Cascading an intervention to promote healthy sleep among adolescents following vocational education via a participatory approach

Acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among older adults with a low socio-economic status

Doctoral project Ariane Ghekiere

Doctoral project Dorien Simons

Doctoral project Jelle Van Cauwenberg

Doctoral project Linde Van Hecke

Doctoral project Sarah Devos

Health and health-related behaviors during the transition from vocational secondary education into employment.

Healthy Grandparenting: The impact of non-residential grandchild care on physical activity and sedentary behavior in people aged 50 years and over

Mental health in adolescents

Optimizing public parks for active and healthy ageing: a participatory approach

Perceptions Matter: The role of the perceived peri-urban environment in Physical Activity and Eating Behaviour among adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations

Using a health promotion approach and behavioral theories to gain insight into factors related to palliative care behaviors among people confronted with serious illness

Creating safe and attractive environments to walk and cycle using virtual reality.

Developing, implementing and evaluating an intervention to promote mental well-being in adolescents using a participatory approach

Doctoral project Adewale Luqman Oyeyemi

Doctoral project An-Sofie Pinket

Doctoral project Evelyn Fonderie

Doctoral project Ilse Gentier

Doctoral project Veerle Van Oeckel

Ethics in co-creation for public health

Safe and attractive parks for all adolescents : a multidisciplinary qualitative approach to enhance the design of public open spaces in the Andean region of Ecuador

Safe and attractive parks for all adolescents : a multidisciplinary quantitative approach to enhance the design of public open spaces in the Andean region of Ecuador

What’s for Dinner? An Inquiry of Family Meals and Food Choices in Parents With Varying Socioeconomic Status

Acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among older adults with a low socio-economic status

An examination of the contribution of e-bikes to older adults’ mobility, physical activity and social participation

Citizen science on park accessibility and park visitation among older adults

Critical attributes of parks associated with physical, mental and social health in older adults: a participatory approach

Critical environmental characteristics of public spaces that encourage young people to physical activity

Critical environmental factors of transportation cycling among children: an experimental approach

Does school social capital protect against loneliness in newly arrived minors? A mixed-method study in Flemish secondary schools providing reception programmes

Evidence-based co-creation methodology for bridging the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion.

Explaining diet quality, water intake and beverage consumption in European preschool children

GRAY – Ghent University Research for “Aging Young”.

More and safer mobility in adolescents: test a conceptual model for explaining active and safe transport in adolescents

Physical Activity for CognitivE health: investigating the Underlying causal Pathways (PACE-UP project)

Physically distant but socially close: how to prevent (inequalities in) loneliness and social isolation in times of crisis? Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic - DistantButClose

Promoting healthy sleep behaviours in adolescents: a participatory health research approach

Promoting healthy sleep in adolescents: an intervention mapping approach

Promotion of an active lifestyle in working young adults: developing and testing a smartphone-based intervention.

PSYNC: Working together for mental health

Research in health promotion

Study Youth and Health, the Flemish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Survey

The physical environment and older adults' physical activity: expeirments using photographs on the conscious and unconscious choice of where to be physically activity

The relationship between the physical environment and mental health in older adults with a low socio-economic status

Young people and health in Flanders

A multidisciplinary approach to design active, safe and inclusive parks in the Andean region of Ecuador

Effect and process evaluation of an intervention program on physical activity and sedentary behavior in castrate resistant prostate cancer patients

Evaluation of a workplace intervention for the promotion of wellbeing on physical, mental and social wellbeing of employees and employers

Experiences of loneliness amongst newly-arrived adolescent migrants in Flanders: Creating more visibility and understanding

Happy and Healthy aging in Ghent, an inspiration trajectory.

Neighborhoud Environmental and Socioeconomic Correlates of Health Enhancing Physical Activity and Overweight among Adults in Nigeria

Relationship between critical environmental factors and physical activity: an experimental analysis

Reward: Rewarding healthy food choices

The protective effect of physical activity on older adults’ daily cognitive performance and the mediating role of sleep and mental wellbeing

The relative contribution of environmental and personal factors in explaining physical activity in the “oldest olds”

the SEGa project: The Science and Ethics of stem cell-derived Gametes

Towards theory-­based behavioral interventions to improve early initiation of palliative care in people with cancer: application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Walk- and cycle friendly environments: how do we start?

Environmental determinants of physical activity and overweight in children and adolescents

Later-life loneliness in Europe: a life-course and comparative study on the role of social and intergenerational mobility