Healthcare and wellbeing
How do we keep healthcare affordable, socially responsible and sustainable? What (technological) developments can help to decongest the care sector and organize more tailored care? How do we integrate biological, social and psychological perspectives when examining development over the life course? Scientists from the social and behavioral sciences are working on these fundamental questions together with experts from the healthcare practice, patients and researchers in the fields of economics, public administration, digital sciences, law and ethics.
Experts and their expertise
Jolanda de Vries about the fear of dying
News in Health and Wellbeing
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Collaboration in networks welfare sector does not get off the ground enough
09th May 2022Networks that operate within the implementation of the Wmo 2015 (Social Support Act) succeed in connecting important organizations. At the same time, they have limited success in creating an integrated offer.
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Contact with peers helps victims to reinvent themselves
17th February 2022Social support is of great importance to victims of crime, for example, but exactly how that support works was still unclear. With support from the Dutch Victim Support Network (Slachtofferhulp Nederland), Pien van de Ven therefore investigated the role of both support from the social environment and from fellow-sufferers in dealing with a victim experience.
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European Research Council awards TILT researchers grant to develop safer mental health apps
08th February 2022The European Research Council has awarded a so-called Proof of Concept Grant worth 150,000 euros to Prof. Linnet Taylor and Dr. Tineke Broer in order to develop a new rating system for app safety.
Partnerships
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We Care provides a platform for collaboration
Interdisciplinary research to improve patient care in collaboration with the Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (ETZ) in Tilburg.
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PROFIEL study contributes to quality of life of people with cancer
PROFIEL study is an international partnership for the collection and sharing of data on the quality of life of (former) cancer patients, in cooperation with Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland (IKNL).
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A good start for everyone
Tilburg University contributes to this challenge through a variety of projects for different target groups. New knowledge is collected in order to gain an even better insight into which social challenges exist.
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Tranzo
Tranzo is the scientific center for care and wellbeing of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences of Tilburg University. Tranzo wants to build a bridge between science and practice in the area of care and wellbeing. The objective is to promote an evidence-based approach by working in co-creation with practitioners to develop and exchange knowledge.
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