Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Vitality in the neighborhood (VIEW)
van Hartingsveldt, Margo; Wichers, Fenna
Publication date 2021
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van Hartingsveldt, M., & Wichers, F. (2021). Vitality in the neighborhood (VIEW). Abstract from European Forum for Primary Care Conference 2021.
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Download date:23 Sep 2022
Faculty of Health
Centre of Expertise Urban Vitality
Educational innovation VIEW
Margo van Hartingsveldt PhD Fenna Wichers MSc
EFPC Congress
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Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences 48.000 students
Faculty of Health 4.000 students
Welfare è Participation society
• Citizens are responsible for their own health
• Increase in marginalized vulnerable groups
• Many people with a migrant background
• Problems in health, debt, addiction, poor housing
Faculty of Health – lack of training students
• Interprofessional collaboration in community-based health promotion
• Intercultural communication
Educational innovation
Vitality in the neighbourhood (VIEW)
VIEW
• Two-year funded project
• prepares students for future role as health professionals in urban setting
Theory
• Positive Health
• Social determinants of Health
Methodology
• Design thinking
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Educational innovation
Vitality in the neighbourhood (VIEW)
Objectives
1. Health promotion for citizens with complex needs
2. Cross-cultural intersectional sensitivity for students when working with marginalized groups
3. Interprofessional collaboration beyond the health domain with students from three
other AUAS faculties
Amsterdam SouthEast
Challenges in SouthEast
• High unemployment
• Low participation rate
• High poverty
• Low language skills
• Inequality in education opportunities
• 148 nationalities
Educational Innovation VIEW 6
Approach
• Community-based education
• Continuous learning track in the curricula of
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Sustainable assignment portfolio of citizen challenges in the urban
environment
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Results
84 students who study, support and try to understand
• Loneliness among citizens: the elderly, young people, children and single mothers
• Quality of life in large flats, where waste issues and lack of participation are daily challenges
• Preventing falls for the elderly
• Promotion a healthy lifestyle
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• Neighborhood Safari in SouthEast
• Interprofessional peer review in group sessions
• Parallel workshops on topics as community-based work, intersectionality, communication skills
Educational Innovation VIEW
