Ambition portfolio: The first 1000 days and a resilient life course
Ongoing projects
Big data
Early identification of high-risk pregnancies to inform tailored policies and interventions
Cost-effectiveness of preconception lifestyle interventions
The value of preconception care for informed decision-making in health care policy
Normalization
The influence of individual, socio-economic, cultural and governmental factors regarding childbearing decisions among parents-to-be
Council of Resilience
Anchoring Lived Expertise on Poverty and Health in IJsselmonde
Supporting healthier beginnings
An accredited e-learning course for maternal and child healthcare professionals on early-life health – Enhancing maternal and child
Detecting Risks Early, Changing Futures
Implementing General Movements Assessment to identify neurodevelopmental disorders in preterm infants and improve long-term developmental outcomes
Towards heat-resilient pregnancy in Rotterdam-Rijnmond
Policy labs for just climate adaptation targeting heat exposure in the home
Preterm Playgroup Project
Unlocking Brighter Futures for Preterm Children from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Completed projects
From coffee bean to improved preterm breath
Overcoming barriers to caffeine access in Sub-Saharan
Africa
NeoHomeMotion
Secure Home-Based Assessment of Infant General Movements, for Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Poverty: from stigma to expertise
Aims to reduce health inequalities by empowering parents living in poverty as experts of their own experiences
Smoke-Free Start
A healthy start is a smoke-free start.
Health, economic, and equity impact of early-life interventions in the Netherlands
Early-life interventions carry the largest potential for improving long-term health, opportunity, and equity.
Solid Start
Innovative digital care for a healthy start
Healthy Start ServiceLab
Innovating healthcare services through experience-centric codesign
Designing for impact
Strengthening partnerships along the first 1000 days to improve risk screening