dr.ir. HW (Lenneke) Vaandrager

dr.ir. HW (Lenneke) Vaandrager

Universitair Hoofd Docent Health & Society

Lenneke Vaandrager, PhD in health promotion, is Associate professor Health and Society. Her overall research focus is to analyse and contribute to the development of inclusive healthy settings: contexts in which people engage in daily activities in which environmental, organizational and personal factors interact to affect health and wellbeing. Examples of settings are cities, social enterprises, communities, workplaces and families. Most of her work is inspired by systems thinking and salutogenesis.

Current research projects:

Work in Natural Environments for People with an Occupational Disability (Binnenwerk Buiten)https://www.wur.nl/en/project/Work-in-Natural-Environments-for-People-with-an-Occupational-Disability-Binnenwerk-Buiten-1.htm

Addressing Health Inequalities in Vulnerable Urban Neighbourhoods by Social Community Enterprises https://www.wur.nl/en/project/Addressing-Health-Inequalities-in-Vulnerable-Urban-Neighbourhoods-by-Social-Community-Enterprises-.htm

The potential of green programmes for the rehabilitation of young employees with burnout: a salutogenic approach https://www.wur.nl/en/project/The-potential-of-green-programmes-for-the-rehabilitation-of-young-employees-with-burnout-a-salutogenic-approach.htm

From diet to everyday-social life: a salutogenic approach towards enabling healthful eating among diabetes type 2 patients https://www.wur.nl/en/project/From-diet-to-everyday-social-life-a-salutogenic-approach-towards-enabling-healthful-eating-among-diabetes-type-2-patients-Acronym-D2SAL.htm

PARTIGAN: Community Greening in Arnhem and Nijmegen https://www.wur.nl/en/project/PARTIGAN-Community-Greening-in-Arnhem-and-Nijmegen.htm

European Forum on Urban Agriculture https://www.efua.eu/

Lenneke is coordinator of the European Training Consortium which organises annual training courses on health promotion strategies in Europe https://etcsummerschool.wordpress.com/

Lenneke is member the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis (GWGS). http://www.iuhpe.org/index.php/en/global-working-groups-gwgs/gwg-on-salutogenesis