Katrien Beeckman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6549517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrien Beeckman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrien |
| FAMILY NAME | Beeckman |
| SIGNATURE | BEECKMAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6689-4479 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Belonging
Health care systems are social institutions simulating microcosms of wider societies where unequal distribution of power and resources translate into inequities in health outcomes, experiences and access to services. Growing research on participatory women’s groups positively highlights the influence of group-based care on health and wellbeing for women, their infants, families and wider communities across different countries. With similarities i…
Shaping Group Antenatal Care in Brussels Metropolitan Region
Group Antenatal Care (GANC) provides a person-centred approach to prenatal care, integrating health care delivery with health promotion, while empowering participants and building a sense of community. GANC has proven to be effective and positively experienced by both participants and care providers and is also feasible to implement. However, introducing such innovative care models in a metropolitan city like Brussels involves navigating both cha…
Implications of a Reduced Length of Postpartum Hospital Stay on Maternal and Neonatal Readmissions, an Observational Study
Born in Belgium Professionals, shared platform towards integrated care
Introduction: The first 1000 days of life (i.e. 270 days of a pregnancy and 2 years of 365 days each) are crucial for a healthy growth and development of a child. Meanwhile this period is one of the largest transitions into a woman’s and man’s life with different physiological, psychological and social changes. The transition into parenthood can be seen as an important period of imprinting, impacting later health and wellbeing. It is a vulnerable…
Development of the Centering-Based Group Care Adaptation Framework, a supporting tool when implementing Centering-Based Group Care
Background: Centering-Based Group Care (CBGC) is an alternative way of delivering antenatal and/or postnatal care, and includes three core components: (1) health assessment, (2) interactive learning, and (3) community building. Despite the increasing interest in CBGC worldwide, implementation can be challenging and adaptations are required for sustainable implementation while maintaining the core components. Examples of site-specific adaptations …
Born in Brussels screening tool
Generalied and accurate detection of antenatal psychosocial vulnerability is needed. The brief and practical oriented Born in Brussels ST is a first step that can lead to an adequate and adapted care pathway for vulnerable pregnant women
Characteristics of effective discharge management at a geriatric ward
Introduction: Shortened hospital stays raise questions about collaboration between residential and ambulatory care with its different types of services and ‘integration’ of activities. This project focused on the implementation of effective discharge management of patients admitted in a general hospital.The aim of the case study is to identify the content and organization of discharge management and to determine the characteristics of effective d…
From Fundamental Principles to individual action
This paper focuses on the individual perspective, as opposed to the institutional or operational one, towards the Fundamental Principles and their underpinning humanitarian values. It demonstrates the added value of this perspective, which goes beyond addressing challenges regarding the Fundamental Principles' understanding and application. By making the Principles and values come alive in peoples' behaviour, the individual perspective also enabl…
Determinants of the number of antenatal visits in a metropolitan region
Predisposing and enabling factors have to be considered when antenatal care programmes are evaluated in a metropolitan area. Variations in the number of antenatal visits show that socially vulnerable women are more at risk of having fewer visits
Predisposing, Enabling and Pregnancy-Related Determinants of Late Initiation of Prenatal Care
Guidelines for the Domestic Framework of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance
Journal Article Guidelines for the Domestic Framework of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance Get access Katrien Beeckman Katrien Beeckman Senior Offi cer, Advocacy, Communications & Resource Mobilisation, International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles Programme, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refu…
Mandates, Legal Status and Cooperation International Response to Non-Armed Conflict Disasters
Journal Article Mandates, Legal Status and Cooperation International Response to Non-Armed Conflict Disasters: Legal Challenges Encountered in Light of the Current Regulatory Framework Get access Katrien Beeckman Katrien Beeckman Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Senior Officer, International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles Programme, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Search for other works by this aut…
Measuring the implementation of the right to education
Measuring the implementation of the right to education
Mandates, Legal Status and Cooperation International Response to Non-Armed Conflict Disasters
Journal Article Mandates, Legal Status and Cooperation International Response to Non-Armed Conflict Disasters: Legal Challenges Encountered in Light of the Current Regulatory Framework Get access Katrien Beeckman Katrien Beeckman Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Senior Officer, International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles Programme, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Search for other works by this aut…
Guidelines for the Domestic Framework of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance
Journal Article Guidelines for the Domestic Framework of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance Get access Katrien Beeckman Katrien Beeckman Senior Offi cer, Advocacy, Communications & Resource Mobilisation, International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles Programme, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refu…
Determinants of the number of antenatal visits in a metropolitan region
Predisposing and enabling factors have to be considered when antenatal care programmes are evaluated in a metropolitan area. Variations in the number of antenatal visits show that socially vulnerable women are more at risk of having fewer visits
Predisposing, Enabling and Pregnancy-Related Determinants of Late Initiation of Prenatal Care
From Fundamental Principles to individual action
This paper focuses on the individual perspective, as opposed to the institutional or operational one, towards the Fundamental Principles and their underpinning humanitarian values. It demonstrates the added value of this perspective, which goes beyond addressing challenges regarding the Fundamental Principles' understanding and application. By making the Principles and values come alive in peoples' behaviour, the individual perspective also enabl…
Characteristics of effective discharge management at a geriatric ward
Introduction: Shortened hospital stays raise questions about collaboration between residential and ambulatory care with its different types of services and ‘integration’ of activities. This project focused on the implementation of effective discharge management of patients admitted in a general hospital.The aim of the case study is to identify the content and organization of discharge management and to determine the characteristics of effective d…
Born in Brussels screening tool
Generalied and accurate detection of antenatal psychosocial vulnerability is needed. The brief and practical oriented Born in Brussels ST is a first step that can lead to an adequate and adapted care pathway for vulnerable pregnant women
Implications of a Reduced Length of Postpartum Hospital Stay on Maternal and Neonatal Readmissions, an Observational Study
Born in Belgium Professionals, shared platform towards integrated care
Introduction: The first 1000 days of life (i.e. 270 days of a pregnancy and 2 years of 365 days each) are crucial for a healthy growth and development of a child. Meanwhile this period is one of the largest transitions into a woman’s and man’s life with different physiological, psychological and social changes. The transition into parenthood can be seen as an important period of imprinting, impacting later health and wellbeing. It is a vulnerable…
Development of the Centering-Based Group Care Adaptation Framework, a supporting tool when implementing Centering-Based Group Care
Background: Centering-Based Group Care (CBGC) is an alternative way of delivering antenatal and/or postnatal care, and includes three core components: (1) health assessment, (2) interactive learning, and (3) community building. Despite the increasing interest in CBGC worldwide, implementation can be challenging and adaptations are required for sustainable implementation while maintaining the core components. Examples of site-specific adaptations …
Belonging
Health care systems are social institutions simulating microcosms of wider societies where unequal distribution of power and resources translate into inequities in health outcomes, experiences and access to services. Growing research on participatory women’s groups positively highlights the influence of group-based care on health and wellbeing for women, their infants, families and wider communities across different countries. With similarities i…
Shaping Group Antenatal Care in Brussels Metropolitan Region
Group Antenatal Care (GANC) provides a person-centred approach to prenatal care, integrating health care delivery with health promotion, while empowering participants and building a sense of community. GANC has proven to be effective and positively experienced by both participants and care providers and is also feasible to implement. However, introducing such innovative care models in a metropolitan city like Brussels involves navigating both cha…
Medicine (8 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (4 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (4 works) · Pregnancy (4 works)