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Pacte Adiposité - Adipositas Pact is een privéstichting naar Belgisch recht die opkomt voor de rechten van burgers met obesitas.

 

Chapter 8

The right to participate inshaping, monitoring and evaluating the healthcare systemfrom policies to practices

Generally speaking, patients in Belgium are not very aware of the options as to how their data is used for clinical decision-making or for research/ population level monitoring. This is even more pronounced for People Living with Obesity

People Living with Obesity in Belgium come with a varied lived experience which is currently not captured in any of our health information or at population level.

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Table of Contents

  1. A protected legal status for the 4.5 million People Living with pre-Obesity and obesity in Belgium
  2. The right to a quality service from early diagnosis and screening through to treatment and long term management.
  3. A right to access to early diagnosis and screening for obesity in its own right
  4. Access to acute interdisciplinary treatment and long-term management
  5. The right to free choice of your healthcare provider
  6. The right to information about your state of health
  7. Rights concerning primary and secondary use of our health information
  8. The right to participate in shaping, monitoring and evaluating the healthcare system from policies to practices
  1. Patient reported outcomes should be designed and implemented involving People Living with Obesity
  2. Patient Reported outcomes should be integrated into the National Health Survey and related Sciensano studies
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Erkenningen

De Stichting voor de Rechten van Burgers met Obesitas is een private stichting zonder winstoogmerk naar Belgisch recht, geleid door burgers met obesitaservaring die onze rechten op toegang tot gezondheidszorg vertegenwoordigen.

Dit project is voor en door ons gedreven in samenwerking met VUB en KU Leuven als onderzoekspartners.

We willen ook graag onze erkentelijkheid betuigen voor de financiële steun en de bijdrage van expertise als onderdeel van de multistakeholder focusgroepen van Novo Nordisk België, J&J België en Third-i bvba bij de realisatie van alle elementen van dit initiatief.

Research Partners

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Dissemination Partners

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Logo of Obesity Platform Belgium featuring a blue and green abstract circular design next to the text "OPB Obesity Platform Belgium" on a white background.