1. Knowledge Centre on Health, Nutrition & Learning (VISUEL) Objectives, Competencies & Research Projects Contact: Britta Hørdam, Ph.D, Medicine bho@ucsj.dk

2. Content VISUEL’s objectives VISUEL’s competencies Overview of VISUEL’s ongoing research projects Presentation of VISUEL’s individual research projects (6 slides)

3. Objectives VISUEL develops and disseminates new evidence- based and practice-oriented knowledge related to nursing, healthy dieting, physiotherapy, ergo-therapy and welfare economy in general. VISUEL promotes active interaction between research, education- and competence-development, consultancy, supervision and project-development both at local, regional, national and international levels.

4. Competencies VISUEL possesses multiple cross-disciplinary competencies that have created the unique research environment. VISUEL offers development-oriented and quality assurance products, tools and expertise (e.g., process-, project-development and implementation) to both public and private agencies as well as local and regional government institutions.

5. Overview of research projects Projects Main areas of expertise HealthNutritionLearning E-Health – Rehabilitation of patients after hip surgery √√ Developing community nursing in Denmark √√ Health interventions for children √ √ √ Health interventions for elderly √ √ Health interventions for patients with heart failure √√ Rehabilitation of war veterans with PTSD √√ Innovation for health care professionals √√ Improving patients’ safety √√ Caring of patients’ spiritual needs √√ Preventing torture in closed institutions √√ Regional food concept in the Baltic region √√

6. Research projects (I) E-Health: Rehabilitation of patients after hip-surgery and early discharge by using net-based technology (Hoerdam, Britta. 2009. SJCSS). Developing community nursing in Denmark: A qualitative study of professional nursing from organizational, professional and user perspectives (ongoing).

7. Research projects (II) Health interventions for children in kindergartens and schools by promoting cooperation between public agencies. This is a joint project with the National Center of Science, Nutrition, and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents (ongoing) Health interventions for elderly: Enabling the perception of autonomy among physically disabled older nursing home residents (Andresen, Mette. 2009. JAH; Andersen, Mette. 2008. BMCG ).

8. Health interventions for patients with heart failure: Developing evidence-based clinical guidelines (ongoing). Rehabilitation of war veterans with PTSD: Physiotherapeutic assistance to war veterans suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by using nature-based therapy (ongoing). Research projects (III)

9. Research projects (IV) Innovation for health care professionals: Spreading knowledge about technological and organizational innovation among students in nursing, biomedical laboratory science, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. This is a joint project with Health Innovation Center of Region Sealand (ongoing). Improving patient safety: Increasing awareness about clinic errors to improve patient safety. This is a joint project with University College (ongoing).

10. Research projects (V) Caring of patients’ spiritual needs: An ethnographic fieldwork in two hospice care settings on how to integrate the spiritual dimension in clinical nursing practice (ongoing). Preventing torture in closed institutions: An evaluation of the effect of torture and ill-practice prevention intervention, i.e., regular visits to places of detention by independent international and national monitors (ongoing).

11. Research projects (VI) Developing regional food concept in the Baltic region: A qualitative study of calturally unique gastronomic practices in the Baltic region.