Promotion of Healthy Sexual Development of Children

This Erasmus+ research projects aims to help (future) social work professionals to gain competences on guiding young people’s healthy sexual development and discussing sexual behaviour with children, young people, their (foster) parents and other professionals. Competence has to do with …

Children and Young people on Antwerp

Children and young people form a very large group within the urban population. Our metropolis is home to 201,727 people under the age of 30. Out of a total registered population of 521,946 inhabitants, they represent no less than 38.6%. …

Outreach Work

This study investigated the way in which outreach work is done in social work, which hurdles and areas of concern are present and which competencies are needed for social workers to include this.

Duration: 2012-2015

Researchers: Sandra Beelen, Jessica De …

Child-friendly cities

Current developments challenge the pursuit of child-friendly cities and municipalities. For these reasons, there is a need to update and deepen the vision on child-friendly cities and municipalities and, based on this, to develop tools that support the realisation of …

After school care and leisure time of children in Ghent

Commissioned by the City of Ghent, a policy-preparing study was conducted into the demand side of childcare and leisure activities for children in Ghent.

On Friday 18 December 2015, the Flemish Government approved the draft memorandum ‘Guidelines for a new …

Elderly Detainees, unknown and unloved

Elderly offenders, unknown and unloved.

The increasing ageing population is usually associated with increasing problems of payment and appropriate care. The aim of this study is not to highlight those negative nor the positive aspects of ageing, but to …

Sense of home

Within residential care facilities, in addition to the focus on quality of care, there is an increasing attention for the quality of life and living of the residents. This movement is also fully supported by policy. Based on research carried …

Enthousiasm in Social Care in the Flanders (BOS)

This study focuses on the engagement of social care workers and their first line managers in residential care for people with challenging behaviour. These are employees in residential youth care and care for the disabled, who come into contact with …

Neonatal Care

A study into the development and implementation of a signalling tool of vulnerability during pregnancy from a broad perspective on vulnerability. The project will be led by AP’s “Midwifery” training program. Isos is involved in the methodological development.

Duration: 2014-2018…

Fruits of experimental gardens in youth work with vulnerable youth

This is an evaluation study of experimental projects for disadvantaged groups, in which eleven subsidised projects were questioned and additions were made from policy documents (period 2009-2011). The study dealt with an evaluation of the projects in themselves and an …