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    With its applied research, Research Centre Innovations in Care contributes to better healthcare and patient support. We work closely with professionals, clients, research centres and the study programmes of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. In this way, we promote the health, vitality and participation of our fellow humans. Put differently, we connect education, research and practice. Research Centre Innovations in Care is one of the six research centres of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

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    Smartscope

    Smartscope

    How can the design of the fundus camera be improved with regard to ergonomics, ease of use and software specifically for the Dutch users?
    New in 010

    New in 010

    Second-year RUAS students Midwifery and students Social Work support vulnerable pregnant women via home visits.
    SPRiNG: Starting Strong in Nursing

    SPRiNG: Starting Strong in Nursing

    Together with a large number of health care and educational institutions, the Research Centre Innovations in Care started a four year study into the causes of drop out amongst nursing students and new graduate nurses.
    SPRiNG - Student Life Monitor

    SPRiNG - Student Life Monitor

    Giving nursing students insight into their own mental/physical health with individual feedback and advice, and preventing escalation to serious problems through referral to a support service to be developed in parallel.
    Adolescents with hearing disabilities in higher education

    Adolescents with hearing disabilities in higher education

    A study into how experiences and language skills affect the academic success of adolescents with hearing impairment
    E-Health applications within physiotherapy

    E-Health applications within physiotherapy

    In this programme, the Research Centre of Innovations in Care aspires to make e-Health accessible to physiotherapy practices and their clients.
    Logoclicks

    Logoclicks

    Developing an evidence-based online therapy programme for people with aphasia.
    ZM-Doc

    ZM-Doc

    Exploring, adapting and implementing Self-Management Support tools in various nursing practices with chronic patients with diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

    Icare

    Icare

    Design-based research conducted on an improved measuring tool for home use for measurements of the pressure of intraocular fluid.
    Incubator traffic light

    Incubator traffic light

    The aim is to improve the observation and effectiveness of the hand hygiene of employees and thereby improve the safety for premature children.
    Measuring newborns

    Measuring newborns

    It is desirable to redesign the current instruments to maintain the best possible “healing environment” in the incubator: little stimuli (sound, light, movement) and keeping it clean.
    Academic Workplace for Midwifery & Perinatal Health

    Academic Workplace for Midwifery & Perinatal Health

    A collaborative partnership between RUAS and Erasmus University Medical Centre for education and research in midwifery.

    Regional Consortium Pregnancy & Childbirth

    Regional Consortium Pregnancy & Childbirth

    The central theme of this project is that psychosocial problems, psychopathology and substance abuse (PPM) that present themselves during the first phase of pregnancy are related to the onset of prematurity and dysmaturity later in pregnancy.
    E-health and mental vitality

    E-health and mental vitality

    This study aims to develop a serious game for the prevention of depression among young people aged thirteen to seventeen and with a low socio-economic status in Rotterdam.
    Prevention of behavioural problems in children

    Prevention of behavioural problems in children

    An important condition for successful prevention for children with psychosocial problems is to know which prevention programmes are effective and which children need more intensive support and care.
    On Your Own Feet

    On Your Own Feet

    The research group ‘Transitions in Care’, initiated a research project focused on adolescents with chronic conditions called On Your Own Feet. Various research projects were followed.
    Transition to motherhood

    Transition to motherhood

    Mothers (to be) increasingly wish to make their own choices in the care provided during the childbearing process, including pregnancy, birth and the post partum.

    Citizenship and aging with CP

    Citizenship and aging with CP

    Aging with CP demands on the capacity of adults with CP to adapt, but also requires care to be more sensitive to the context, expertise and autonomy of adults with CP.

    SPRiNG Living Lab

    SPRiNG Living lab is a virtual learning community, with the ambition to grow into a platform where knowledge and experience is shared around increasing the resilience of nursing students and realising a sustainable career start for novice nurses. In the Living lab, co-creation occurs through mutual contacts and exchange and working together in research, implementation and education projects and in new developments and their translation into project proposals.
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