The role of action planning and plan enactment for smoking cessationHein de Vries
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 13:393. 2013
..Yet, little attention has been paid to the role of plan enactment. This study assesses the determinants and the effects of action planning and plan enactment on smoking cessation...
- Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey
Gera E Nagelhout
STIVORO Dutch Expert Centre on Tobacco Control, PO Box 16070, 2500 BB, The Hague, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:303. 2012
..However, little is known about a widening of SES inequalities in smoking consumption, initiation and cessation...
- Internet based computer tailored feedback on sunscreen use
Hein de Vries
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Caphri, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e48. 2012
..Yet, reactions to Internet CT programs may differ per level of involvement and education level and remain understudied...
Bi-directional relations between anti-smoking parenting practices and adolescent smoking in a Dutch sampleRose M E Huver
Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Psychol 26:762-8. 2007
..The main goal of this study was to explain previous inconsistent effects of anti-smoking parenting practices, by examining bi-directional relations between parenting and adolescent smoking...
- Tailored print communication and telephone motivational interviewing are equally successful in improving multiple lifestyle behaviors in a randomized controlled trial
Hilde M van Keulen
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Ann Behav Med 41:104-18. 2011
..Computer tailoring and motivational interviewing show promise in promoting lifestyle change, despite few head-to-head comparative studies...
Optimizing the efficacy of smoking cessation contests: an exploration of determinants of successful quittingLiesbeth van Osch
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 24:54-63. 2009
..Although non-exhaustive, implementation of the results and recommendations discussed in this study could lead to an increased use, appreciation and efficacy of future smoking cessation campaigns...
- Dynamics of adolescent friendship networks and smoking behavior: social network analyses in six European countries
Liesbeth Mercken
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 69:1506-14. 2009
..Prevention programs need to address aspects that drive peer selection, and reinforce non-smoking attitudes in adolescents...
- The PAS study: a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a web-based multiple tailored smoking cessation programme and tailored counselling by practice nurses
Eline S Smit
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Contemp Clin Trials 31:251-8. 2010
..PAS (Personal Advice in Stopping smoking) combines two of the most effective smoking cessation interventions: multiple computer tailoring and tailored counselling by a practice nurse in the general practice...
- Single-item and multiple-item measures of adherence to public health behavior guidelines were incongruent
Hilde M van Keulen
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 63:75-84. 2010
..We examined adherence rates to single and combinations of Dutch public health guidelines for these behaviors by comparing and combining two self-report measurements...
- Nurse adherence to a minimal-contact smoking cessation intervention on cardiac wards
Dewi Segaar
Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Res Nurs Health 30:429-44. 2007
..Adherence was most likely if nurses consistently used an intervention card, perceived advantages of the intervention, had other nurses around them who used it, and had been involved in decision-making...
- Comparative impact of smoke-free legislation on smoking cessation in three European countries
Gera E Nagelhout
Maastricht University, Caphri, The Netherlands
Eur J Public Health 22:4-9. 2012
..This study aimed to examine the impact of comprehensive smoke-free workplace legislation in Ireland and England, and partial hospitality industry legislation in the Netherlands on quit attempts and quit success...
- Determinants of smoking among adolescents in the Southern Cape-Karoo region, South Africa
Saadhna Panday
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Health Promot Int 22:207-17. 2007
..Although there are more common than unique determinants of smoking among South African adolescents, further research is needed to understand the influence of differing social, economic and cultural contexts on smoking onset...
- The formation of specific action plans can enhance sun protection behavior in motivated parents
Liesbeth van Osch
Care and Public Health Research Institute, The Netherlands
Prev Med 47:127-32. 2008
..To determine whether formulating specific plans with regard to sunscreen use can influence parental sun protection behavior (i.e., applying sunscreen to their child)...
- Smoking-based selection and influence in gender-segregated friendship networks: a social network analysis of adolescent smoking
Liesbeth Mercken
Care and Public Health Research Institute Caphri, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Addiction 105:1280-9. 2010
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- Alerting the general population to genetic risks: the value of health messages communicating the existence of genetic risk factors for public health promotion
Chris M R Smerecnik
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Health Psychol 28:734-45. 2009
..However, there is a lack of evidence-based insight into its impact on individuals who were unaware of the existence of genetic risk factors at the moment of information exposure...
- Gender differences regarding the alcohol-tobacco relationship among Romanian adolescents--a longitudinal study
Lucia M Lotrean
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science FHML, Maastricht University, Care and Public Health Research Institute Caphri, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur J Public Health 19:285-9. 2009
..The objective of this study was to assess cross-sectional and prospective relations between alcohol and tobacco use among Romanian adolescents, giving special attention to possible gender differences...
- The population impact of smoke-free workplace and hospitality industry legislation on smoking behaviour. Findings from a national population survey
Gera E Nagelhout
Maastricht University Caphri, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Addiction 106:816-23. 2011
..To study the impact of implementing smoke-free workplace and hospitality industry legislation on smoking behaviour...
- Predictors of smoking stage transitions for adolescent boys and girls
Ciska Hoving
Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Prev Med 44:485-9. 2007
..To show whether predictors differed between genders, analyses were run for boys and girls separately...
- The role of risk perception in explaining parental sunscreen use
Hein de Vries
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 27:1342-58. 2012
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- Thinking versus feeling: differentiating between cognitive and affective components of perceived cancer risk
Eva Janssen
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 27:767-83. 2012
..Since affective likelihood might be a better predictor of health behaviour than the commonly used cognitive operationalisation, both dimensions should be considered in future research...
- Are the stages of change relevant for the development and implementation of a web-based tailored alcohol intervention? A cross-sectional study
Daniela N Schulz
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:360. 2012
..Our aim is to identify the potential relevance of the application of the stages of change concept in the development and implementation of alcohol interventions...
- Factors influencing Dutch practice nurses' intention to adopt a new smoking cessation intervention
Lisa Leitlein
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Adv Nurs 68:2185-94. 2012
..This article is a report of a study that aimed to identify factors influencing practice nurses' and nurse practitioners' intention to adopt a new smoking cessation intervention...
- Optimizing diffusion of an online computer tailored lifestyle program: a study protocol
Francine Schneider
CAPHRI Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, P, O, Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:480. 2011
..The present project attempts to optimize the dissemination process of a new online computer tailored generic lifestyle program by carefully studying the adoption process and developing a strategy to achieve sustained use of the program...
- Efficacy of a single computer-tailored e-mail for smoking cessation: results after 6 months
Fam te Poel
Care School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 24:930-40. 2009
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- Preventing smoking relapse via Web-based computer-tailored feedback: a randomized controlled trial
Iman Elfeddali
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e109. 2012
..The Stay Quit for You (SQ4U) study compared two Web-based computer-tailored smoking relapse prevention programs with different types of planning strategies versus a control group...
- Prevalence and predictors of smoking in "smoke-free" bars. Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Europe Surveys
Gera E Nagelhout
Maastricht University, Caphri, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 72:1643-51. 2011
..The results indicate the need for strong comprehensive smoke-free legislation without exceptions. This should be accompanied by educational campaigns in which the public health rationale for the legislation is clearly explained...
- Measuring risk perceptions of skin cancer: reliability and validity of different operationalizations
Eva Janssen
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Br J Health Psychol 16:92-112. 2011
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- Some signals cannot wait: effects of a national campaign on early detection of cancer among Dutch adults (>55 years)
Astrid Reubsaet
Care and Public Health Research Institute, The Netherlands
Cancer Epidemiol 33:194-200. 2009
..Further, the campaign was evaluated on recall and recognition and the various campaign components were evaluated...
- Relapse prevention in a national smoking cessation contest: effects of coping planning
Liesbeth van Osch
Care and Public Health Research Institute, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Br J Health Psychol 13:525-35. 2008
..The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of a brief coping planning intervention to prevent smoking relapse in the context of a national smoking cessation contest ('Quit & Win')...
- The influence of user characteristics and a periodic email prompt on exposure to an internet-delivered computer-tailored lifestyle program
Francine Schneider
Caphri, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e40. 2012
..Actual exposure to CT interventions is not living up to its high expectations, as only a (limited) proportion of the target group is actually using these programs...
- Electronic monitoring and health promotion: an evaluation of the E-MOVO Web site by adolescents
Jascha De Nooijer
Department of Health Education romotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 23:382-91. 2008
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- Vitalum study design: RCT evaluating the efficacy of tailored print communication and telephone motivational interviewing on multiple health behaviors
Hilde M van Keulen
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 8:216. 2008
..The Vitalum project aims to compare the efficacy of these techniques in improving the health behaviors of adults aged 45-70. This paper describes the design of the Vitalum study...
- The influence of newspaper coverage and a media campaign on smokers' support for smoke-free bars and restaurants and on secondhand smoke harm awareness: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey
Gera E Nagelhout
Department of Health Promotion, Caphri, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Tob Control 21:24-9. 2012
..To assess the influence of newspaper coverage and a media campaign about Dutch smoke-free legislation on smokers' support for smoke-free bars and restaurants and on secondhand smoke (SHS) harm awareness...
- Understanding the positive effects of graphical risk information on comprehension: measuring attention directed to written, tabular, and graphical risk information
Chris M R Smerecnik
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Risk Anal 30:1387-98. 2010
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- An empirical test of the materialist framework for understanding the general population's reaction to nonpersonalized genetic health messages
Chris M R Smerecnik
School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Promotion, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Health Commun 16:550-62. 2011
..The authors' findings support the validity of the materialist framework for understanding laypeople's knowledge of genetics. On the basis of the results, several implications were deduced for public education of genetics...
- Skin self-examination of persons from families with familial atypical multiple mole melanoma (FAMMM)
Ilse Mesters
Department of Health Education, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 75:251-5. 2009
..The aim is to examine motivational differences between (a) melanoma-prone persons who perform SSE once every 2-3 months, and (b) melanoma-prone persons with a lower SSE frequency...
- Genetic health messages in the mass media: do the general public perceive non-personalized genetic health message as personally relevant?
Chris M R Smerecnik
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Br J Health Psychol 15:941-56. 2010
..We examined whether the general public accepted genetic health messages and viewed them personally relevant in promoting their preventive behaviour...
- Program completion of a web-based tailored lifestyle intervention for adults: differences between a sequential and a simultaneous approach
Daniela N Schulz
CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e26. 2012
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- Personality and parenting style in parents of adolescents
Rose M E Huver
Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Adolesc 33:395-402. 2010
..Conscientiousness and openness did not relate to general parenting, but might be associated with more content-specific acts of parenting...
- Testing a Dutch web-based tailored lifestyle programme among adults: a study protocol
Daniela N Schulz
Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:108. 2011
..The aim of this study is to test and compare the effectiveness of two different tailoring strategies for changing lifestyle compared to a control group using a multiple health behaviour web-based approach...
- A web-based computer-tailored smoking prevention programme for primary school children: intervention design and study protocol
Henricus Paul Cremers
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200, MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:277. 2012
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- Disentangling social selection and social influence effects on adolescent smoking: the importance of reciprocity in friendships
Liesbeth Mercken
Care and Public Heath research Institute, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Addiction 102:1483-92. 2007
..A new social selection-social influence model is proposed...
- Are smokers interested in genetic testing for smoking addiction? A socio-cognitive approach
Chris Smerecnik
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 26:1099-112. 2011
..Socio-cognitive concepts such as susceptibility, severity, response efficacy and self-efficacy may be used to inform or educate smokers about the value of genetically tailored smoking cessation treatments...
- The SMILE study: a study of medical information and lifestyles in Eindhoven, the rationale and contents of a large prospective dynamic cohort study
Marjan Van den Akker
Department of General Practice, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 8:19. 2008
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- Self-efficacy moderates message-framing effects: The case of skin-cancer detection
Jonathan Van 't Riet
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 25:339-49. 2010
..In addition, our results suggest that health promoting messages can be framed to match recipients' self-efficacy levels...
- Social influence and selection effects in the context of smoking behavior: changes during early and mid adolescence
Liesbeth Mercken
Care and Public Health Research Institute Caphri, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Psychol 28:73-82. 2009
..This article examined the contribution of selection and influence processes in smoking behavior similarity among friends, and changes in these processes during early and mid adolescence...
- Is parenting style a context for smoking-specific parenting practices?
Rose M E Huver
Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, NL 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Drug Alcohol Depend 89:116-25. 2007
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- Intended coping responses to cancer symptoms in healthy adults: the roles of symptom knowledge, detection behavior, and perceived threat
Robert A C Ruiter
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:818-26. 2008
..In addition, we were interested in the extent to which these effects are driven by heightened perceptions of threat...
- Pathways of change explaining the effect of smoke-free legislation on smoking cessation in The Netherlands. An application of the international tobacco control conceptual model
Gera E Nagelhout
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University Caphri, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Nicotine Tob Res 14:1474-82. 2012
..This study aims to test the pathways of change from individual exposure to smoke-free legislation on smoking cessation, as hypothesized in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Conceptual Model...
- Identifying factors for optimal development of health-related websites: a delphi study among experts and potential future users
Francine Schneider
Caphri, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e18. 2012
..However, suboptimal levels of program use in the target population limit the public health impact of these programs. Optimizing program development is considered as one of the main processes to increase usage rates...
- Influence of recruitment strategy on the reach and effect of a web-based multiple tailored smoking cessation intervention among Dutch adult smokers
Eline Suzanne Smit
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 27:191-9. 2012
..The choice for a particular recruitment strategy appeared to determine the number and type of smokers recruited and might consequently influence the intervention's potential public health impact...
- Age and educational inequalities in smoking cessation due to three population-level tobacco control interventions: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey
Gera E Nagelhout
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University Caphri, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 28:83-91. 2013
..Larger tax increases, stronger smoke-free legislation and media campaigns about the dangers of (second-hand) smoking are needed in the Netherlands...
- Access point analysis in smoking and nonsmoking adolescents: findings from the European Smoking Prevention Framework Approach study
Hein de Vries
Department of Health Education, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer Prev 16:257-65. 2007
..Additional strategies for settings with less supervision need to be developed as they attract more smoking adolescents and older nonsmoking adolescents...
- Passive cancer detection and medical help seeking for cancer symptoms: (in)adequate behavior and psychosocial determinants
Liesbeth van Osch
aDepartment of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht bFaculty of Psychology, Open University Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer Prev 16:266-74. 2007
..The effectiveness of these efforts may benefit from considering the distinct sets of determinants of passive detection behavior and medical help seeking...
- Effect of recruitment method and setting on the composition of samples consisting of adult smokers
Ciska Hoving
University of Maastricht, Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, P O Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 65:79-86. 2007
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- Reasons for non-attendance in cervical cancer screening programmes: an application of the Integrated Model for Behavioural Change
Theresia Knops-Dullens
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer Prev 16:436-45. 2007
..To improve the I-change model, further research is recommended to explore the relationship between ambivalence and intention...
- Cost-effectiveness of tailored print communication, telephone motivational interviewing, and a combination of the two: results of an economic evaluation alongside the Vitalum randomized controlled trial
Hilde M van Keulen
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:64. 2010
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- Skin cancer prevention behaviours during summer holidays in 14 and 18-year-old Belgian adolescents
Hein de Vries
Department of Health Education, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer Prev 15:431-8. 2006
..The risks of sunbed use should be communicated clearly to older adolescents. Hence, these two groups need to receive high priority for cancer prevention activities in Belgium...
- Clusters of lifestyle behaviors: results from the Dutch SMILE study
Hein de Vries
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Prev Med 46:203-8. 2008
..This study aimed to identify differences and similarities in health behavior clusters for respondents with different educational backgrounds...
- Effectiveness of a Web-based multiple tailored smoking cessation program: a randomized controlled trial among Dutch adult smokers
Eline Suzanne Smit
Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 14:e82. 2012
..However, such a smoking cessation program has yet to be developed and implemented in The Netherlands...
- Study protocol of a Dutch smoking cessation e-health program
Nicola E Stanczyk
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:847. 2011
..The two programs differ only in the mode of delivery (video- versus text-based messages). The paper aims to describe the development and design of the two computer-tailored programs...
- Nicotine dependence and withdrawal symptoms among occasional smokers
Saadhna Panday
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Adolesc Health 40:144-50. 2007
..This study describes the levels of nicotine dependence, withdrawal symptoms, depressive mood, and risk behavior reported by male and female weekly and monthly adolescent smokers in South Africa...
- The influence of narrative risk communication on feelings of cancer risk
Eva Janssen
Department of Health Promotion, School Caphri, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Br J Health Psychol 18:407-19. 2013
..The aim of this experimental study was to compare the effects of narrative and non-narrative risk communication about sunbed use on ease of imagination and feelings of cancer risk...
- Periodic email prompts to re-use an internet-delivered computer-tailored lifestyle program: influence of prompt content and timing
Francine Schneider
Caphri, Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Med Internet Res 15:e23. 2013
..Adherence to Internet-delivered lifestyle interventions using multiple tailoring is suboptimal. Therefore, it is essential to invest in proactive strategies, such as periodic email prompts, to boost re-use of the intervention...
- Knowledge, attitudes and preferences regarding genetic testing for smoking cessation. A cross-sectional survey among Dutch smokers
Marieke Quaak
Department of Toxicology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht NUTRIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMJ Open 2:e000321. 2012
..Furthermore, smokers allocate their GPs a crucial role in the provision of information and the delivery of a genetic test for smoking; however, it is unclear whether GPs will be able and willing to take on this role...
- Understanding smokers' motivations to use evidence-based smoking cessation aids
Roy A Willems
Department of Health Promotion, School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Nicotine Tob Res 15:167-76. 2013
..However, use of SCA in the Netherlands is particularly low. This study examined determinants of intention to use SCA in smokers willing to quit...
- A systematic review of the impact of genetic counseling on risk perception accuracy
Chris M R Smerecnik
School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Genet Couns 18:217-28. 2009
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