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Karien Stronks
Researcher at University of Amsterdam
Publications - 483
Citations - 26213
Karien Stronks is an academic researcher from University of Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 452 publications receiving 20837 citations. Previous affiliations of Karien Stronks include Erasmus University Rotterdam & Academic Medical Center.
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Patterns of Tobacco Control Policy Progress in 27 European Countries
TL;DR: This dissertation aims to provide a history of web exceptionalism from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which descriptions of “Web 2.0” began to circulate.
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Ethnic minority patients not at increased risk of adverse events during hospitalisation in urban hospitals in the Netherlands: results of a prospective observational study
TL;DR: Compared with Dutch patients, ethnic minority patients were not at increased risk of AEs while receiving care in Dutch hospitals, and healthcare providers seem to have responded effectively to specific patient care needs.
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Risk perception is not associated with attendance at a preventive intervention for type 2 diabetes mellitus among South Asians at risk of diabetes
Everlina M A Vlaar,Vera Nierkens,Mary Nicolaou,Barend J. C. Middelkoop,Karien Stronks,Irene G. M. van Valkengoed +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that increasing the risk perception alone in this South Asian population is unlikely to increase the attendance at a diabetes prevention programme, and the association was not statistically significant.
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Conditions for addressing environmental determinants of health behavior in intersectoral policy networks : A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
TL;DR: It is concluded that network diversity is important - although not necessary - for resource pooling to address environmental determinants of health behavior, but only effective in the presence of network management.
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How Group-Based Cardiovascular Health Education Affects Treatment Adherence and Blood Pressure Control among Insured Hypertensive Nigerians: A Pre-Test, Post-Test Study
Aina Olufemi Odusola,Heleen E. Nelissen,Marleen E. Hendriks,Constance Schultsz,Ferdinand W. N. M. Wit,Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa,Tanimola M. Akande,Charles Agyemang,Gbenga Ogedegbe,Kayode Agbede,Peju Adenusi,Akin Osibogun,Karien Stronks,Joke A. Haafkens +13 more
TL;DR: By positively influencing patient perceptions of medications, CHEP strengthened medication adherence and, consequently, BP reduction among insured hypertensive Nigerians and can support cardiovascular disease prevention programs for Africa’s growing hypertensive population.