Evelien Dekker

Datos Biográficos

ID7106934
NOMBREEvelien Dekker
NOMBRESEvelien
APELLIDODekker
FIRMADEKKER E
AFILIACIONESAmsterdam University Medical Centers
ORCID0000-0002-4363-0745
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2015
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Decision-making on colorectal cancer screening in Curaçao - interviews with the target population

    Open AccessShacara N Blake, Jacqueline G Hugtenburg et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The results of our interviews suggest that it may be beneficial to provide information on CRC screening in Curaçao within the context of personal health. While including sensitivity to fears and respect for the autonomy of the target population. Finally, electronic media maybe useful in supporting informed decision-making

  • Health literacy skills for informed decision making in colorectal cancer screening

    Open AccessAnke J Woudstra, Danielle R M Timmermans et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2018

    BACKGROUND: The process of informed decision making (IDM) requires an adequate level of health literacy. To ensure that all individuals have equal opportunity to make an informed decision in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, it is essential to gain more insight into which health literacy skills are needed for IDM. Our aims were (i) to explore how individuals make a decision about CRC screening and (ii) to explore which skills are needed for IDM …

  • Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding colorectal cancer screening among ethnic minority groups in the N etherlands – a qualitative study

    Open AccessAnke J Woudstra, Evelien Dekker et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2016

    BACKGROUND: Research has shown that ethnic minority groups are less likely to participate in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening than the majority population and hence less likely to be diagnosed at an early stage when treatment is potentially more successful. OBJECTIVE: To explore knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding CRC and CRC screening among ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands. DESIGN: We conducted qualitative interviews with 30 fir…

  • Resilience of a FIT screening programme against screening fatigue

    Open AccessMarjolein J E Greuter, Johannes Berkhof et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Screening will substantially decrease CRC incidence and mortality. However, screening effectiveness can be seriously compromised if screening fatigue occurs. This warrants careful monitoring of individual screening behaviour and consideration of targeted invitation systems in individuals who have (repeatedly) missed screening rounds

  • Assessing knowledge and attitudes towards screening among users of Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)

    Open AccessMaaike J Denters, Marije Deutekom et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2015

    BACKGROUND: Informed decision making is recognized as important in screening. Invitees should be provided with relevant information, enabling them to make an informed decision. This may be more difficult in ethnic minority and low socio-economic status groups. We aimed to assess the proportion of informed decisions to participate in a faecal immunochemical test (FIT)-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening pilot and to explore differences in know…