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Sisay Alemu

ATN Blog - No mother should die while giving life!

Date:03 August 2022

Sisay Alemu (s.m.alemu umcg.nl) is a Ph.D. candidate at the Global Health Unit, Graduate School of Medical Sciences (RUG). He has a background in Midwifery, Mental Health, and Epidemiology. His thesis focuses on spatial inequalities in maternal and newborn...

Maximilian Frentz-Göllnitz

ATN Blog - Differences in Late-Life Depression among Intra-European Migrants

Date:30 May 2022
Population aging and population diversity are two dominant trends of demographic change that have a substantial impact for societies. However, getting older no longer just means healthy ageing
Alyona Artamonova

ATN Blog - On characteristics of family members and usage of formal care services in older adulthood

Date:28 April 2022
Alyona Artamonova, PhD candidate at the Department of Demography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences (RUG). Her thesis is part of the Family Ties project; contact: a.artamonova@rug.nl
Wesley Gruijthuijsen

ATN Blog - Searching for the best place to age

Date:28 March 2022

Wesley Gruijthuijsen (Wesley.gruijthuijsen@kuleuven.be) is a PhD candidate at the division of Geography and Tourism at KU Leuven (Belgium), conducting research into ageing-in-place and the importance of informal care and distance. He has a background in...

Zeinab Sattari N.

ATN Blog - “It is alright if sometimes people slow you down”: the importance of achieving a balance between social and physical activities in everyday life of older adults

Date:26 January 2022

Zeinab Sattari N. is a PhD candidate in Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences (RUG), conducting research on mobility patterns in later life with relation to wellbeing. She has an academic and career background in urban planning and design...

Arts in Health

ATN Blog - Researching the arts in health // Part Two

Date:16 December 2021

This is the second of a two-part description of arts in health. Part One focused on the theoretical basis for the field, and Part Two describes practical application in clinical and community settings.

Arts in Health

ATN Blog - Researching the arts in health // Part 1

Date:09 December 2021

This is the first of a two-part description of arts in health, focusing on the rationale and theoretical background of the field. In Part Two, Dr. Lewis will describe the practice of arts in health in both clinical and community settings.

Author: Janne Tullius, PhD candidate Health Sciences, UMCG

ATN blog - “It is not just in your head”: The power of knowledge for mental health promotion

Date:22 November 2021

“Knowledge is power” is a phrase attributed to Francis Bacon (1597) that may often be used to describe the importance of knowledge for advancement and liberation but might as well be applied to one of the most pressing public health crises of the 21st