Maximilian de Courten
Biographic Data
| ID | 7160744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maximilian de Courten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maximilian |
| FAMILY NAME | de Courten |
| SIGNATURE | DE COURTEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9997-9359 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Breaking the silos
Background: Poor oral health is associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), largely due to shared risk factors such as smoking, diabetes and socioeconomic disadvantage. Integrating oral health into primary and specialist care, particularly cardiac services, presents a promising strategy to improve early detection of oral diseases and related health outcomes. This systematic review examines oral health strategies implemented in primary and car…
A critical review of curriculum and pedagogy in mental health education
Purpose To critically examine the existing literature on mental health education in secondary schools amid an escalating youth mental health crisis, exploring which curriculum components and pedagogical approaches are most effective for adolescents’ learning. Design/methodology/approach We used a critical literature review methodology grounded in a constructivist paradigm. Systematic searches across three databases using the PICo framework yielde…
Social prescribing for suicide prevention
Suicidality is a devastating and burdensome experience that can be a result of complex psychological, biological and social factors. Social prescribing could be well suited to address the diverse non-clinical needs of people experiencing suicidality. International and Australian evidence indicates social prescribing provides an effective and acceptable approach. To address suicide risk and rates in the Australian community, community-based approa…
Health promotion campaigns using social media
We employed co-occurrence network analysis and association rules mining as powerful techniques to identify influential hashtags that may have a central role in health-related discussions and drive engagement within the co-occurrence hashtag network. In conclusion, we recommend additional hashtag structures in conjunction with heart health-related topics to improve community building and the effectiveness of disseminating messages in future heart …
An effective approach to tackling complex health policy challenges. Using a clinical microsystems approach and rethinking codesign
That people with serious mental illness have poor physical health and face a significant life expectancy gap compared with the general population is well known. Despite considerable policy focus in some countries, the gap in life expectancy remains. Tackling complex and persistent health problems such as this requires a systems-based approach, recognising the complexity of interacting components and their effects on the problem and on each other …
Social prescribing for suicide prevention
This rapid review delves into the realm of social prescribing as a novel approach to suicide prevention by addressing the social determinants of health. Through an exploration of various databases including MEDLINE, PsychInfo, WILEY, and Sage, a total of 3,063 articles were initially identified as potentially relevant to the research. Following a meticulous screening process, 13 articles were included in the final review, shedding light on the po…
Impact of Covid-19 early in the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in Australia and Cambodia
The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents is a major concern. Most research has been conducted only in more economically developed countries. Using data from two similar surveys administered during July–September, 2020 in Australia (a high-income country) and Cambodia (a low-middle income country), this paper examined the impact early in the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in the two count…
Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control
BACKGROUND: The growing burden of hypertension is emerging as one of the major healthcare challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Nepal. Given that they are struggling to deliver adequate health services, some LMICs have significant gaps in the cascade of hypertension care (including screening, awareness, treatment, and control). This results in uncontrolled hypertension, placing a high burden on both patients and healthca…
Yoga for hypertensive patients
BACKGROUND: International guidelines for hypertension treatment recommend the use of yoga, particularly among low-risk patients. However, evidence is lacking on the implementation potential of health-worker-led yoga interventions in low-resource, primary care settings. OBJECTIVE: To assess barriers to and facilitators of the implementation of a yoga intervention for hypertensive patients in primary care in Nepal. METHODS: The study was conducted …
Effects of a health worker-led 3-month yoga intervention on blood pressure of hypertensive patients
This trial was prospectively registered with the Clinical Trial Registry of India [ CTRI/2017/02/007822 ] on 10/02/2017
Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, in particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia is a nation undergoing rapid and widespread epidemiological transition and urbanisation: a process that is expected to continue in coming decades and is likely to increase the diabetes burden. To better inform policy and public-health responses to the impact of the growth in NCDs, a nationa…
Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia
This research suggests a low prevalence of diabetes-related health-knowledge among Mongolians. In this light, health-education should be part of any national strategy on diabetes
Hypertension and hypertension-related disease in Mongolia; findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study
Rural populations; younger populations; men; and less educated populations, all with lower levels of knowledge and risk perception regarding hypertension, present those most vulnerable to it and the related health outcomes. This research intimates major health knowledge gaps in sub-populations within Mongolia, regarding health-risks related to hypertension
The urgent need for universally applicable simple screening procedures and diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus – lessons from projects funded by the World Diabetes Foundation
BACKGROUND: To address the risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes and future type 2 diabetes associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), its early detection and timely treatment is essential. In the absence of an international consensus, multiple different guidelines on screening and diagnosis of GDM have existed for a long time. This may be changing with the publication of the recommendations by the International Association of Diabetes an…
Health system and societal barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services - lessons from World Diabetes Foundation supported GDM projects
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality and morbidity remains high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) represents an underestimated and unrecognised impediment to optimal maternal health in LMIC; left untreated - it also has severe consequences for the offspring. A better understanding of the barriers hindering detection and treatment of GDM is needed. Based on experiences from World Diabetes Foundation (WD…
Protocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases
KAP surveys are well represented in the literature, but studies that aim to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of a population around NCDs remain scarce. This is despite the growing number of national epidemiological surveys, such as STEPS, which aim to quantify the burden of these diseases but do not explore the level of population-based awareness, understanding, risk-perception and possible motivation for change. Therefore this pape…
The duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes
Objective The evidence for the association between obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes has been derived mainly from the analysis of the degree of obesity. The role of the duration of obesity as an independent risk has not been fully explored. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between the duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The Framingham Heart Study …
Trends in BMI of urban Australian adults, 1980–2000
Objective To analyse changes in the distribution of BMI in Australia between 1980 and 2000. Design Data were from the 1980, 1983 and 1989 National Heart Foundation Risk Factor Prevalence Study, the 1995 National Nutrition Survey and the 1999/2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Survey participants were aged 25–64 years and resident in Australian capital cities. BMI was calculated as weight divided by height squared (kg/m 2 ), wh…
Creating community action plans for obesity prevention using the Angelo (Analysis Grid for Elements Linked to Obesity) Framework
Community-based interventions are an important component of obesity prevention efforts. The literature provides little guidance on priority-setting for obesity prevention in communities, especially for socially and culturally diverse populations. This paper reports on the process of developing prioritized, community-participatory action plans for obesity prevention projects in children and adolescents using the ANGELO (Analysis Grid for Elements …
From surveys to surveillance
Surveillance of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has been neglected inmodern epidemiology and public health. Silva et al. are to be congratu-lated for their willingness to work towards improving surveys as poten-tial tools for surveillance purposes, as evidenced by their article on thissubject last month in this journal (1) and by their follow-up case study inthis issue (2). Such efforts are crucial in the context of the emerging NCDdisease burden…
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From surveys to surveillance
Surveillance of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has been neglected inmodern epidemiology and public health. Silva et al. are to be congratu-lated for their willingness to work towards improving surveys as poten-tial tools for surveillance purposes, as evidenced by their article on thissubject last month in this journal (1) and by their follow-up case study inthis issue (2). Such efforts are crucial in the context of the emerging NCDdisease burden…
Creating community action plans for obesity prevention using the Angelo (Analysis Grid for Elements Linked to Obesity) Framework
Community-based interventions are an important component of obesity prevention efforts. The literature provides little guidance on priority-setting for obesity prevention in communities, especially for socially and culturally diverse populations. This paper reports on the process of developing prioritized, community-participatory action plans for obesity prevention projects in children and adolescents using the ANGELO (Analysis Grid for Elements …
Trends in BMI of urban Australian adults, 1980–2000
Objective To analyse changes in the distribution of BMI in Australia between 1980 and 2000. Design Data were from the 1980, 1983 and 1989 National Heart Foundation Risk Factor Prevalence Study, the 1995 National Nutrition Survey and the 1999/2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Survey participants were aged 25–64 years and resident in Australian capital cities. BMI was calculated as weight divided by height squared (kg/m 2 ), wh…
Protocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases
KAP surveys are well represented in the literature, but studies that aim to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of a population around NCDs remain scarce. This is despite the growing number of national epidemiological surveys, such as STEPS, which aim to quantify the burden of these diseases but do not explore the level of population-based awareness, understanding, risk-perception and possible motivation for change. Therefore this pape…
The duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes
Objective The evidence for the association between obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes has been derived mainly from the analysis of the degree of obesity. The role of the duration of obesity as an independent risk has not been fully explored. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between the duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The Framingham Heart Study …
The urgent need for universally applicable simple screening procedures and diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus – lessons from projects funded by the World Diabetes Foundation
BACKGROUND: To address the risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes and future type 2 diabetes associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), its early detection and timely treatment is essential. In the absence of an international consensus, multiple different guidelines on screening and diagnosis of GDM have existed for a long time. This may be changing with the publication of the recommendations by the International Association of Diabetes an…
Health system and societal barriers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) services - lessons from World Diabetes Foundation supported GDM projects
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality and morbidity remains high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) represents an underestimated and unrecognised impediment to optimal maternal health in LMIC; left untreated - it also has severe consequences for the offspring. A better understanding of the barriers hindering detection and treatment of GDM is needed. Based on experiences from World Diabetes Foundation (WD…
Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading causes of mortality in Mongolia, and diabetes, in particular, is a growing public health threat. Mongolia is a nation undergoing rapid and widespread epidemiological transition and urbanisation: a process that is expected to continue in coming decades and is likely to increase the diabetes burden. To better inform policy and public-health responses to the impact of the growth in NCDs, a nationa…
Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia
This research suggests a low prevalence of diabetes-related health-knowledge among Mongolians. In this light, health-education should be part of any national strategy on diabetes
Hypertension and hypertension-related disease in Mongolia; findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study
Rural populations; younger populations; men; and less educated populations, all with lower levels of knowledge and risk perception regarding hypertension, present those most vulnerable to it and the related health outcomes. This research intimates major health knowledge gaps in sub-populations within Mongolia, regarding health-risks related to hypertension
Yoga for hypertensive patients
BACKGROUND: International guidelines for hypertension treatment recommend the use of yoga, particularly among low-risk patients. However, evidence is lacking on the implementation potential of health-worker-led yoga interventions in low-resource, primary care settings. OBJECTIVE: To assess barriers to and facilitators of the implementation of a yoga intervention for hypertensive patients in primary care in Nepal. METHODS: The study was conducted …
Effects of a health worker-led 3-month yoga intervention on blood pressure of hypertensive patients
This trial was prospectively registered with the Clinical Trial Registry of India [ CTRI/2017/02/007822 ] on 10/02/2017
Hypertension screening, awareness, treatment, and control
BACKGROUND: The growing burden of hypertension is emerging as one of the major healthcare challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Nepal. Given that they are struggling to deliver adequate health services, some LMICs have significant gaps in the cascade of hypertension care (including screening, awareness, treatment, and control). This results in uncontrolled hypertension, placing a high burden on both patients and healthca…
An effective approach to tackling complex health policy challenges. Using a clinical microsystems approach and rethinking codesign
That people with serious mental illness have poor physical health and face a significant life expectancy gap compared with the general population is well known. Despite considerable policy focus in some countries, the gap in life expectancy remains. Tackling complex and persistent health problems such as this requires a systems-based approach, recognising the complexity of interacting components and their effects on the problem and on each other …
Social prescribing for suicide prevention
This rapid review delves into the realm of social prescribing as a novel approach to suicide prevention by addressing the social determinants of health. Through an exploration of various databases including MEDLINE, PsychInfo, WILEY, and Sage, a total of 3,063 articles were initially identified as potentially relevant to the research. Following a meticulous screening process, 13 articles were included in the final review, shedding light on the po…
Impact of Covid-19 early in the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in Australia and Cambodia
The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents is a major concern. Most research has been conducted only in more economically developed countries. Using data from two similar surveys administered during July–September, 2020 in Australia (a high-income country) and Cambodia (a low-middle income country), this paper examined the impact early in the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents in the two count…
Social prescribing for suicide prevention
Suicidality is a devastating and burdensome experience that can be a result of complex psychological, biological and social factors. Social prescribing could be well suited to address the diverse non-clinical needs of people experiencing suicidality. International and Australian evidence indicates social prescribing provides an effective and acceptable approach. To address suicide risk and rates in the Australian community, community-based approa…
Health promotion campaigns using social media
We employed co-occurrence network analysis and association rules mining as powerful techniques to identify influential hashtags that may have a central role in health-related discussions and drive engagement within the co-occurrence hashtag network. In conclusion, we recommend additional hashtag structures in conjunction with heart health-related topics to improve community building and the effectiveness of disseminating messages in future heart …
Breaking the silos
Background: Poor oral health is associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), largely due to shared risk factors such as smoking, diabetes and socioeconomic disadvantage. Integrating oral health into primary and specialist care, particularly cardiac services, presents a promising strategy to improve early detection of oral diseases and related health outcomes. This systematic review examines oral health strategies implemented in primary and car…
A critical review of curriculum and pedagogy in mental health education
Purpose To critically examine the existing literature on mental health education in secondary schools amid an escalating youth mental health crisis, exploring which curriculum components and pedagogical approaches are most effective for adolescents’ learning. Design/methodology/approach We used a critical literature review methodology grounded in a constructivist paradigm. Systematic searches across three databases using the PICo framework yielde…
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