Work, discrimination, and the limitations and difficulties in daily life affect the health and the utilization of care by immigrants and refugees, according to research by the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) and the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) for which Majda Lamkaddem received her doctorate on May 30, 2013 from the University of Amsterdam.

Requests for HIV testing from general practice have increased gradually since 1988. GPs are also taking the initiative more often to discuss the risk of HIV and testing, according to a publication by researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and STI AIDS Netherlands (Soa Aids Nederland) in the scientific journal BMJ Open.

Co-funded by the European Commission, NIVEL carried out a mapping study of the home care systems in 31 European countries. It shows that decision makers can learn a lot from each other’s approaches, despite considerable differences between the countries in culture, health systems and available resources.

People who are caring for family members with dementia need professional support at all stages of the condition. This might for instance be advice on how to deal with the patient's behavioural problems, or information about how dementia progresses and the care options available. The longer the dementia goes on, the more the family carers feel the restrictions on their own social activities. This has been reported by researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL) and Alzheimer Nederland in The Open Nursing Journal.