Projects

Flanders has a wide range of assistance and services in the welfare and health sector. Here, there are first-line services with a low-threshold and broad profile, including OCMW, Centres Algemeen Welzijnswerk (CAW) and Services Maatschappelijk Werk van de mutualiteiten (DMW). And yet, a significant part of the population with requests for help is not reached.

Since 2016, people with exercise poverty can be referred by their GP to an exercise coach through the Flemish 'Bewegen op Verwijzing' (BOV) project.

We are launching a clear platform that groups at least 80 accessible, reliable and privacy-safe apps around wellbeing and mental health.

What do employers need to support grieving employees?

For many students, the transition [from primary education] to secondary education is too abrupt. Suddenly, for each subject, they get a different teacher, a different classroom, a different approach…

One of the Sustainable Development Goals of the WHO (2017) states that universal access to sexual and reproductive health is the key to improving the quality of life of every human being. Education about relationships, sexuality and reproduction contributes to this.

In this exploratory study we want to explore the possibilities of sketchnoting. After all, images are easier to remember than words, and also using a combination of word and image would increase the learning effect.

An inventory of the needs regarding spiritual care in the 29 Flemish hospitals with a palliative unit.

More and more scientific research proves how beneficial exercise -but also learning and relaxing- in nature is for body and mind. People feel better (less stress, higher QoL), and are healthier (less cardiovascular disease, diabetes and anxiety disorders) when more greenery and water are present.

The PWO project Breath wants to experiment with an AI Chatbot that is being developed in collaboration with UGent, aimed at managers of small SMEs <10 employees.