Inge Houkes
Biographic Data
| ID | 7737741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inge Houkes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inge |
| FAMILY NAME | Houkes |
| SIGNATURE | HOUKES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1697-0944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Between-school socioeconomic segregation and adolescent bullying
BACKGROUND: Bullying is a major public health concern among adolescents. Ecological frameworks suggest that bullying is shaped not only by individual characteristics but also by broader school, institutional, and macro-level contexts. We examined whether country-level between-school socioeconomic segregation helps explain differences in bullying perpetration and victimization. METHODS: We analyzed nationally representative data from 101,287 adole…
Lifestyle counselling by Dutch occupational health professionals and its determinants
While a significant number of Dutch OHPs practise lifestyle counselling, there is room for improvement by addressing barriers and enhancing self-efficacy. Training and structural support are recommended to increase the prevalence and quality of lifestyle counselling and referrals to CLI. This study highlights the importance of integrating lifestyle medicine into occupational health to prevent chronic illnesses such as obesity, and improve employe…
Experiences of Peri-partum Urinary Incontinence from a Women’s and Health Care Perspective
The interviewed women with UI during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth were surprised but hardly bothered by their UI and accept it as part of being pregnant or as a result of the delivery. HCP's do not routinely discuss UI during pregnancy or post-partum
Validation of the MAastricht Instrument of Sustainable Employability (Maise-NL) Adapted for Employees in Low-Skilled Jobs (Maise-Easy)
Background : Sustainable employability (SE) is important for work organizations. Recently, the MAastricht Instrument for Sustainable Employability (MAISE-NL) was developed and validated. This study describes the development and validation of an adapted version of the MAISE-NL, the MAISE-Easy, which can be used for employees in low-skilled jobs. Methods : The adaptation of the MAISE-NL was based on six focus groups with employees in low-skilled jo…
The MAastricht Instrument for Sustainable Employability – Italian version (Maise-IT)
This study showed the validity of the MAISE-IT in the Italian context. The MAISE-IT is valuable for tapping employees' needs in order to develop SE interventions tailored to the employee perspective
How a steeper organisational hierarchy prevents change—adoption and implementation of a sustainable employability intervention for employees in low-skilled jobs
This study improved the understanding of the difficulties to adopt and implement such organisational intervention to contribute to the sustainable employability of employees in low-skilled jobs. Practical implications are given for future implementation of organisational interventions
Using intervention mapping to develop ‘Healthy HR’ aimed at improving sustainable employability of low-educated employees
Principles of IM appeared to be useful to develop the intervention HHR systematically. This development process resulted in a practical online toolkit that supports employers in the development and implementation of local SE interventions tailored to the needs of low-educated employees. These employees should be actively involved in the process through a dialogue-based approach. By using IM principles, HHR is expected to increase the effectivenes…
Exploring expected and perceived facilitators and barriers of an indicated prevention strategy to prevent future long-term sickness absence; a qualitative study among employers and employees
This study showed that the health culture within a company may be important for the perceived responsibility towards SA and health. A health culture which primarily focuses on physical complaints may raise barriers for the adoption and implementation of this preventive strategy. Participant' perceptions of the nature of LTSA and the fact that not all participants were familiar with the exact content and phasing of IPS may have doubted the efficac…
Does Dialogue Improve the Sustainable Employability of Low-Educated Employees? A Study Protocol for an Effect and Process Evaluation of “Healthy HR”
Background: There is a need to develop sustainable employability (SE) interventions that are better aligned to the needs of low-educated employees. This group needs to get a voice in intervention development and implementation. In this study, a dialogue-based approach is proposed consisting of an online step-by-step support toolkit for employers, ‘Healthy Human Resources’ (HHR). When intervening, this toolkit enables and stimulates employers to h…
The silent burden of stigmatisation
Despite the good intentions of policies to enhance self-reliance, responsibility and active citizenship, these policies and related societal beliefs might affect people at the lower end of our socioeconomic hierarchies by making them feel inferior, ashamed and blamed, especially when they cannot meet societal expectations or when they feel treated disrespectfully, unjustly or unequally by social workers or volunteers of charity organisations
Effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce mild to moderate depression and chronic fatigue in a working population
Nederlands Trialregister NTR3162
Work resumption at the price of distrust
Legislation appeared to support cooperation, but awareness of a mutual dependence, trust, knowledge about the legislation and personal norms regarding recovery and RTW are also important. Professionals such as occupational physicians should support this to attain a degree of cooperation that is necessary for effective RTW
Development of burnout over time and the causal order of the three dimensions of burnout among male and female GPs. A three-wave panel study
As regards the developmental process of burnout, we found evidence for the fact that the aetiological process of burnout, that is the causal order of the three burnout dimensions, differs between men and women. These sex differences should be taken into account in vocational training and policy development, especially since general practice is feminizing rapidly
Work related characteristics, work-home and home-work interference and burnout among primary healthcare physicians
To diminish excessive workload, the number of physicians working in primary healthcare centres in Serbia should be increased. Considering that differences between countries were detected on all burnout subcomponents, work-related interventions for employees should be country specific. The role of gender needs to be closely examined in future studies as well
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Development of burnout over time and the causal order of the three dimensions of burnout among male and female GPs. A three-wave panel study
As regards the developmental process of burnout, we found evidence for the fact that the aetiological process of burnout, that is the causal order of the three burnout dimensions, differs between men and women. These sex differences should be taken into account in vocational training and policy development, especially since general practice is feminizing rapidly
Work related characteristics, work-home and home-work interference and burnout among primary healthcare physicians
To diminish excessive workload, the number of physicians working in primary healthcare centres in Serbia should be increased. Considering that differences between countries were detected on all burnout subcomponents, work-related interventions for employees should be country specific. The role of gender needs to be closely examined in future studies as well
Effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce mild to moderate depression and chronic fatigue in a working population
Nederlands Trialregister NTR3162
Work resumption at the price of distrust
Legislation appeared to support cooperation, but awareness of a mutual dependence, trust, knowledge about the legislation and personal norms regarding recovery and RTW are also important. Professionals such as occupational physicians should support this to attain a degree of cooperation that is necessary for effective RTW
The silent burden of stigmatisation
Despite the good intentions of policies to enhance self-reliance, responsibility and active citizenship, these policies and related societal beliefs might affect people at the lower end of our socioeconomic hierarchies by making them feel inferior, ashamed and blamed, especially when they cannot meet societal expectations or when they feel treated disrespectfully, unjustly or unequally by social workers or volunteers of charity organisations
Does Dialogue Improve the Sustainable Employability of Low-Educated Employees? A Study Protocol for an Effect and Process Evaluation of “Healthy HR”
Background: There is a need to develop sustainable employability (SE) interventions that are better aligned to the needs of low-educated employees. This group needs to get a voice in intervention development and implementation. In this study, a dialogue-based approach is proposed consisting of an online step-by-step support toolkit for employers, ‘Healthy Human Resources’ (HHR). When intervening, this toolkit enables and stimulates employers to h…
Using intervention mapping to develop ‘Healthy HR’ aimed at improving sustainable employability of low-educated employees
Principles of IM appeared to be useful to develop the intervention HHR systematically. This development process resulted in a practical online toolkit that supports employers in the development and implementation of local SE interventions tailored to the needs of low-educated employees. These employees should be actively involved in the process through a dialogue-based approach. By using IM principles, HHR is expected to increase the effectivenes…
Exploring expected and perceived facilitators and barriers of an indicated prevention strategy to prevent future long-term sickness absence; a qualitative study among employers and employees
This study showed that the health culture within a company may be important for the perceived responsibility towards SA and health. A health culture which primarily focuses on physical complaints may raise barriers for the adoption and implementation of this preventive strategy. Participant' perceptions of the nature of LTSA and the fact that not all participants were familiar with the exact content and phasing of IPS may have doubted the efficac…
Validation of the MAastricht Instrument of Sustainable Employability (Maise-NL) Adapted for Employees in Low-Skilled Jobs (Maise-Easy)
Background : Sustainable employability (SE) is important for work organizations. Recently, the MAastricht Instrument for Sustainable Employability (MAISE-NL) was developed and validated. This study describes the development and validation of an adapted version of the MAISE-NL, the MAISE-Easy, which can be used for employees in low-skilled jobs. Methods : The adaptation of the MAISE-NL was based on six focus groups with employees in low-skilled jo…
The MAastricht Instrument for Sustainable Employability – Italian version (Maise-IT)
This study showed the validity of the MAISE-IT in the Italian context. The MAISE-IT is valuable for tapping employees' needs in order to develop SE interventions tailored to the employee perspective
How a steeper organisational hierarchy prevents change—adoption and implementation of a sustainable employability intervention for employees in low-skilled jobs
This study improved the understanding of the difficulties to adopt and implement such organisational intervention to contribute to the sustainable employability of employees in low-skilled jobs. Practical implications are given for future implementation of organisational interventions
Experiences of Peri-partum Urinary Incontinence from a Women’s and Health Care Perspective
The interviewed women with UI during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth were surprised but hardly bothered by their UI and accept it as part of being pregnant or as a result of the delivery. HCP's do not routinely discuss UI during pregnancy or post-partum
Lifestyle counselling by Dutch occupational health professionals and its determinants
While a significant number of Dutch OHPs practise lifestyle counselling, there is room for improvement by addressing barriers and enhancing self-efficacy. Training and structural support are recommended to increase the prevalence and quality of lifestyle counselling and referrals to CLI. This study highlights the importance of integrating lifestyle medicine into occupational health to prevent chronic illnesses such as obesity, and improve employe…
Between-school socioeconomic segregation and adolescent bullying
BACKGROUND: Bullying is a major public health concern among adolescents. Ecological frameworks suggest that bullying is shaped not only by individual characteristics but also by broader school, institutional, and macro-level contexts. We examined whether country-level between-school socioeconomic segregation helps explain differences in bullying perpetration and victimization. METHODS: We analyzed nationally representative data from 101,287 adole…
Medicine (12 works) · Nursing (11 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (8 works) · Public health (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Employability (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works)