Esther De Weger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4871527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther De Weger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | De Weger |
| SIGNATURE | DE WEGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6545-0325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Voices of society
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public groups mobilised themselves in civil-society engagement practices (CSEPs) aiming to improve or suggest alternative epidemic management. This study explores the motivation to establish CSEPs and their perceived contributions to epidemic management, to gain insight whether integrating views of CSEPs could add value. A systematic online search was executed to identify CSEPs focused on COVID-19 management between …
Implementing and embedding Social Prescribing successfully
Background: Integrating healthcare and social care is necessary because a substantial proportion of primary care clients receive unnecessary healthcare (not tailored to their social needs) which can lead to undesirable costs. Social prescribing is an innovative approach for more holistic person-centered care and aims to address clients’ social determinants of health. Often social prescribing services include link workers who support primary care …
Facilitating the learning and adaptation process of regional initiatives that transform towards health and wellbeing systems
Introduction: Health-systems in western countries are under pressure due to increasing costs, changing health care demands, and a growing shortage of staff. Therefore, regional initiatives are searching for ways to integrate and reorganize services across domains. This is a complex process and requires an incremental approach based on reflection and adaptation. However, regional initiatives are still searching how to construct these processes. Th…
‘They need to ask me first’. Community engagement with low‐income citizens. A realist qualitative case‐study
BACKGROUND: Community engagement is seen as key to citizen-centred and sustainable healthcare systems as involving citizens in the designing, implementation and improvement of services and policies is thought to tailor these more closely to communities' own needs and experiences. Organizations have struggled to reach out to and involve disadvantaged citizens. This paper examines how if, why, and when low-income citizens wish to be involved. METHO…
What's a realist configuration? Deciding which causal configuration to use, how and why
IntroductionIntegrated care interventions operate in complex contexts. The realist evaluation (RE) approach was first developed based on the idea that, in order for studies to be useful to practice-leaders and policymakers, studies should not only indicate whether an intervention works or not, but should highlight ‘what works, how, in which contexts, and for whom’. RE studies use context-mechanism-outcome configurations to express causal explanat…
Cross-Sector Collaboration for a Healthy Living Environment—Which Strategies to Implement, Why, and in Which Context
This study provides new insights in how cross-sector collaboration for a healthy living environment can be achieved in different contexts. Whether the start of a cross-sectoral collaboration is successful is largely influenced by the choice of leadership and the interorganizational relations
Searching for new community engagement approaches in the Netherlands
CE can be improved by, first of all, developing a shared and overarching vision of what CE should look like, establishing clear roles and remits for organisations and communities, and taking active measures to ensure CE is more inclusive and representative of harder-to-reach groups. At the same time, to help ensure such shared visions do not further entrench power imbalances between citizens and professionals, professionals require training in su…
What's in a Realist Configuration? Deciding Which Causal Configurations to Use, How, and Why
Background: Realist studies represent an increasingly popular approach for exploring complex interventions' successes and failures. The theory-driven approach seeks to explain 'what works, how, why, in which contexts, for whom, and to what extent' using context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations. When the approach was first developed, CMO configurations were the method for expressing causal explanations. Increasingly, realist studies have bee…
Achieving successful community engagement
BACKGROUND: Community engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to achieving high quality, efficient and collaborative care. However, organisations are still searching for the best and most effective ways to engage citizens in the shaping of health and care services. This review highlights the barriers and enablers for engaging communities in the planning, designing, governing, and/or delivering of health and care services on the macro or meso l…
Empowering communities
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Towards a sustainable health system in the Netherlands
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
The introduction and evaluation of telehealth into a mental health service
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
What's in a Realist Configuration? Deciding Which Causal Configurations to Use, How, and Why
Background: Realist studies represent an increasingly popular approach for exploring complex interventions' successes and failures. The theory-driven approach seeks to explain 'what works, how, why, in which contexts, for whom, and to what extent' using context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations. When the approach was first developed, CMO configurations were the method for expressing causal explanations. Increasingly, realist studies have bee…
The introduction and evaluation of telehealth into a mental health service
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Achieving successful community engagement
BACKGROUND: Community engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to achieving high quality, efficient and collaborative care. However, organisations are still searching for the best and most effective ways to engage citizens in the shaping of health and care services. This review highlights the barriers and enablers for engaging communities in the planning, designing, governing, and/or delivering of health and care services on the macro or meso l…
Empowering communities
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Towards a sustainable health system in the Netherlands
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Cross-Sector Collaboration for a Healthy Living Environment—Which Strategies to Implement, Why, and in Which Context
This study provides new insights in how cross-sector collaboration for a healthy living environment can be achieved in different contexts. Whether the start of a cross-sectoral collaboration is successful is largely influenced by the choice of leadership and the interorganizational relations
Searching for new community engagement approaches in the Netherlands
CE can be improved by, first of all, developing a shared and overarching vision of what CE should look like, establishing clear roles and remits for organisations and communities, and taking active measures to ensure CE is more inclusive and representative of harder-to-reach groups. At the same time, to help ensure such shared visions do not further entrench power imbalances between citizens and professionals, professionals require training in su…
What's in a Realist Configuration? Deciding Which Causal Configurations to Use, How, and Why
Background: Realist studies represent an increasingly popular approach for exploring complex interventions' successes and failures. The theory-driven approach seeks to explain 'what works, how, why, in which contexts, for whom, and to what extent' using context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations. When the approach was first developed, CMO configurations were the method for expressing causal explanations. Increasingly, realist studies have bee…
What's a realist configuration? Deciding which causal configuration to use, how and why
IntroductionIntegrated care interventions operate in complex contexts. The realist evaluation (RE) approach was first developed based on the idea that, in order for studies to be useful to practice-leaders and policymakers, studies should not only indicate whether an intervention works or not, but should highlight ‘what works, how, in which contexts, and for whom’. RE studies use context-mechanism-outcome configurations to express causal explanat…
‘They need to ask me first’. Community engagement with low‐income citizens. A realist qualitative case‐study
BACKGROUND: Community engagement is seen as key to citizen-centred and sustainable healthcare systems as involving citizens in the designing, implementation and improvement of services and policies is thought to tailor these more closely to communities' own needs and experiences. Organizations have struggled to reach out to and involve disadvantaged citizens. This paper examines how if, why, and when low-income citizens wish to be involved. METHO…
Voices of society
During the COVID-19 pandemic, public groups mobilised themselves in civil-society engagement practices (CSEPs) aiming to improve or suggest alternative epidemic management. This study explores the motivation to establish CSEPs and their perceived contributions to epidemic management, to gain insight whether integrating views of CSEPs could add value. A systematic online search was executed to identify CSEPs focused on COVID-19 management between …
Implementing and embedding Social Prescribing successfully
Background: Integrating healthcare and social care is necessary because a substantial proportion of primary care clients receive unnecessary healthcare (not tailored to their social needs) which can lead to undesirable costs. Social prescribing is an innovative approach for more holistic person-centered care and aims to address clients’ social determinants of health. Often social prescribing services include link workers who support primary care …
Facilitating the learning and adaptation process of regional initiatives that transform towards health and wellbeing systems
Introduction: Health-systems in western countries are under pressure due to increasing costs, changing health care demands, and a growing shortage of staff. Therefore, regional initiatives are searching for ways to integrate and reorganize services across domains. This is a complex process and requires an incremental approach based on reflection and adaptation. However, regional initiatives are still searching how to construct these processes. Th…
Political science (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works)