Evelien Belfroid

Biographic Data

ID7747413
NAMEEvelien Belfroid
GIVEN NAMESEvelien
FAMILY NAMEBelfroid
SIGNATUREBELFROID E
AFFILIATIONSNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment
ORCID0000-0002-6432-2880
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • The Dutch Citizen's Understanding and Perception of the Actors Involved in the Netherlands' Covid‐19 Pandemic Response

    Open AccessL S Kengne Kamga, A C G Voordouw et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic was a public health emergency (PHE) of unprecedented magnitude and impact. It provided the possibility to investigate the Dutch citizens' understanding and perception of the actors involved in the Dutch pandemic response as a PHE unfolded. METHODS: Three focus groups (FGs) were held with 16 Dutch citizens in June 2020. Citizens were recruited using the Dutch Health Care Consumer Panel. During the FGs, participa…

  • Improving National Intelligence for Public Health Preparedness

    Open AccessNgozi Erondu, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest evidence of critical gaps in our collective ability to monitor country-level preparedness for health emergencies. The global frameworks that exist to strengthen core public health capacities lack coverage of several preparedness domains and do not provide mechanisms to interface with local intelligence. We designed and piloted a process, in collaboration with three National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) in E…

  • Assessing training needs in infectious disease management at major ports, airports and ground-crossings in Europe

    Open AccessDoret de Rooij, Evelien Belfroid et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Background The implementation of core capacities as stated in the International Health Regulations (IHR) is far from complete, and, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows, the spreading of infectious diseases through points of entry (POEs) is a serious problem. To guide training and exercises, we performed a training needs assessment on infectious disease management among professionals at European POE. Methods We disseminated a digital questionnaire to r…

  • Educating, training, and exercising for infectious disease control with emphasis on cross-border settings

    Open AccessDoret de Rooij, Evelien Belfroid et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2020

  • Towards defining core principles of public health emergency preparedness

    Open AccessEvelien Belfroid, Dorothee Katharina Roβkamp et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This prioritised set of consensus principles can provide a foundation for countries aiming to evaluate and improve their preparedness for public health emergencies. The recommendations are practical, support generic preparedness planning, and can be used by all countries irrespective of their current level of preparedness