Anke Van Der Kwaak

Dados Biográficos

ID1743093
NOMEAnke Van Der Kwaak
PRENOMESAnke
SOBRENOMEVan Der Kwaak
ASSINATURAVAN DER KWAAK A
AFILIAÇÕESRoyal Tropical Institute
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES39
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1992
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H3

  • Perceptions of sexual violence among adolescents and youth in Senegal and Ghana

    Open AccessCharlotte J W van Tuijl, Anke Van Der Kwaak et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2025

    This study explores the perceptions of adolescents (10-19 years) and youth (20-24) toward sexual violence in Senegal and Ghana, their attitudes, and expected behaviors when witnessing such violence. The purpose of this paper is to add to the emerging literature on context-specific, gendered, and age-related norms surrounding sexual violence. Using a mixed-method approach, this study combined a survey ( n = 1425) with semi-structured interviews, f…

  • Young Women's Agency and the Social Navigation of Divorce from Child Marriage in West Java, Central Java, and West Lombok, Indonesia

    Open AccessTeresa Pakasi Diana, Diana Teresa Pakasi et al.ARTICLEAsian Women2024Citada por: 3Referências: 11

  • Drivers of child marriage in specific settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – findings from the Yes I Do! baseline study

    Open AccessMaryse Kok, Maryse C Kok et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Multiple intersecting drivers, which were present in different degrees in each country setting, influenced the occurrence of child marriage. We found that child marriage is a manifestation of social norms, particularly related to girls' sexuality, which are intersecting with other factors at individual, social, material, and institutional level - most prominently poverty or economic constraints. Child marriage was, in some cases, a result of girl…

  • What makes a woman? Understanding the reasons for and circumstances of female genital mutilation/cutting in Indonesia, Ethiopia and Kenya

    Open AccessTasneem Kakal, Irwan Hidayana et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

    This study presents the reasons for, and circumstances of, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Indonesia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Data were collected in 2016 and 2017 by means of a household survey conducted with young people (15-24 years) and through focus group discussions, in-depth interviews and key informant interviews with youth and community stakeholders. The study findings confirm previously documented reasons for FGM/C, noting that …

  • Being dragged into adulthood? Young people’s agency concerning sex, relationships and marriage in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

    Open AccessMaryse Kok, Zoe van Eldik et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    This study aimed to explore how young people exercise agency in rural Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia in relation to sex, relationships and marriage, to inform local programmes aiming to prevent teenage pregnancy and child marriage. In each country, focus group discussions with young people and parents, in-depth interviews with young people and a variety of other participants, and a household survey with young people (15-24 years) were conducted. W…

  • Coping and chronic psychosocial consequences of female genital mutilation in the Netherlands

    Erick Vloeberghs, Anke Van Der Kwaak et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2012Citada por: 8Referências: 6

    FGM/C had a lifelong impact on the majority of the women participating in the study, causing chronic mental and psychosocial problems. Migration made women who underwent FGM/C more aware of their condition. Three types of women could be distinguished according to their coping style: the adaptives, the disempowered and the traumatised. Health care providers should become more aware of their problems and more sensitive in addressing them

  • Maternal Health Care Utilization Among HIV-Positive Female Adolescents in Kenya

    Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2011

    CONTEXT: Given the health risks of HIV/AIDS and the risks of teenage pregnancy in general, pregnant HIV-positive adolescents in Kenya need maternal health care services that account for their HIV status. However, research on their access to and use of these services is scant. METHODS: To examine maternal health care utilization, pregnancy history data collected in 2009 on 506 pregnancies among 393 HIV-positive female adolescents aged 15-19 enroll…

  • We are also dying like any other people, we are also people

    Open AccessMarjolein Dieleman, Godfrey Biemba et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2007Citada por: 1

    In countries with a high AIDS prevalence, the health workforce is affected by AIDS in several ways. In Zambia, which has a prevalence rate of 16.5%, a study was carried out in 2004 with the aim to: explore the impact of HIV/AIDS on health workers, describe their coping mechanisms and recommend supportive measures. The qualitative study was complemented by a survey using self-administered questionnaires in four selected health facilities in two ru…

  • Psychotrauma in Moluccan refugees in Indonesia

    Open AccessJoost Waas, Anke Van Der Kwaak et al.ARTICLEDisaster Prevention and…2003

    This study examines the mental health initiatives in two locations of Loluccan internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and investigates whether those fit the local needs. The locations of IDPs are described based on observations, in‐depth interviews and dicussions with refugees and relief workers. Results showed that the Moluccan IDPs suffered from almost all short‐term mental health symptoms indicated in literature. Long‐term…

  • Female circumcision and gender identity

    Open AccessAnke Van Der KwaakARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1992Citada por: 27Referências: 12