Herman P Schaalma

Summary

Affiliation: Maastricht University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi 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
  2. ncbi HIV-related stigma in African and Afro-Caribbean communities in the Netherlands: manifestations, consequences and coping
    Sarah E Stutterheim
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 27:395-411. 2012
  3. ncbi 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
  4. ncbi Justify your love: testing an online STI-risk communication intervention designed to promote condom use and STI-testing
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 26:205-21. 2011
  5. ncbi 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
  6. ncbi Testing implicit assumptions and explicit recommendations: the effects of probability information on risk perception
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    J Health Commun 15:578-89. 2010
  7. ncbi The effects of scenario-based risk information on perceptions of susceptibility to Chlamydia and HIV
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 25:1161-74. 2010
  8. ncbi Evaluation of the Dutch AIDS STI information helpline: differential outcomes of telephone versus online counseling
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 88:218-23. 2012
  9. ncbi Effective methods to change sex-risk among drug users: a review of psychosocial interventions
    Pepijn van Empelen
    Department of Experimental Psychology, RESHAPE, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 57:1593-608. 2003
  10. ncbi Bedtime stories: the effects of self-constructed risk scenarios on imaginability and perceived susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 27:1036-47. 2012

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi 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...
  2. ncbi HIV-related stigma in African and Afro-Caribbean communities in the Netherlands: manifestations, consequences and coping
    Sarah E Stutterheim
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 27:395-411. 2012
    ..HIV-related stigma clearly permeates African and Afro-Caribbean communities in the Netherlands, and should be targeted for intervention...
  3. ncbi 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
    ....
  4. ncbi Justify your love: testing an online STI-risk communication intervention designed to promote condom use and STI-testing
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 26:205-21. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi 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
    ....
  6. ncbi Testing implicit assumptions and explicit recommendations: the effects of probability information on risk perception
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    J Health Commun 15:578-89. 2010
    ..For HIV, no effects were found. These results contradict implicit assumptions and explicit recommendations concerning the effects of probability information on risk perceptions...
  7. ncbi The effects of scenario-based risk information on perceptions of susceptibility to Chlamydia and HIV
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 25:1161-74. 2010
    ..The results confirmed the hypothesis, but only when more than one risk scenario message was provided. This adds to the evidence that presenting scenario-based messages could be a feasible method to influence risk perceptions...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of the Dutch AIDS STI information helpline: differential outcomes of telephone versus online counseling
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 88:218-23. 2012
    ..Information and help services are increasingly provided online. This study focuses on the differences and similarities between online help services and telephone services...
  9. ncbi Effective methods to change sex-risk among drug users: a review of psychosocial interventions
    Pepijn van Empelen
    Department of Experimental Psychology, RESHAPE, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 57:1593-608. 2003
    ....
  10. ncbi Bedtime stories: the effects of self-constructed risk scenarios on imaginability and perceived susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Psychol Health 27:1036-47. 2012
    ..The imaginability of the event seemed to mediate the effect of self-constructed scenario information on perceived susceptibility. Recommendations for health education practices are discussed...
  11. ncbi Negotiating safe sex among women of Afro-Surinamese and Dutch Antillean descent in the Netherlands
    Madelief G B C Bertens
    Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    AIDS Care 20:1211-6. 2008
    ....
  12. ncbi 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...
  13. ncbi 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...
  14. ncbi Motivating blood donors to recruit new donors: experimental evaluation of an evidence-based behavior change intervention
    Karin P H Lemmens
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Health Psychol 29:601-9. 2010
    ..A sustainable, evidence-based intervention to motivate current blood donors to recruit new donors was evaluated using a quasi-experimental, in-service trial at three donation centers...
  15. ncbi Comprehensive quality assessment of healthy school interventions
    Mariken T W Leurs
    GGD Zuid Limburg Public Health Institute South Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Prev Med 45:366-72. 2007
    ..To support quality improvements - and thus effectiveness - in school health promotion, this study evaluates the schoolBeat checklist...
  16. ncbi Focus points for school health promotion improvements in Dutch primary schools
    Mariken T W Leurs
    Department of Youth Health Care, Maastricht Public Health Institute, Maastricht, 6202 NZ, The Netherlands
    Health Educ Res 22:58-69. 2007
    ..The latter seems to exert the greatest influence and may be one of the most promising focus points for improvements of school health promotion in the Netherlands...
  17. ncbi HIV-related stigma and psychological distress: the harmful effects of specific stigma manifestations in various social settings
    Sarah E Stutterheim
    Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    AIDS 23:2353-7. 2009
    ..The present study examines which specific stigma experiences are most strongly related to psychological distress across a number of social settings...
  18. ncbi HIV/STI risk communication: the effects of scenario-based risk information and frequency-based risk information on perceived susceptibility to chlamydia and HIV
    Fraukje E F Mevissen
    Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    J Health Psychol 14:78-87. 2009
    ..No effects on perceived susceptibility for HIV were found. Results are discussed in terms of severity of the disease and defensive reactions...
  19. ncbi Evaluation of the Dutch AIDS information helpline: an investigation of information needs and satisfaction of callers
    Arjan E R Bos
    Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 54:201-6. 2004
    ..Furthermore, helpline employees' counselling and conversation skills were evaluated very positively. These results are discussed within the scope of the professional organization of the Dutch AIDS information helpline...
  20. ncbi An AIDS risk reduction program for Dutch drug users: an intervention mapping approach to planning
    Pepijn van Empelen
    Department of Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Health Promot Pract 4:402-12. 2003
    ..In Step 3, leaflets with role-model stories based on authentic interviews with drug users were developed and pilot tested. Finally, the need for cooperation with program users is discussed in IM Steps 4 and 5...
  21. ncbi Self-esteem in a broad-spectrum approach for mental health promotion
    Michal Mann
    Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    Health Educ Res 19:357-72. 2004
    ..The consequences for theory development, program development and health education research are addressed. Focusing on self-esteem is considered a core element of mental health promotion and a fruitful basis for a broad-spectrum approach...
  22. ncbi Development of a collaborative model to improve school health promotion in The Netherlands
    Mariken T W Leurs
    Maastricht Public Health Institute, PO Box 3973, 6202 NZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Health Promot Int 20:296-305. 2005
    ....