention. By making use of the Nivel Primary Care Database we continuously present up-to-date surveillance data on occurring diseases, such as influenza and COVID-19.

Subject: The influence of living environment on public health

The Netherlands is a densely populated country with a wide diversity in living environments, such as: cities, agricultural environments, traffic networks, and industrial environments. How do these environments affect public health?

Subject: Preventive care

When investing in prevention, the key is to move ‘from aftercare to preventive care’. Many parties in the healthcare and well-being sector have a role in this and the field in which this topic plays a role is broad.

The implementation of fall prevention in primary care is difficult and complex, but also important and meaningful. Efforts to prevent falls can only be successful if healthcare providers from different disciplines work together and complement each other

Ilgin Arslan, PhD

Onderzoeker Zorgdata en het Lerend Zorgsysteem

The relevant research information and results on these three subjects, you will find in at the sections Publications, Projects, News, etc. on this page.