The quality of teacher educators in the European policy debate: actions and measures to improve the professionalism of teacher educators

Snoek, M., Swennen, A., & Van der Klink, M. (2011). The quality of teacher educators in the European policy debate: actions and measures to improve the professionalism of teacher educators. Professional Development in Education, 37(5), 651-664.This study examines how the contemporary European policy debate addresses the further development of the quality of TE. A classification framework was developed to compare policies and measures accross Europe. Document content analysis and questionnaires were used for collecting dat

STDs and HIV infection in men who have sex with men: Rotterdam cohort study

A general introduction is presented in chapter 1. The Rotterdam cohort study (ROHOCO) took place from February 1999 to January 2002 at the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) clinic of the department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The aim of our study was to monitor the cumulative incidence of STDs and HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) and to longitudinally investigate the associated behavioural changes during the three-year cohort study. Apart from behavioural aspects, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatment beliefs as well as determinants of health, knowledge of transmission of HIV and STDs, perceived severity of different STDs and HIV infection and perceived susceptibility to certain STDs and HIV infection were compiled in order to examine associations with the cumulative incidence of STDs and HIV infection