Marjan J Westerman

Biographic Data

ID6684444
NAMEMarjan J Westerman
GIVEN NAMESMarjan J
FAMILY NAMEWesterman
SIGNATUREWESTERMAN M J
AFFILIATIONSAmsterdam Public Health
ORCID0000-0002-9827-6958
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1

  • What Do Secondary Schools Need to Create Healthier Canteens? The Development of an Implementation Plan

    Open AccessIrma J Evenhuis, Ellis L Vyth et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Introduction: The Netherlands Nutrition Centre developed guidelines to improve the availability and accessibility of healthier food products in Dutch canteens. This paper describes the development of an implementation plan to facilitate implementation of Guidelines for Healthier Canteens in Dutch secondary schools. Materials and Methods: In cooperation with stakeholders (i.e., school/caterer managers/employees, school canteen advisors, researcher…

  • Tools for a systematic appraisal of integrated community-based approaches to prevent childhood obesity

    Open AccessKrystallia Mantziki, Carry M Renders et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Large variability between integrated community-wide approaches preventing childhood obesity in the European region was identified and therefore each of them has different needs. Both tools used in combination seem to facilitate comprehensive assessment of integrated community-wide approaches in a systematic manner, which is rarely conducted. Nonetheless, the tools should be improved in line to their limitations as recommended in this manuscript

  • A qualitative study of the anticipated barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a lifestyle intervention in the dutch construction industry

    Open AccessSusanne Tonnon, S C Tonnon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The findings suggest that employees can be motivated to sign up for a lifestyle intervention by tailoring the implementation strategy to various subgroups within the target group. Occupational physicians can be motivated to refer employees for the intervention by making a referral personally and professionally rewarding

  • Pathways through which health influences early retirement

    Open AccessAstrid de Wind, G Geuskens et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Poor and good health influence early retirement via several different pathways. To prolong working life, a dialogue between employers and employees and tailored work-related interventions may be helpful

  • All those things together made me retire’

    Open AccessKerstin G Reeuwijk, Astrid de Wind et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    To support the prolongation of working life, it seems important to improve the fit between the physical and psychosocial job characteristics on the one hand, and the abilities and wishes of the employee on the other hand. Alongside improvements in the work environment that enable and motivate employees to prolong their careers, a continuous dialogue between the employer and employee on the (future) person-job fit and tailored interventions might …

  • We eat together; today she buys, tomorrow I will buy the food’

    Open AccessCarlijn GN Voorend, Carlijn Voorend et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013

    Objective To explore if and how female adolescents engage in shared eating and joint food choices with best friends within the context of living in urban Soweto, South Africa. Design A qualitative, exploratory, multiple case study was conducted using semi-structured duo interviews of best friend pairs to ascertain their eating patterns, friendship and social interactions around dietary habits. Setting Participants were recruited from three high s…

  • Philosophical perspectives on response shift

    Open AccessLeah McClimans, Jerome Bickenbach et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2012

  • A case study of haemoglobinopathy screening in the Netherlands

    Suze Jans, Suze M P J Jans et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2011Cited by: 1References: 1

    Carrier screening in general never appeared high on the policy agenda. Registration of ethnicity remains sensitive caused by the current political climate. Complexities related to carrier screening are a challenge in Dutch healthcare. Whether carrier screening will be considered a valuable complementary strategy in the Netherlands, depends partly on participation of representatives of high-risk groups in policy making

  • Listen to their answers! Response behaviour in the measurement of physical and role functioning

    Open AccessMarjan J Westerman, Tony Hak et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2008

    Terminally ill patients evaluate their functioning in terms of what they perceive to be normal under the circumstances. Their answers can be interpreted in terms of change in the appraisal process (Rapkin and Schwartz 2004; Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2, 14). More care should be taken in assessing the quality of a set of questions about physical and role functioning

  • Small-cell lung cancer patients are just ‘a little bit’ tired

    Open AccessMarjan J Westerman, Anne‐Mei The et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2007

    In addition to response shift, this study suggests that 'self-presentation' might be an important mechanism affecting QoL measurement, particularly during phases when a new equilibrium needs to be found

  • Problems Eliciting Cues in SeiqoL-DW

    Open AccessMarjan J Westerman, Marjan Westerman et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2006