Sara Willems

Datos Biográficos

ID6772476
NOMBRESara Willems
NOMBRESSara
APELLIDOWillems
FIRMAWILLEMS S
AFILIACIONESGhent University
ORCID0000-0001-8191-3298
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2005
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Evaluating the KickAsh!-intervention’s effectiveness in preventing smoking among vulnerable Flemish adolescents

    Open AccessKenji Leta, Emelien Lauwerier et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2026

    Adolescents experiencing societal vulnerability are at heightened risk of smoking uptake, exacerbating health disparities. To address this, the KickAsh!-intervention was co-created with adolescents and youth workers in Flanders, Belgium, using the intervention mapping protocol (IMP), aiming to prevent smoking uptake among 10- to 16-year-olds, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This study evaluates its effectiveness on adolescents’…

  • Navigating racialised healthcare

    Open AccessSarah Derveeuw, Femke Van Landschoot et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

  • Smoking prevention within social work organizations

    Open AccessKenji Leta, Emelien Lauwerier et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2023

    Tobacco smoking uptake is still a major public health concern, especially among youngsters living in vulnerable situations. Finding optimal ways to engage youngsters in smoking prevention is important. Compared to traditional settings such as schools, social work settings providing sports-based and recreational activities (SR-settings) tend to reach and engage youngsters more. This study aimed to gain insight into the reasons for smoking uptake a…

  • Collective efficacy and disorder through the eyes of neighbourhood inhabitants and key informants

    Open AccessWim Hardyns, Thom Snaphaan et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Criminology2023

    This study examines the ecological reliability, convergent validity and ecological stability of neighbourhood (dis)organizational processes measured by means of two methods: inhabitant surveys and the so-called key informant analysis technique. Considering that ecological processes play a major role in many contemporary criminological theories and research, it is vital to take into account methodological challenges and to question the reliability…

  • Health Equity in Times of a Pandemic

    Open AccessEmelien Lauwerier, Sonja Willems et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    OPINION article Front. Public Health, 29 October 2021Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.689237

  • Health equity and Covid-19

    Open AccessEfrat Shadmi, Yingyao Chen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2020

    The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor access to high quality public health and medical care. Moreover, the collateral effects of the pandemic due to the global economic downturn, and social isolation and movement restriction measures,…

  • Seeking a balance between privacy and connectedness in housing for refugees

    Open AccessSara Willems, Henk De Smet et al.ARTICLEJournal of Housing and the Built…2020Citada por: 2Referencias: 16

  • Combatendo as DCNT

    Open AccessJ De Maeseneer, Richard G Roberts et al.ARTICLERevista Brasileira de Medicina de…2011

    A “Aliança DCNT” (“NCD Alliance”)1 visa colocar as doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) na agenda global de saúde, a fim de enfrentar a chamada “crise das DCNT”. Melhorar os indicadores de morbidade e mortalidade em 2015 dependerá, em grande medida, da prevenção e controle das DCNT, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento2. *Reprinted with permission from Elsevier (The Lancet, 2011, 6 September 2011, online first) - Reprodução autorizad…

  • The Independent Impact of Household- and Neighborhood-based Social Determinants on Early Childhood Caries

    Sonja Willems, Sara Willems et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2005

    This study examined the relationship between early childhood caries (ECC) and measures of socioeconomic status as environmental determinants of oral health inequalities. Dental caries and quality of oral hygiene were reported on 384 young inner-city children (24-35 months) by clinical examination. Early childhood caries was diagnosed in 18.5% of children. Ethnicity (P < 0.001) and neighborhood (P < 0.001) were the social variables significantly p…