Corien Swaan

Biographic Data

ID7747416
NAMECorien Swaan
GIVEN NAMESCorien
FAMILY NAMESwaan
SIGNATURESWAAN C
AFFILIATIONSNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment
ORCID0000-0003-1190-3443
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Evaluating intra-action reviews at points of entry

    Open AccessDoret de Rooij, Miriam van de Watering et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Based on the evaluations, we conclude that the IAR method can be of value during long-term crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic response. Although it is challenging to dedicate time and effort to the organization and attendance of IAR meetings during crisis, the IAR method is feasible in an online setting if appropriate organizing and technical capacity is available. A participatory set-up supports the IAR method as a starting point for continuo…

  • 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

  • Determinants of students' willingness to accept a measles–mumps–rubella booster vaccination during a mumps outbreak

    Open AccessHanna W Donkers, Jeannine L A Hautvast et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    During a mumps outbreak, university students were generally willing to accept a hypothetical MMR booster vaccination. Risk perception, outcome expectations, perceived social norms, and organisational characteristics should be taken into account in the planning of any vaccination campaign for university students during an outbreak of an infectious disease

  • Analysis of timeliness of infectious disease reporting in the Netherlands

    Open AccessElisabeth Reijn, Corien Swaan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    Over the study period, many cases of the six notifiable diseases were not reported within two incubation periods, and many were reported more than three days after laboratory diagnosis. An increase in direct laboratory reporting of diagnoses to MHS would improve timeliness, as would the use of fax rather than post or e-mail. Automated reporting systems have to be explored in the Netherlands. Development of standardised and improved measures for t…