Monika Martens
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6775914 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Monika Martens |
| NOMBRES | Monika |
| APELLIDO | Martens |
| FIRMA | MARTENS M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1432-0684 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Building mental health friendly schools
Background: YiPEE (Youth co-Production for sustainable Engagement and Empowerment in health) is a collaborative research initiative focusing on improving young people’s mental health through a co-designed multi-level school-based intervention, with inner, social, and environmental components, in urban settings in India (Chennai), Kenya (Nairobi), South Africa (Cape Town), and Sweden (Stockholm). Successful co-creation is known to generate highly …
Scaling up integrated care for chronic diseases in belgium
INTRODUCTION: Few integrated care studies elaborate how interventions are brought to wider scale. The SCUBY project developed interventions for scale-up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for two common diseases - type 2 diabetes and hypertension-, comprising evidence-based roadmaps and policy dialogues. This paper's aim is to report on the process evaluation of the ICP scale-up in Belgium. Specific objectives are: to describe the development of…
Evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle education for individuals at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Halt2Diabetes)
This study is registered with the ISRCTN registry, identifier: ISRCTN62149214 ( https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN62149214 ). The date of registration is March 13, 2025
Stakeholder involvement in realist evaluation
As a theory-driven evaluation design grounded in the critical realism philosophy, realist evaluation relies on eliciting the assumptions of stakeholders about how programmes are expected to produce outcomes. Little is known about key principles for involving stakeholders in realist evaluations. In this scoping review of realist evaluation studies, we explored how stakeholders were involved in the conduct of realist evaluation. A total of 26 ‘part…
Country-Specific Roadmaps for Scaling Up Integrated Care in Belgium, Slovenia, and Cambodia – Lessons Learned from the SCUBY Project
Introduction: The SCUBY project aimed to provide knowledge on the scaling-up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for type 2 diabetes and hypertension across three distinct health systems (Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium). Here, we analyse the different elements of the country-specific scale-up roadmaps to identify similarities and differences, and share lessons learned. Methods: Thematic analysis was used to derive crucial roadmap elements from k…
Process Evaluations for the Scale-Up of Complex Interventions – a Scoping Review
Introduction: Complex health interventions (CHIs) are common in (public) health and social care practice and policy. A process evaluation (PE) is an essential part of designing and testing CHIs and questions what is implemented, the mechanisms of change, and how context affects implementation. The scale-up of CHIs is challenging and heterogeneous, making the accompanying PE unique to the nature of the inquiry. Methods: We conducted a scoping revi…
Examining Macro-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Up Integrated Care from a Complexity Perspective
Examining differences and similarities between barriers in each health system stimulated reciprocal learning. Interactions between health system barriers in specific contexts require further attention to move complex health systems forward
Cost of “Ideal Minimum Integrated Care” for Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Patients in Cambodia Context
The projected costs of IMIC for T2D and HTN in Cambodia provides evidence to informed decision-making of relevant actors in implementing scale-up of IMIC for T2D and HTN. The model can be used in countries with similar context to calculate costs of integrated care
Evaluation of the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia
Countries can enhance integrated care for chronic diseases by implementing central policies, standardized protocols, and local adaptation, addressing resource constraints, promoting systematic screening and health education, and providing training for healthcare workers, tailored to community needs, to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery
Development of a Qualitative Data Analysis Codebook for Arterial Hypertension and Type-2-Diabetes Integrated Care Evaluation
The codebook is a useful tool for implementation research on integrated care for HTN and T2D at global scale. It facilitates cross-country learning, contributing to improved implementation, scale-up and outcomes
Using the multiple streams model to elicit an initial programme theory
INTRODUCTION: The 'SCale-Up diaBetes and hYpertension care' Project aims to support the scale-up of integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium through the co-creation, implementation and evaluation of contextualised roadmaps. These roadmaps offer avenues for action and are built on evidence as well as stakeholder engagement in policy dialogues. Roadmaps and policy dialogues are very much intertwined and consid…
Process evaluations for the scale-up of complex interventions – A scoping review
Background: Process evaluation (PE) is an essential part of testing and adapting complex health interventions (CHIs) and involves evaluating what is implemented (and how), mechanisms of change, and how context affects implementation and health outcomes. To address complex health needs, the focus is on developing new CHIs, rather than on adapting and scaling up existing interventions to promote stronger integration, increased population coverage, …
Cross-country lessons from the SCUBY project on country-specific roadmaps for scaling up integrated care in Belgium, Slovenia, and Cambodia
Background: The aim of the SCUBY project was to provide evidence on the scaling up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for type II Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HT) across three distinct health systems (Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium) through the development and implementation of country-specific roadmaps for a national scale-up strategy. Harnessing mixed-methods research and stakeholder engagement informed the development of country-specific…
Scaling up integrated care
Background: The ‘SCale-Up of diaBetes and hYpertension care’ (SCUBY) project aims to support the scale-up of integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium through the co-creation, implementation, and evaluation of contextualized roadmaps. These roadmaps offer avenues for action and are built on evidence as well as stakeholder engagement in policy dialogues. These two implementation strategies – roadmaps and poli…
Scale-up Integrated Care for Chronic Diseases in Belgium
Background. The goal of more integrated care has been on the Belgium health care policy agenda since 2007 with the start of disease specific care trajectories, reports on chronic care and pilot projects at local level. While there is consensus on what needs to be done, the process of how it should be done is much more uncertain. Scale-up of integrated care is complex, because it requires multi-stakeholder action and intersectoral coordination at …
Lessons on chronic care organisation during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium. Covid as a magnifying glass on primary health care
Introduction: Primary health care (PHC) systems worldwide have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some patients couldn’t access care or services were not available. Background: Fuelled by different health systems, the impact on NCD care has been different in the three countries under research: Cambodia (a developing health system in a middle-income country), Slovenia (a centrally-steered health system in a high-income country), and Belgium…
Developing and testing an Evaluation Strategy for Integrated care for Type II Diabetes in three health system contexts (Belgium, Cambodia and Slovenia)
Introduction: Primary health care (PHC) systems across the globe are struggling to produce an effective response to the rising burden of disease related to Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). However, effective T2D care at the PHC level – the ‘Integrated Care Package (ICP)’– exists and is cost-effective. Further, there is evidence that this integrated care package ((1) structure) leads to improved care processes (2), to health care responsive to people’s need…
Macro-level barriers to scaling up integrated care in three countries
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
What Makes Integration of Chronic Care so Difficult? A Macro-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in Belgium
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
What Makes Integration of Chronic Care so Difficult? A Macro-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in Belgium
This paper highlights the importance of homogenization of responsibilities of governments regarding integrated care and the interdependency of policy and health care system factors. A whole system change is needed instead of the current Belgian model of prolonged search for common ground between conflicting opinions. Political commitment and citizen participation will be crucial
Scale-up integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium (SCUBY)
Health systems worldwide struggle to manage the growing burden of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Many patients receive suboptimal care, especially those most vulnerable. An evidence-based Integrated Care Package (ICP) with primary care-based diagnosis, treatment, education and self-management support and collaboration, leads to better health outcomes, but there is little knowledge of how to scale-up. The Scale-up integrated care for diabetes a…
What Makes Integration of Chronic Care so Difficult? A Macro-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in Belgium
This paper highlights the importance of homogenization of responsibilities of governments regarding integrated care and the interdependency of policy and health care system factors. A whole system change is needed instead of the current Belgian model of prolonged search for common ground between conflicting opinions. Political commitment and citizen participation will be crucial
Evaluation of the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia
Countries can enhance integrated care for chronic diseases by implementing central policies, standardized protocols, and local adaptation, addressing resource constraints, promoting systematic screening and health education, and providing training for healthcare workers, tailored to community needs, to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery
Development of a Qualitative Data Analysis Codebook for Arterial Hypertension and Type-2-Diabetes Integrated Care Evaluation
The codebook is a useful tool for implementation research on integrated care for HTN and T2D at global scale. It facilitates cross-country learning, contributing to improved implementation, scale-up and outcomes
Scale-up integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium (SCUBY)
Health systems worldwide struggle to manage the growing burden of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Many patients receive suboptimal care, especially those most vulnerable. An evidence-based Integrated Care Package (ICP) with primary care-based diagnosis, treatment, education and self-management support and collaboration, leads to better health outcomes, but there is little knowledge of how to scale-up. The Scale-up integrated care for diabetes a…
What Makes Integration of Chronic Care so Difficult? A Macro-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in Belgium
This paper highlights the importance of homogenization of responsibilities of governments regarding integrated care and the interdependency of policy and health care system factors. A whole system change is needed instead of the current Belgian model of prolonged search for common ground between conflicting opinions. Political commitment and citizen participation will be crucial
Macro-level barriers to scaling up integrated care in three countries
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
What Makes Integration of Chronic Care so Difficult? A Macro-Level Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators in Belgium
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 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Using the multiple streams model to elicit an initial programme theory
INTRODUCTION: The 'SCale-Up diaBetes and hYpertension care' Project aims to support the scale-up of integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium through the co-creation, implementation and evaluation of contextualised roadmaps. These roadmaps offer avenues for action and are built on evidence as well as stakeholder engagement in policy dialogues. Roadmaps and policy dialogues are very much intertwined and consid…
Process evaluations for the scale-up of complex interventions – A scoping review
Background: Process evaluation (PE) is an essential part of testing and adapting complex health interventions (CHIs) and involves evaluating what is implemented (and how), mechanisms of change, and how context affects implementation and health outcomes. To address complex health needs, the focus is on developing new CHIs, rather than on adapting and scaling up existing interventions to promote stronger integration, increased population coverage, …
Cross-country lessons from the SCUBY project on country-specific roadmaps for scaling up integrated care in Belgium, Slovenia, and Cambodia
Background: The aim of the SCUBY project was to provide evidence on the scaling up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for type II Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HT) across three distinct health systems (Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium) through the development and implementation of country-specific roadmaps for a national scale-up strategy. Harnessing mixed-methods research and stakeholder engagement informed the development of country-specific…
Scaling up integrated care
Background: The ‘SCale-Up of diaBetes and hYpertension care’ (SCUBY) project aims to support the scale-up of integrated care for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium through the co-creation, implementation, and evaluation of contextualized roadmaps. These roadmaps offer avenues for action and are built on evidence as well as stakeholder engagement in policy dialogues. These two implementation strategies – roadmaps and poli…
Scale-up Integrated Care for Chronic Diseases in Belgium
Background. The goal of more integrated care has been on the Belgium health care policy agenda since 2007 with the start of disease specific care trajectories, reports on chronic care and pilot projects at local level. While there is consensus on what needs to be done, the process of how it should be done is much more uncertain. Scale-up of integrated care is complex, because it requires multi-stakeholder action and intersectoral coordination at …
Lessons on chronic care organisation during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium. Covid as a magnifying glass on primary health care
Introduction: Primary health care (PHC) systems worldwide have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some patients couldn’t access care or services were not available. Background: Fuelled by different health systems, the impact on NCD care has been different in the three countries under research: Cambodia (a developing health system in a middle-income country), Slovenia (a centrally-steered health system in a high-income country), and Belgium…
Developing and testing an Evaluation Strategy for Integrated care for Type II Diabetes in three health system contexts (Belgium, Cambodia and Slovenia)
Introduction: Primary health care (PHC) systems across the globe are struggling to produce an effective response to the rising burden of disease related to Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). However, effective T2D care at the PHC level – the ‘Integrated Care Package (ICP)’– exists and is cost-effective. Further, there is evidence that this integrated care package ((1) structure) leads to improved care processes (2), to health care responsive to people’s need…
Country-Specific Roadmaps for Scaling Up Integrated Care in Belgium, Slovenia, and Cambodia – Lessons Learned from the SCUBY Project
Introduction: The SCUBY project aimed to provide knowledge on the scaling-up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for type 2 diabetes and hypertension across three distinct health systems (Cambodia, Slovenia, and Belgium). Here, we analyse the different elements of the country-specific scale-up roadmaps to identify similarities and differences, and share lessons learned. Methods: Thematic analysis was used to derive crucial roadmap elements from k…
Process Evaluations for the Scale-Up of Complex Interventions – a Scoping Review
Introduction: Complex health interventions (CHIs) are common in (public) health and social care practice and policy. A process evaluation (PE) is an essential part of designing and testing CHIs and questions what is implemented, the mechanisms of change, and how context affects implementation. The scale-up of CHIs is challenging and heterogeneous, making the accompanying PE unique to the nature of the inquiry. Methods: We conducted a scoping revi…
Examining Macro-Level Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Up Integrated Care from a Complexity Perspective
Examining differences and similarities between barriers in each health system stimulated reciprocal learning. Interactions between health system barriers in specific contexts require further attention to move complex health systems forward
Cost of “Ideal Minimum Integrated Care” for Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Patients in Cambodia Context
The projected costs of IMIC for T2D and HTN in Cambodia provides evidence to informed decision-making of relevant actors in implementing scale-up of IMIC for T2D and HTN. The model can be used in countries with similar context to calculate costs of integrated care
Evaluation of the Implementation of Integrated Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Belgium, Cambodia, and Slovenia
Countries can enhance integrated care for chronic diseases by implementing central policies, standardized protocols, and local adaptation, addressing resource constraints, promoting systematic screening and health education, and providing training for healthcare workers, tailored to community needs, to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery
Development of a Qualitative Data Analysis Codebook for Arterial Hypertension and Type-2-Diabetes Integrated Care Evaluation
The codebook is a useful tool for implementation research on integrated care for HTN and T2D at global scale. It facilitates cross-country learning, contributing to improved implementation, scale-up and outcomes
Scaling up integrated care for chronic diseases in belgium
INTRODUCTION: Few integrated care studies elaborate how interventions are brought to wider scale. The SCUBY project developed interventions for scale-up of an Integrated Care Package (ICP) for two common diseases - type 2 diabetes and hypertension-, comprising evidence-based roadmaps and policy dialogues. This paper's aim is to report on the process evaluation of the ICP scale-up in Belgium. Specific objectives are: to describe the development of…
Evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle education for individuals at increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Halt2Diabetes)
This study is registered with the ISRCTN registry, identifier: ISRCTN62149214 ( https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN62149214 ). The date of registration is March 13, 2025
Stakeholder involvement in realist evaluation
As a theory-driven evaluation design grounded in the critical realism philosophy, realist evaluation relies on eliciting the assumptions of stakeholders about how programmes are expected to produce outcomes. Little is known about key principles for involving stakeholders in realist evaluations. In this scoping review of realist evaluation studies, we explored how stakeholders were involved in the conduct of realist evaluation. A total of 26 ‘part…
Building mental health friendly schools
Background: YiPEE (Youth co-Production for sustainable Engagement and Empowerment in health) is a collaborative research initiative focusing on improving young people’s mental health through a co-designed multi-level school-based intervention, with inner, social, and environmental components, in urban settings in India (Chennai), Kenya (Nairobi), South Africa (Cape Town), and Sweden (Stockholm). Successful co-creation is known to generate highly …
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