23 Result(s)

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Perceptions and beliefs of general practitioners on their role in the cancer screening programmes in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods study

In the Netherlands, population-based cancer screening programmes (CSPs) are organized aiming at cervical, breast and colorectal cancer. For a CSP to be effective, high participation rates are essential; howeve...

Thomas H.G. Bongaerts, Frederike L. Büchner, Vera Nierkens… in BMC Primary Care (2024)

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Learning in a real-life escape room: an explorative study on the supervisory relationship in GP residency during the COVID-19 pandemic

The relationship between supervisors and residents plays a prominent role in the professional development of general practice (GP) residents. When disruptions occur in the normal course of healthcare, due to e...

Iris Meljes, Irene Slootweg, Vera Nierkens, Maartje van den Bogaard… in BMC Primary Care (2023)

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Publisher Correction: Perspectives on cancer screening participation in a highly urbanized region: a Q-methodology study in the Hague, the Netherlands

Thomas H.G Bongaerts, Frederike L. Büchner, Matty R. Crone… in BMC Public Health (2022)

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Perspectives on cancer screening participation in a highly urbanized region: a Q-methodology study in The Hague, the Netherlands

The Netherlands hosts, as many other European countries, three population-based cancer screening programmes (CSPs). The overall uptake among these CSPs is high, but has decreased over recent years. Especially ...

Thomas H. G. Bongaerts, Frederike L. Büchner, Matty R. Crone… in BMC Public Health (2022)

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Unprofessional behaviour of GP residents and its remediation: a qualitative study among supervisors and faculty

Lapses in professionalism have profound negative effects on patients, health professionals, and society. The connection between unprofessional behaviour during training and later practice requires timely ident...

Pieter C. Barnhoorn, Vera Nierkens, Marianne C. Mak-van der Vossen… in BMC Family Practice (2021)

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Disseminating evidence-based interventions to new populations: a systematic approach to consider the need for adaptation

Marieke A Hartman, Karien Stronks, Linda Highfield… in Implementation Science (2015)

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Smoking cessation behavioural therapy in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: an explorative analysis of recruitment channels

The optimum channel(s) used to recruit smokers living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods for smoking cessation behavioural therapy (SCBT) is unknown. This paper examines the channels through which smokers partici...

Fiona E. Benson, Vera Nierkens… in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2015)

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Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in The Netherlands before and during the Global Financial Crisis: a repeated cross-sectional study

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) increased levels of financial strain, especially in those of low socioeconomic status (SES). Financial strain can affect smoking behaviour.

Fiona E Benson, Mirte AG Kuipers, Vera Nierkens, Jan-Willem Bruggink… in BMC Public Health (2015)

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Wanting to attend isn’t just wanting to quit: why some disadvantaged smokers regularly attend smoking cessation behavioural therapy while others do not: a qualitative study

Attendance of a behavioural support programme facilitates smoking cessation. Disadvantaged smokers have been shown to attend less than their more affluent peers. We need to gain in-depth insight into underlyin...

Fiona E Benson, Karien Stronks, Marc C Willemsen, Nina MM Bogaerts… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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A process evaluation: Does recruitment for an exercise program through ethnically specific channels and key figures contribute to its reach and receptivity in ethnic minority mothers?

Ethnic minority women from low-income countries who live in high-income countries are more physically inactive than ethnic majority women in those countries. At the same time, they can be harder to reach with ...

Marieke A Hartman, Vera Nierkens, Stephan W Cremer, Karien Stronks… in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Screening South Asians for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: (1) comparing oral glucose tolerance and haemoglobin A1c test results and (2) comparing the two sets of metabolic profiles of individuals diagnosed with these two tests

The glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level may be used for screening for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes instead of a more burdensome oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). However, among the high-risk South Asia...

Everlina MA Vlaar, Wanda M Admiraal, Wim B Busschers… in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2013)

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DiAlert: a prevention program for overweight first degree relatives of type 2 diabetes patients: results of a pilot study to test feasibility and acceptability

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing due to lifestyle changes, particularly affecting those genetically at risk. We developed DiAlert as a targeted group-based intervention aimed to promote int...

Wieke H Heideman, Maartje de Wit, Barend JC Middelkoop, Vera Nierkens… in Trials (2012)

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Feasibility and effectiveness of a targeted diabetes prevention program for 18 to 60-year-old South Asian migrants: design and methods of the DH!AAN study

South Asian migrants are at particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies have shown that intensive lifestyle interventions may prevent the onset of diabetes. Such interventions have not been cul...

Everlina MA Vlaar, Irene GM van Valkengoed, Vera Nierkens… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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The DISC (Diabetes in Social Context) Study-evaluation of a culturally sensitive social network intervention for diabetic patients in lower socioeconomic groups: a study protocol

Compared to those in higher socioeconomic groups, diabetic patients in lower socioeconomic groups have less favourable metabolic control and experience more diabetes-related complications. They encounter speci...

Charlotte Vissenberg, Vera Nierkens, Paul JM Uitewaal, Diana Geraci… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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DiAlert: a lifestyle education programme aimed at people with a positive family history of type 2 diabetes and overweight, study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Family history is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and more so in the presence of overweight. This study aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a new lifestyle education programme 'Di...

Wieke H Heideman, Vera Nierkens, Karien Stronks, Barend JC Middelkoop… in BMC Public Health (2011)

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How do psychosocial determinants in migrant women in the Netherlands differ from these among their counterparts in their country of origin? A cross-sectional study

Migration of non-Western women into Western countries often results in an increase in smoking prevalence among migrant women. To gain more insight into how to prevent this increase, we compared psychosocial de...

Vera Nierkens, Maya V van der Ploeg, Marja Y van Eer, Karien Stronks in BMC Public Health (2011)

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Depressive symptoms and smoking among young Turkish and Moroccan ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

Although evidence indicates a strong association between depressive symptoms and smoking among host and migrant adults, less is known about this relationship among young ethnic minority groups in Europe. This ...

Ceren Z Acartürk, Vera Nierkens… in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and… (2011)