Suzan Van Der Pa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3819907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzan Van Der Pa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzan |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Pa |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER PA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amsterdam Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6694-4325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Community-Up Approach to Improve Health and Wellbeing in a Dutch Neighbourhood. A Case Study
Introduction: This case study describes a novel community-up approach designed to gain insight into the needs and aspirations of both residents and professionals in a Dutch neighbourhood, aiming to enhance health and wellbeing. The Integrated People-Centred Health Care Services (IPCHS) framework served as the theoretical lens for evaluating the findings. Method: A total of 150 residents and 50 professionals from sectors, including health care, so…
Lost in translation how public managers across hierarchical levels shape customization depending on their managerial or professional identity
Using identity theory, we analyse how frontline, middle and top managers shape customization, dependent on their differences in professional and managerial identities. Our qualitative research shows that frontline managers prioritize professional values in managing customization, but these often conflict with managerial values. Top managers acknowledge the importance of customization and seek to balance both identities, but face challenges to mai…
Logic and participation: Theory of Change as participatory tool to address health disparities in a urban neighborhood in the Netherlands
Background: Health disparities closely correlate with social and economic inequality, and participatory strategies are increasingly adopted to address these issues. However, meaningful citizen involvement in policymaking remains challenging. Our research uses the Theory of Change (ToC) to co-create policy strategies that address health disparities in partnership with citizen-researchers. The ToC is a participatory method to visualize a step-by-st…
Coproduction Within Intersectoral Collaboration in the Context of a Neighborhood with Low Socioeconomic Scores in The Netherlands
Intersectoral collaboration between health care, social care and other sectors has been widely advocated to improve population health outcomes. Similarly, the active role of citizens as coproducers is increasingly described in the literature as an important element for improving people's health and well-being. Yet, there is little understanding of the role of coproduction in intersectoral collaboration, particularly in neighborhoods with low soci…
Exploring Family Typologies and Health Outcomes in a Dutch Primary Care Population of Children Living in Urban Cities in the Netherlands: A Latent Class Analysis
This study examined social and physical environmental exposures, health, and healthcare utilization among children aged 0-12 in urban areas. A population-based cross-sectional design was used, incorporating general practitioners' data (2018-2019, n = 14,547), and societal and environmental data. Latent class analysis identified three distinct classes based on child and family demographics: 'Dutch-origin two-parent household' ( n = 7267), 'househo…
The Impact of Stepfamily Structure on Older Parents’ Frequency of Contact With and Care Receipt From Adult Biological and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
Objectives Older people are increasingly entering their later years in stepfamilies. Because adult children play a central role in older parents’ support networks, there is concern that the generally weaker intergenerational ties found in stepfamilies may imply an impending deficit in the care available to stepparents. It is currently unclear whether there are differences across stepfamily types including stepfamilies with only biological childre…
Breaking the rules, but for whom? How client characteristics affect frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking behavior
Studies have shown that a client’s characteristics can affect frontline professionals’ decision-making and use of discretion. However, we do not know whether these dynamics also exist in frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB): breaking rules to benefit clients. This study focuses on to what extent and how client characteristics affect PSRB by frontline professionals. Using an innovative within-person vignette experiment among pro…
Exploring Health Trends Prior to State Pension Age for The Netherlands up to 2040
This study's explorations suggest that a substantial share of people will be in moderate or poor health and, thus, may have difficulty continuing working. Policy aiming at sustainable employability will, therefore, remain important, even in the case of the most favorable scenario
Towards a Better Understanding of the Sense of Safety and Security of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Case of the Age-Friendly City of The Hague
The sense of safety and security of older people is a widely acknowledged action domain for policy and practice in age-friendly cities. Despite an extensive body of knowledge on the matter, the theory is fragmented, and a classification is lacking. Therefore, this study investigated how older people experience the sense of safety and security in an age-friendly city. A total of four focus group sessions were organised in The Hague comprising 38 o…
Neighborhood environment, social participation, and physical activity in older adults with lower limb osteoarthritis: A mediation analysis
Engaging Older People in Age-Friendly Cities through Participatory Video Design
Participatory video design is a novel approach to collect experiences and perceptions of older people about the age-friendliness of their city or neighborhood. In this article, we describe how this co-creative method can add to specific knowledge about the preferences and needs of older people about the improvement or preservation of their environment. We describe two examples of this approach in the cities of The Hague and Leiden, the Netherland…
Trends in working conditions and health across three cohorts of older workers in 1993, 2003 and 2013: A cross-sequential study
Changes in working conditions may not contribute to improved physical and psychological functioning, but do contribute to improved cognitive functioning to some extent. Further adjustment of physical work demands and psychosocial work resources may help to reach sustainable employability of older workers
Associations between perceived neighbourhood problems and quality of life in older adults with and without osteoarthritis: Results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
This study examined whether the association of quality of life (QoL) with perceived neighbourhood problems is stronger in older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) than in those without OA. Of all 294 participants, 23.8% had OA. More perceived neighbourhood problems were associated with a stronger decrease in QoL over time in participants with OA (B=-0.018; p=0.02) than in those without OA (B=-0.004; p=0.39). Physical activity did not mediate this re…
A life course perspective on working beyond retirement—results from a longitudinal study in the Netherlands
The results indicated that especially the motivation to work, physical health and the financial situation were the most relevant aspects with regard to working beyond retirement, which supports the idea that the principle of 'human agency' of the life course perspective is useful to understand factors that impact working beyond retirement. Most aspects of the life course principles of 'linked lives' and 'timing' seemed to be less relevant
The association of the neighbourhood built environment with objectively measured physical activity in older adults with and without lower limb osteoarthritis
Specific attributes of the neighbourhood built environment are more strongly associated with PA in older people with LLOA than in those without LLOA. Knowledge on the relationship between objectively measured neighbourhood characteristics and PA in older people with and without LLOA could be used to inform policymakers and city planners about adaptation of neighbourhoods and their infrastructures to appropriately facilitate PA in healthy and func…
Impact of clinical osteoarthritis of the hip, knee and hand on self-rated health in six European countries: The European Project on OSteoArthritis
Clinical OA at different sites was related to fair-to-poor SRH in the general population. Most associations were (partly) mediated by physical functioning, indicating that deteriorating physical function in patients with OA should be a point of attention in patient care
Availability and use of neighborhood resources by older people with osteoarthritis: Results from the European Project on OSteoArthritis
Loneliness of Older Immigrant Groups in Canada: Effects of Ethnic-Cultural Background
This study aimed to explore the loneliness of several groups of older immigrants in Canada compared to native-born older adults. Data from the Canadian General Social Survey, Cycle 22 (N older adults = 3,692) were used. The dependent variable is the 6 item De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale. Determinants of loneliness included country of birth, ethnic background (cultural context); belongingness (community context) and social networks (social cont…
Loneliness after Divorce: A Cohort Comparison among Dutch Young-Old Adults
Divorce increases the risk of loneliness. With divorce increasingly becoming a normal life event, societal changes are now challenging this idea as regards to current cohorts. We hypothesize that the relative strong feelings of loneliness among divorcees, compared with married people, has diminished over time. Using 1992, 2002, and 2012 data sets of 54–65-year-old people, we examine the impact of divorce on loneliness over 20 years. We compare th…
Stepfamilies in Later Life
Who Is in the Stepfamily? Change in Stepparents' Family Boundaries Between 1992 and 2009
Guided by trends of increased prevalence and social acceptance of stepfamilies, the authors argue that stepparents are more likely to include stepchildren in their personal network in recent times. Data are from observations by 2 studies: (a) the Living Arrangements and Social Networks of Older Adults Study and (b) the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1992-2009 of 247 Dutch stepparents age 54-91 years. The results revealed that in 1992, 63% …
The Influence of Family Structure on the Contact Between Older Parents and Their Adult Biological Children and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
It is not so much the difference between biological children and stepchildren that counts when studying the contact between (step)parents and (step)children, as what the structure of the aging (step)family is
Measuring Older Adults’ Filial Responsibility Expectations: Exploring the Application of a Vignette Technique and an Item Scale
This study focused on two conceptually distinct measures of the filial responsibility expectations of older adults: a vignette technique and an attitude item scale. Data were based on 1,553 respondents aged 61 to 92 years who participated in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1998to 1999.The results showed that the item scale had multiple dimensions of filial expectations. Older adults distinguished between emotional-, instrumental-, conta…
Loneliness of Older Immigrant Groups in Canada: Effects of Ethnic-Cultural Background
This study aimed to explore the loneliness of several groups of older immigrants in Canada compared to native-born older adults. Data from the Canadian General Social Survey, Cycle 22 (N older adults = 3,692) were used. The dependent variable is the 6 item De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale. Determinants of loneliness included country of birth, ethnic background (cultural context); belongingness (community context) and social networks (social cont…
The Influence of Family Structure on the Contact Between Older Parents and Their Adult Biological Children and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
It is not so much the difference between biological children and stepchildren that counts when studying the contact between (step)parents and (step)children, as what the structure of the aging (step)family is
Who Is in the Stepfamily? Change in Stepparents' Family Boundaries Between 1992 and 2009
Guided by trends of increased prevalence and social acceptance of stepfamilies, the authors argue that stepparents are more likely to include stepchildren in their personal network in recent times. Data are from observations by 2 studies: (a) the Living Arrangements and Social Networks of Older Adults Study and (b) the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1992-2009 of 247 Dutch stepparents age 54-91 years. The results revealed that in 1992, 63% …
Loneliness after Divorce: A Cohort Comparison among Dutch Young-Old Adults
Divorce increases the risk of loneliness. With divorce increasingly becoming a normal life event, societal changes are now challenging this idea as regards to current cohorts. We hypothesize that the relative strong feelings of loneliness among divorcees, compared with married people, has diminished over time. Using 1992, 2002, and 2012 data sets of 54–65-year-old people, we examine the impact of divorce on loneliness over 20 years. We compare th…
Stepfamilies in Later Life
The Impact of Stepfamily Structure on Older Parents’ Frequency of Contact With and Care Receipt From Adult Biological and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
Objectives Older people are increasingly entering their later years in stepfamilies. Because adult children play a central role in older parents’ support networks, there is concern that the generally weaker intergenerational ties found in stepfamilies may imply an impending deficit in the care available to stepparents. It is currently unclear whether there are differences across stepfamily types including stepfamilies with only biological childre…
Breaking the rules, but for whom? How client characteristics affect frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking behavior
Studies have shown that a client’s characteristics can affect frontline professionals’ decision-making and use of discretion. However, we do not know whether these dynamics also exist in frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB): breaking rules to benefit clients. This study focuses on to what extent and how client characteristics affect PSRB by frontline professionals. Using an innovative within-person vignette experiment among pro…
Neighborhood environment, social participation, and physical activity in older adults with lower limb osteoarthritis: A mediation analysis
Measuring Older Adults’ Filial Responsibility Expectations: Exploring the Application of a Vignette Technique and an Item Scale
This study focused on two conceptually distinct measures of the filial responsibility expectations of older adults: a vignette technique and an attitude item scale. Data were based on 1,553 respondents aged 61 to 92 years who participated in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1998to 1999.The results showed that the item scale had multiple dimensions of filial expectations. Older adults distinguished between emotional-, instrumental-, conta…
The Influence of Family Structure on the Contact Between Older Parents and Their Adult Biological Children and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
It is not so much the difference between biological children and stepchildren that counts when studying the contact between (step)parents and (step)children, as what the structure of the aging (step)family is
Stepfamilies in Later Life
Who Is in the Stepfamily? Change in Stepparents' Family Boundaries Between 1992 and 2009
Guided by trends of increased prevalence and social acceptance of stepfamilies, the authors argue that stepparents are more likely to include stepchildren in their personal network in recent times. Data are from observations by 2 studies: (a) the Living Arrangements and Social Networks of Older Adults Study and (b) the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam in 1992-2009 of 247 Dutch stepparents age 54-91 years. The results revealed that in 1992, 63% …
Impact of clinical osteoarthritis of the hip, knee and hand on self-rated health in six European countries: The European Project on OSteoArthritis
Clinical OA at different sites was related to fair-to-poor SRH in the general population. Most associations were (partly) mediated by physical functioning, indicating that deteriorating physical function in patients with OA should be a point of attention in patient care
Availability and use of neighborhood resources by older people with osteoarthritis: Results from the European Project on OSteoArthritis
Loneliness of Older Immigrant Groups in Canada: Effects of Ethnic-Cultural Background
This study aimed to explore the loneliness of several groups of older immigrants in Canada compared to native-born older adults. Data from the Canadian General Social Survey, Cycle 22 (N older adults = 3,692) were used. The dependent variable is the 6 item De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale. Determinants of loneliness included country of birth, ethnic background (cultural context); belongingness (community context) and social networks (social cont…
Loneliness after Divorce: A Cohort Comparison among Dutch Young-Old Adults
Divorce increases the risk of loneliness. With divorce increasingly becoming a normal life event, societal changes are now challenging this idea as regards to current cohorts. We hypothesize that the relative strong feelings of loneliness among divorcees, compared with married people, has diminished over time. Using 1992, 2002, and 2012 data sets of 54–65-year-old people, we examine the impact of divorce on loneliness over 20 years. We compare th…
A life course perspective on working beyond retirement—results from a longitudinal study in the Netherlands
The results indicated that especially the motivation to work, physical health and the financial situation were the most relevant aspects with regard to working beyond retirement, which supports the idea that the principle of 'human agency' of the life course perspective is useful to understand factors that impact working beyond retirement. Most aspects of the life course principles of 'linked lives' and 'timing' seemed to be less relevant
The association of the neighbourhood built environment with objectively measured physical activity in older adults with and without lower limb osteoarthritis
Specific attributes of the neighbourhood built environment are more strongly associated with PA in older people with LLOA than in those without LLOA. Knowledge on the relationship between objectively measured neighbourhood characteristics and PA in older people with and without LLOA could be used to inform policymakers and city planners about adaptation of neighbourhoods and their infrastructures to appropriately facilitate PA in healthy and func…
Associations between perceived neighbourhood problems and quality of life in older adults with and without osteoarthritis: Results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
This study examined whether the association of quality of life (QoL) with perceived neighbourhood problems is stronger in older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) than in those without OA. Of all 294 participants, 23.8% had OA. More perceived neighbourhood problems were associated with a stronger decrease in QoL over time in participants with OA (B=-0.018; p=0.02) than in those without OA (B=-0.004; p=0.39). Physical activity did not mediate this re…
Trends in working conditions and health across three cohorts of older workers in 1993, 2003 and 2013: A cross-sequential study
Changes in working conditions may not contribute to improved physical and psychological functioning, but do contribute to improved cognitive functioning to some extent. Further adjustment of physical work demands and psychosocial work resources may help to reach sustainable employability of older workers
Engaging Older People in Age-Friendly Cities through Participatory Video Design
Participatory video design is a novel approach to collect experiences and perceptions of older people about the age-friendliness of their city or neighborhood. In this article, we describe how this co-creative method can add to specific knowledge about the preferences and needs of older people about the improvement or preservation of their environment. We describe two examples of this approach in the cities of The Hague and Leiden, the Netherland…
Neighborhood environment, social participation, and physical activity in older adults with lower limb osteoarthritis: A mediation analysis
Exploring Health Trends Prior to State Pension Age for The Netherlands up to 2040
This study's explorations suggest that a substantial share of people will be in moderate or poor health and, thus, may have difficulty continuing working. Policy aiming at sustainable employability will, therefore, remain important, even in the case of the most favorable scenario
Towards a Better Understanding of the Sense of Safety and Security of Community-Dwelling Older Adults. The Case of the Age-Friendly City of The Hague
The sense of safety and security of older people is a widely acknowledged action domain for policy and practice in age-friendly cities. Despite an extensive body of knowledge on the matter, the theory is fragmented, and a classification is lacking. Therefore, this study investigated how older people experience the sense of safety and security in an age-friendly city. A total of four focus group sessions were organised in The Hague comprising 38 o…
Coproduction Within Intersectoral Collaboration in the Context of a Neighborhood with Low Socioeconomic Scores in The Netherlands
Intersectoral collaboration between health care, social care and other sectors has been widely advocated to improve population health outcomes. Similarly, the active role of citizens as coproducers is increasingly described in the literature as an important element for improving people's health and well-being. Yet, there is little understanding of the role of coproduction in intersectoral collaboration, particularly in neighborhoods with low soci…
Exploring Family Typologies and Health Outcomes in a Dutch Primary Care Population of Children Living in Urban Cities in the Netherlands: A Latent Class Analysis
This study examined social and physical environmental exposures, health, and healthcare utilization among children aged 0-12 in urban areas. A population-based cross-sectional design was used, incorporating general practitioners' data (2018-2019, n = 14,547), and societal and environmental data. Latent class analysis identified three distinct classes based on child and family demographics: 'Dutch-origin two-parent household' ( n = 7267), 'househo…
The Impact of Stepfamily Structure on Older Parents’ Frequency of Contact With and Care Receipt From Adult Biological and Stepchildren in the Netherlands
Objectives Older people are increasingly entering their later years in stepfamilies. Because adult children play a central role in older parents’ support networks, there is concern that the generally weaker intergenerational ties found in stepfamilies may imply an impending deficit in the care available to stepparents. It is currently unclear whether there are differences across stepfamily types including stepfamilies with only biological childre…
Breaking the rules, but for whom? How client characteristics affect frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking behavior
Studies have shown that a client’s characteristics can affect frontline professionals’ decision-making and use of discretion. However, we do not know whether these dynamics also exist in frontline professionals’ prosocial rule-breaking (PSRB): breaking rules to benefit clients. This study focuses on to what extent and how client characteristics affect PSRB by frontline professionals. Using an innovative within-person vignette experiment among pro…
A Community-Up Approach to Improve Health and Wellbeing in a Dutch Neighbourhood. A Case Study
Introduction: This case study describes a novel community-up approach designed to gain insight into the needs and aspirations of both residents and professionals in a Dutch neighbourhood, aiming to enhance health and wellbeing. The Integrated People-Centred Health Care Services (IPCHS) framework served as the theoretical lens for evaluating the findings. Method: A total of 150 residents and 50 professionals from sectors, including health care, so…
Lost in translation how public managers across hierarchical levels shape customization depending on their managerial or professional identity
Using identity theory, we analyse how frontline, middle and top managers shape customization, dependent on their differences in professional and managerial identities. Our qualitative research shows that frontline managers prioritize professional values in managing customization, but these often conflict with managerial values. Top managers acknowledge the importance of customization and seek to balance both identities, but face challenges to mai…
Logic and participation: Theory of Change as participatory tool to address health disparities in a urban neighborhood in the Netherlands
Background: Health disparities closely correlate with social and economic inequality, and participatory strategies are increasingly adopted to address these issues. However, meaningful citizen involvement in policymaking remains challenging. Our research uses the Theory of Change (ToC) to co-create policy strategies that address health disparities in partnership with citizen-researchers. The ToC is a participatory method to visualize a step-by-st…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works) · Public health (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Demography (5 works)