Hans A M Van Oers
Biographic Data
| ID | 2118311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hans A M Van Oers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hans A M |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Oers |
| SIGNATURE | VAN OERS H A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Soraya P. A. Verstraeten is with the Institute for Public Health (Volksgezondheid Instituut Curaçao), Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature, Willemstad, Curaçao. Hans A. M. van Oers is with the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, and with the Scientific Centre for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), University of Tilburg, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Johan P. Mackenbach is with the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Psychometric Properties of the QoL-ME
Background: Quality of Life (QoL) assessment in people with severe mental health problems may benefit from improved personalization and accessibility. Therefore, an innovative, digital, visual, and personalized QoL assessment app for people with severe mental health problems was recently developed: the QoL-ME. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric quality of the QoL-ME by assessing its reliability, validity, and responsiveness. M…
Contribution of amenable mortality to life expectancy differences between the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao and the Netherlands
Objective. To identify specific health care areas whose optimization could improve population health in the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao. Methods. Comparative observational study using mortality and population data of the Dutch Caribbean islands and the Netherlands. Mortality trends were calculated, then analyzed with Joinpoint software, for the period 1988–2014. Life expectancies were computed using abridged life tables for the m…
Health Policy Performance in 16 Caribbean States, 2010–2015
Objectives. To determine whether Caribbean states vary in health policy performance in 11 different areas; to explore the association with sociodemographic, economical, and governance determinants; and to estimate the potential health gains of “best-practice” health policies. Methods. We selected 50 indicators that included data on mortality (latest available, 2010–2015), intermediate outcomes, and policy implementation to calculate a state’s hea…
Towards local implementation of Dutch health policy guidelines
To develop a targeted implementation strategy for a municipal health policy guideline, implementation targets of two guideline users [Regional Health Services (RHSs)] and guideline developers of leading national health institutes were made explicit. Therefore, characteristics of successful implementation of the guideline were identified. Differences and similarities in perceptions of these characteristics between RHSs and developers were explored…
Subjectively different but objectively the same? Three profiles of QoL in people with severe mental health problems
The identification of three distinct classes of QoL scores re-emphasises the heterogenic nature of QoL. The lack of differences in sociodemographic or health-related characteristics between the three classes suggests that QoL is primarily determined by subjective, personal evaluations, rather than by objective characteristics and circumstances
Does selective migration bias the health impact assessment of urban regeneration programmes in cross-sectional studies? Findings from a Dutch case study
We examined if the assessment of the health impact of a national Dutch regeneration programme depends on using either a repeated cross-sectional or longitudinal study design. This is important as only the latter design can incorporate migration patterns. For both designs, we compared trends in medication use between target and control districts. We found differences in medication use trends to be modest under the longitudinal design, and not demo…
Decolonization and life expectancy in the Caribbean
Collecting health information at a local level
Target 35 of the ‘Health for All’ strategy states that “member states should have health information systems capable of supporting their national strategies for Health for All”. in Rorterdam a local health information system has been developed which aims to: Monitor the health situation and related factors in the city of Rotterdam at district and neighbourhood level; Contribute to the development of a local health policy for reducing the noted di…
Collecting health information at a local level
Target 35 of the ‘Health for All’ strategy states that “member states should have health information systems capable of supporting their national strategies for Health for All”. in Rorterdam a local health information system has been developed which aims to: Monitor the health situation and related factors in the city of Rotterdam at district and neighbourhood level; Contribute to the development of a local health policy for reducing the noted di…
Decolonization and life expectancy in the Caribbean
Towards local implementation of Dutch health policy guidelines
To develop a targeted implementation strategy for a municipal health policy guideline, implementation targets of two guideline users [Regional Health Services (RHSs)] and guideline developers of leading national health institutes were made explicit. Therefore, characteristics of successful implementation of the guideline were identified. Differences and similarities in perceptions of these characteristics between RHSs and developers were explored…
Subjectively different but objectively the same? Three profiles of QoL in people with severe mental health problems
The identification of three distinct classes of QoL scores re-emphasises the heterogenic nature of QoL. The lack of differences in sociodemographic or health-related characteristics between the three classes suggests that QoL is primarily determined by subjective, personal evaluations, rather than by objective characteristics and circumstances
Does selective migration bias the health impact assessment of urban regeneration programmes in cross-sectional studies? Findings from a Dutch case study
We examined if the assessment of the health impact of a national Dutch regeneration programme depends on using either a repeated cross-sectional or longitudinal study design. This is important as only the latter design can incorporate migration patterns. For both designs, we compared trends in medication use between target and control districts. We found differences in medication use trends to be modest under the longitudinal design, and not demo…
Health Policy Performance in 16 Caribbean States, 2010–2015
Objectives. To determine whether Caribbean states vary in health policy performance in 11 different areas; to explore the association with sociodemographic, economical, and governance determinants; and to estimate the potential health gains of “best-practice” health policies. Methods. We selected 50 indicators that included data on mortality (latest available, 2010–2015), intermediate outcomes, and policy implementation to calculate a state’s hea…
Contribution of amenable mortality to life expectancy differences between the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao and the Netherlands
Objective. To identify specific health care areas whose optimization could improve population health in the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba and Curaçao. Methods. Comparative observational study using mortality and population data of the Dutch Caribbean islands and the Netherlands. Mortality trends were calculated, then analyzed with Joinpoint software, for the period 1988–2014. Life expectancies were computed using abridged life tables for the m…
Psychometric Properties of the QoL-ME
Background: Quality of Life (QoL) assessment in people with severe mental health problems may benefit from improved personalization and accessibility. Therefore, an innovative, digital, visual, and personalized QoL assessment app for people with severe mental health problems was recently developed: the QoL-ME. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric quality of the QoL-ME by assessing its reliability, validity, and responsiveness. M…
Medicine (8 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (3 works)