[Graphic images on cigarette packages not effective]Gerjo Kok
Universiteit Maastricht, afd Toegepaste Psychologie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 157:A6167. 2013
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Methods for environmental change; an exploratory studyGerjo Kok
Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:1037. 2012
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- Promoting STI testing among senior vocational students in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: effects of a cluster randomized study
Mireille Wolfers
Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, Infectious Disease Control Division, P, O, Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:937. 2011
..The purpose of this study was to assess the combined and single effects on STI testing of health education and school-based sexual health services...
- Reasons for compliance or noncompliance with advice to test for hepatitis C via an internet-mediated blood screening service: a qualitative study
Freke R Zuure
Cluster Infectious Diseases, Department of Research, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:293. 2011
..We performed a qualitative study examining reasons for compliance and noncompliance with advice to test for HCV via the online blood testing service...
- Predictors of healthcare professionals' intention and behaviour to encourage physical activity in patients with cardiovascular risk factors
Barbara Sassen
Department of Health and Lifestyle, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:246. 2011
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- Cardiovascular risk profile: cross-sectional analysis of motivational determinants, physical fitness and physical activity
Barbara Sassen
Department of Health and Lifestyle, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:592. 2010
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- Perceived risk, anxiety, and behavioural responses of the general public during the early phase of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands: results of three consecutive online surveys
Marloes Bults
Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond, P, O, Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:2. 2011
..The aim of this study was to examine perceptions and behaviours of the general public during the early phase of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in the Netherlands...
- Correlates of STI testing among vocational school students in the Netherlands
Mireille E G Wolfers
Municipal Public Health Service, Rotterdam Area, Infectious Disease Control Division, P O Box 70032, 3000 LP, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:725. 2010
..The purpose of this study is to inform the development of motivational health promotion messages by identifying the psychosocial correlates of STI testing intention among adolescents with sexual experience attending vocational schools...
- A structured review of reasons for ecstasy use and related behaviours: pointers for future research
Gjalt Jorn Ygram Peters
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 9:230. 2009
..To provide an overview of these insights regarding ecstasy use, the current study summarizes and combines what is known from qualitative and exploratory quantitative literature on ecstasy use...
Planning for influenza vaccination in health care workers: an Intervention Mapping approachGerjo Kok
Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Vaccine 29:8512-9. 2011
..Examples are provided to illustrate the activities associated with these steps. It is concluded that applying IM in the (influenza) vaccination field may help the development of effective behavior change interventions...
- Behavioural intentions in response to an influenza pandemic
Gerjo Kok
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:174. 2010
..Little is known regarding which behavioural responses can be expected if an influenza pandemic were to occur...
- Sexual decision-making in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: how moral concerns and sexual motives guide intended condom use with steady and casual sex partners
Nicole M C van Kesteren
Center for Research on HIV AIDS Prevention and Education, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Arch Sex Behav 36:437-49. 2007
..The implications of the findings for future research and the development of HIV-prevention programs for HIV-positive MSM are discussed...
- Sexual risk behavior among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a literature review
Nicole M C van Kesteren
Center for Research on HIV AIDS Prevention and Education Reshape, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 65:5-20. 2007
..To review research on sexual risk behavior among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) after the year 2000...
- The effect of graphic organizers on subjective and objective comprehension of a health education text
Marieke Kools
Maastricht University, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Behav 33:760-72. 2006
..It is concluded that health education texts could benefit from relatively simple techniques to increase comprehension. Furthermore, in developing health education materials, comprehension should be measured objectively...
- First same-sex partner and the internet
Dirk Franssens
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
AIDS Behav 14:1384-6. 2010
..Rates of UAI did not significantly differ between meeting place (offline vs. online) and partner status (steady, regular or casual)...
- Social-cognitive determinants of condom use in a cohort of young gay and bisexual men
Dirk Franssens
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, MD, The Netherlands
AIDS Care 21:1471-9. 2009
..Interventions, targeting YGBM, aiming to promote condom use with casual partners should focus on increasing attitudes and strengthening skills to negotiate and use condoms...
- Food and the relation between values and attitude characteristics
Ellen Dreezens
Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Appetite 45:40-6. 2005
..These data suggest that centrality, commitment, and ambivalence are structurally different constructs that have a distinct relationship with specific values...
- Avoiding counterproductive results: an experimental pretest of a harm reduction intervention on attitude toward party drugs among users and nonusers
Jill R D Whittingham
Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Subst Use Misuse 44:532-47. 2009
..The study's limitations and implications are discussed, including the need for experimental pretesting...
- Pictures and text in instructions for medical devices: effects on recall and actual performance
Marieke Kools
Department of Experimental Psychology, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Patient Educ Couns 64:104-11. 2006
..From an analysis of the affordances and constraints of both devices this effect was expected to be stronger with the inhaler chamber than with the peak flow meter...
- The ecological approach in health promotion programs: a decade later
Gerjo Kok
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Am J Health Promot 22:437-42. 2008
..Present a 10-year update of the ecologic model of health promotion published by Richard et al. in the American Journal of Health Promotion in 1996...
- Standard care quality determines treatment outcomes in control groups of HAART-adherence intervention studies: implications for the interpretation and comparison of intervention effects
Marijn de Bruin
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Psychol 28:668-74. 2009
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- Systematic development of a self-help and motivational enhancement intervention to promote sexual health in HIV-positive men who have sex with men
Nicole M C van Kesteren
Center for Research on HIV AIDS Prevention and Education Reshape, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:858-75. 2006
..In Step 5, program evaluation was anticipated based on the planning process from the previous Intervention Mapping steps...
- Testing the usability of access structures in a health education brochure
Marieke Kools
Universiteit Maastricht, Department of Experimental Psychology, The Netherlands
Br J Health Psychol 12:525-41. 2007
..Effects were assessed of pictorials that flagged references in the brochure text, the use of tabs and colour coding of these pictorials and tabs, on finding information in the brochure...
- Standard care impact on effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence interventions: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Marijn de Bruin
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Arch Intern Med 170:240-50. 2010
..Systematic reviews can identify practical and effective interventions. Meta-analyses that control for variability in standard care provided to control groups may produce more accurate estimates of intervention effects...
- Reasons for not taking an HIV-test among untested men who have sex with men: an Internet study
Jochen Mikolajczak
Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
AIDS Behav 10:431-5. 2006
..The most important reasons for not taking an HIV-test among no-risk respondents are related to perception of low risk for HIV-infection. Implications for future interventions to promote HIV-testing are discussed...
- Careers in ecstasy use: do ecstasy users cease of their own accord? Implications for intervention development
Gjalt Jorn Ygram Peters
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 8:376. 2008
..The current study addresses this process of ecstasy cessation...
- A new meeting place: chatting on the Internet, e-dating and sexual risk behaviour among Dutch men who have sex with men
Harm J Hospers
Maastricht University, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands
AIDS 19:1097-101. 2005
..To describe the process of Internet chatting, and subsequent dating and sexual (risk) behaviour among Dutch men who have sex with men (MSM), and to compare the demographic profile of the Internet sample with a traditional Dutch MSM sample...
- Designing effective health education materials: experimental pre-testing of a theory-based brochure to increase knowledge
Jill R D Whittingham
Department of Work ocial Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Res 23:414-26. 2008
..As a result, the authors conclude that principles in cognitive psychology should be complemented by determinant-specific theory-driven change methods if behavior change is to occur...
- The role of coping appraisal in reactions to fear appeals: do we need threat information?
Robert A C Ruiter
Department of Experimental Psychology, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Health Psychol 8:465-74. 2003
..The results thus suggest that we might do without threatening information in persuading people to adopt health-promoting behaviours...
- Reactions to threatening health messages
Gill A Ten Hoor
Dept of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 12:1011. 2012
..We examine this hypothesis by using two studies by Brown and colleagues, which provide evidence that threatening health messages in the form of distressing imagery in anti-smoking and anti-alcohol campaigns cause defensive reactions...
- Measuring risky adolescent cycling behaviour
Hans Feenstra
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 18:181-7. 2011
..These three underlying factors were identified as errors, common violations and exceptional violations. The ACBQ is a useful instrument for measuring adolescents' risky cycling behaviour...
- Evaluation of a school-based HIV prevention intervention among Yemeni adolescents
Buthaina Al-Iryani
Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 11:279. 2011
..The intervention was developed after a survey among the same population in 2005, which revealed a high level of stigma towards people living with HIV (PLWH) and a low level of HIV knowledge...
- Social-cognitive correlates of risky adolescent cycling behavior
Hans Feenstra
Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 10:408. 2010
..This paper proposes the investigation of the social-cognitive correlates of risky cycling behaviors of adolescents prior to developing safety education programs...
- Decoding health education interventions: the times are a-changin'
Herman Schaalma
Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 24:5-9. 2009
..Intervention descriptions should therefore reveal not only what is included in the interventions, but also why the intervention is as it is. Intervention Mapping provides the tools that enable the production of such descriptions...
- HIV status disclosure among HIV-positive African and Afro-Caribbean people in the Netherlands
Sarah E Stutterheim
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, MD, The Netherlands
AIDS Care 23:195-205. 2011
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- Experiences of stigma by association among family members of people with mental illness
Remko L M van der Sanden
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rehabil Psychol 58:73-80. 2013
..To investigate the relationships between public stigma, stigma by association (SBA), psychological distress, perceived closeness, perceived heredity, and the type of family relationship among family members of people with a mental illness...
- Intervention mapping: protocol for applying health psychology theory to prevention programmes
Gerjo Kok
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Health Psychol 9:85-98. 2004
..This article presents the protocol and elaborates on the application of theory, using examples from successful intervention programmes...
- 'Learn Young, Learn Fair', a stress management program for fifth and sixth graders: longitudinal results from an experimental study
Gerda Kraag
Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 50:1185-95. 2009
..This study examined the effects of a universal stress management program (Learn Young, Learn Fair) on stress, coping, anxiety and depression in fifth and sixth grade children...
- Social cognitive determinants of ecstasy use to target in evidence-based interventions: a meta-analytical review
Gjalt Jorn Y Peters
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Addiction 103:109-18. 2008
..The aim of this study was to integrate systematically research identifying cognitive correlates of ecstasy use. Such research has the potential to identify targets for evidence-based interventions designed to discourage use...
- Collaboration between practice, policy and research in local public health in the Netherlands
Maria W J Jansen
Academic Collaborative Centre of Public Health Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Policy 86:295-307. 2008
..The collaboration between policy, practice, and research in local public health was studied in a multiple case study. The assumption is that collaboration will result in more solid evidence and higher quality standards in public health...
- Go fast! Reaction time differences between adults and adolescents in evaluating risky traffic situations
Hans Feenstra
Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Health Psychol 17:343-9. 2012
..Both adolescents and adults responded on average 100 ms faster to risky questions than to non-risky questions. The results of this study suggest a possible explanation for the increased accident involvement of adolescents in traffic...
- Experimental pretesting of public health campaigns: a case study
Jill Whittingham
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Health Commun 13:216-29. 2008
..Results showed positive effects on targeted determinants of safe sexual behavior. The advantages, practical implications, and limitations of experimental pretesting are discussed...
- Sexuality and sexual risk behavior in HIV-positive men who have sex with men
Nicole M C van Kesteren
Department of Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Qual Health Res 15:145-68. 2005
..The implications of the study are discussed for the practice of HIV prevention for HIV-positive MSM...
- Increasing readers' comprehension of health education brochures: a qualitative study into how professional writers make texts coherent
Marieke Kools
Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Educ Behav 31:720-40. 2004
..It is argued that the health education profession can benefit greatly from knowledge about cognitive text processing and cognitive coherence principles for realizing effective comprehension of written health education messages...
- Intervening or interfering? The influence of injunctive and descriptive norms on intervention behaviours in alcohol consumption contexts
Saar Mollen
a Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 28:561-78. 2013
..In line with prior findings, we also found that injunctive norms, in comparison to descriptive norms, are less amenable to change but that their influence is more enduring. Implications for theory and practice are discussed...
- Factors that influence vaccination decision-making by parents who visit an anthroposophical child welfare center: a focus group study
Irene A Harmsen
Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM, P O Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Adv Prev Med 2012:175694. 2012
..This may satisfy parents' information needs and enable them to make a sufficiently informed choice whether or not to vaccinate their child...
- Public health: disconnections between policy, practice and research
Maria Wj Jansen
Academic Collaborative Centre of Public Health Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Health Res Policy Syst 8:37. 2010
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- Sex education as health promotion: what does it take?
Herman P Schaalma
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Arch Sex Behav 33:259-69. 2004
..Health promoters should acknowledge these challenges and facilitate the adoption and implementation of effective sexual health promotion programs by targeting communities and legislators...
- Food and values: an examination of values underlying attitudes toward genetically modified- and organically grown food products
Ellen Dreezens
Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Appetite 44:115-22. 2005
..These findings imply a meaningful relationship between specific values, beliefs, and these food-related attitudes, and suggest that values might play a role in explaining attitudes toward GMF and OGF products...
- Strengthening the persuasive impact of fear appeals: the role of action framing
Robert A C Ruiter
Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
J Soc Psychol 143:397-400. 2003
