Care in Growth: Youth Health Care Policy Pilot Evaluation in Groningen

A policy pilot for youth health care (JGZ) for 4 to 19-year-olds was experimentally introduced in the 2002-2003 school year at schools in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Stadskanaal, and Groningen. The dataset likely contains evaluation results from a study commissioned by the Emergency Service of the municipality of Groningen to investigate experiences with the new method. The data originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the implementation fidelity of a youth health care program based on the central research question about activities carried out according to plan.
• Analyze stakeholder perceptions of a public health policy based on assessments from schools, parents, and external partners mentioned in the description.
• Study the impact of a legislative change on municipal service delivery based on the amendment to the Public Health Collective Prevention Act (WCPV).

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific policy change and its local implementation, providing contextual depth.
• Licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse and distribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may complicate automated analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Study commissioned by the Emergency Service (HVD) of the municipality of Groningen, conducted by Bureau Onderzoek.

Time Range

Pilot conducted in the 2002 2003 school year; policy change effective from 1 January 2003.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Municipalities in the province of Groningen, Netherlands (Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Stadskanaal, Groningen).