Domiciliary Care - Overweight
Objectives
The Academic Workplace for Domiciliary Care - Overweight (ATW Overweight) is a collaborative initiative by the Research Centre for the Prevention of Overweight (OPOZ) and Icare Foundation. The workplace has been set up in april 2008 and will end in april 2011. The workplace is funded by ZonMw.
The objective of ATW Overweight is to achieve integrated primary care for both children and the elderly (60+) with overweight and obesity in the city Zwolle, the Netherlands. Monitoring important connections regarding prevention on the one hand and secondary care on the other hand are relevant in this project.
Collaborations
Results
The following results can be seen in April 2011:
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The current state of integrated primary care for children and elderly with overweight and obesity in Zwolle will be explored and described
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The optimal state of integrated primary care for children and elderly with overweight and obesity in Zwolle will be explored and defined
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The various conditions ( such as professional development, financing, monitoring, evaluation etc.) to achieve optimal integrated primary care for children and elderly with overweight and obesity will be described in a detailed implementation plan.
Contact information
Jaap Seidell, email: jaap.seidell@falw.vu.nl
Tommy Visscher: tommy.visscher@falw.vu.nl