As you all may know, J&G’s very own Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw is the current president of International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)! ISBNPA has an annual conference in a different country each year. Due to last year’s success, ISBNPA XChange will be happening again in an online format! The …
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The research of the Child & Adolescent Public Health section falls under the Department of Public & Occupational Health of Amsterdam UMC and is carried out within the Amsterdam Public Health research institute.
Youth grows up happy
CAPH focuses on scientific research that contributes to optimal opportunities for the healthy and happy growing up of young people; from -9 months to 19 years.
Multidisciplinary, innovative, social research
Our research is multidisciplinary, innovative and socially relevant and ranges from risk factors to health effects and from development to evaluation of intervention programs.
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As you all may now, J&G’s very own Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw is the current president of International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)! ISBNPA has an annual conference in a different country each year. Due to the current COV-19 circumstances, this year’s ISBNPA conference in New Zealand has been cancelled. …
As Part of Springer Nature’s strategic partnership with The Association of Universities in the Netherlands, Springer Nature has interviewed Prof. Dr. Mai Chin A Paw to learn more about creating social impact through participatory research. Photographer: Bob Bronshoff “Essentially, participatory research is all about getting to grips with and truly understanding the lives of the …
Op dinsdag 24 november 2020 promoveerde Manou Anselma met haar dissertatie getiteld “Kids in Aktie, lichaamsbeweging en voedingsgedrag”. De verdediging vond online plaats op het YouTube kanaal ‘VU Beadle’s Office’. Kids in Aktie, een project in Amsterdam-Noord, was een samenwerking van de sportieve buitenschoolse opvang Kids Aktief en Amsterdam UMC. Het project begon met het …
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