Health

Themes

With practice-oriented research and innovation, we focus on three themes within the Centre of Expertise Health: health literacy, healthy physical and social living environments and collaborative care for the future.

Health literacy

To have a fair chance of living a healthy life, being able to take care of one's own health is a prerequisite. This does not come naturally to everyone. The health literacy theme pays attention to this. We look primarily at information skills and digital skills related to health topics. In addition, we look at the role of (future) professionals and the (cultural) sensitivity in their work. In doing so, we focus strongly on inclusive research and co-creation with userd with low health literacy.

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Healthy physical and social environment

A healthy living environment contributes directly to equal opportunities for health and the reduction of health disparities. This includes, for example, cleaner air and a green environment, but also a good social and financial environment - think stable income, giving you livelihood security. It is therefore important that we continue to work on a healthy living environment that stimulates people and their networks to participate, meet and have a healthy lifestyle. For example, by working on exercise-friendly environments in the neighbourhood, at work and at school, or by building a social environment in which people feel empowered to take care of a healthy life themselves and together.

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Collaborative care for the future

An aging population, a high workload and an unsatisfactory work culture and conditions, among others, have led to large personnel shortages in the healthcare sector, which are only expected to increase in the coming years. This leads to an overload among healthcare workers and reduced quality of care. A healthy labor market is needed, with a better balance between supply and demand for care. Fontys is already working in various ways on both training new care professionals and retaining current care professionals. The use of (technological) care innovations can also play a role in this: as a result, care can be provided with fewer personnel, the informal care system is supported or the demand for care decreases.

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Partners: connecting research, education and practice

Several lectorates are active within the Centre of Expertise Health. Lectorates conduct practice-oriented research, provide education and help innovate professional practice. A lectorate is led by the lector, who is an expert in a particular field. The lector works together with a research group, teachers, students and (external) experts. The Centre of Expertise Health is also affiliated with national lector platforms. The list is available below (in Dutch).