Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research is directed at changing lifestyle behavior of at-risk (patient) populations and implementation of such lifestyle interventions among stakeholders (e.g. health care professionals) and in organizations. A central research question in my work is “how can participants/patients change their lifestyle behavior and maintain this behavior on the long-term” and related to that question “what, works for whom, why, when and how”. In all projects I work with multidisciplinary teams and use mixed-method designs to study mechanisms, processes and effects.
My current research is related to the implementation of a lifestyle front office in Amsterdam UMC to integrate lifestyle is medicine in the treatment of patients by appropriately referring patients to community-based lifestyle initiatives. In this project we use principles from intervention development, value based healthcare and implementation research.
I am member of the section Quality and Organization of Care (QOC), and, section Health Behaviour and Prevention (HBP), of the Department of Public and Occupational Health.
QOC is a multidisciplinary section that aims to improve the quality and organization of public, curative, and palliative health care for citizens, patients and health care professionals, organizations and health care systems by performing research and translating scientific knowledge into practice, policy and education. Within this section my research falls with the research group Quality and Safety of Health care. This research groups aims to increase scientific knowledge on determinants at the organization, professional and patient level and to translate this knowledge to implementation of evidence based interventions. Specific themes are: patient safety in hospitals, safety II, teamwork, tools for teams, and value based personalized health care.
The section HBP has as mission statement: Promoting healthy behaviours in their broad societal context - to prevent health conditions and reduce health inequalities - through high quality and impactful research, education and dissemination. The aims of this section are to understand causes and effects of health behaviours and health inequalities; and, to identify, develop and implement solutions to improve health behaviours.
specialisation
Lifestyle; behavioural change; value based healthcare; motivational interviewing; implementation; epidemiology; human movement science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
1 Oct 2019 → 28 Feb 2020
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CHOICE: Choosing the Healthy Option in a Choice Environment
Damman, O., Timmermans, D., Verhagen, E. & Jelsma, J.
1/12/2017 → 28/02/2022
Project: Research
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Awareness of a disconnect between the value assigned to health and the effort devoted to health increases the intention to become more physically active
Jelsma, J. G. M., Verhagen, E. A. L. M., Timmermans, D. R. M. & Damman, O. C., 2023, In: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 11, 1, 2242484.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Factors influencing the implementation of the EuroFIT lifestyle change program in professional football clubs in Europe: a qualitative study in four European countries
van Nassau, F., Huis, A., van de Glind, I., Andersen, E., Bunn, C., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Jelsma, J. G. M., van Mechelen, W., Morgan, H., Røynesdal, Ø., Pereira, H. V., van der Ploeg, H. P., Roberts, G. C., Silva, M. N., Sørensen, M., Wyke, S., Nijhuis-van der Sanden, M. W. G. & van Achterberg, T., 15 Apr 2023, In: Translational behavioral medicine. 13, 4, p. 212-225 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial
Bunn, C., Palmer, V., Chng, N. R., Andersen, E., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Jelsma, J. G. M., Morgan, H., der Sanden, M. N., Pereira, H. V., Philpott, M., Roberts, G. C., Rooksby, J., Røynesdal, Ø. B., Silva, M. N., Sørensen, M., Teixeira, P. J., van Achterberg, T., van de Glind, I., van Mechelen, W., & 3 others , 1 Dec 2023, In: BMC public health. 23, 1, 526.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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LOFIT (Lifestyle front Office For Integrating lifestyle medicine in the Treatment of patients): a novel care model towards community-based options for lifestyle change—study protocol
van Dijk, M. L., te Loo, L. M., Vrijsen, J., van den Akker-Scheek, I., Westerveld, S., Annema, M., van Beek, A., van den Berg, J., Boerboom, A. L., Bouma, A., de Bruijne, M., Crasborn, J., van Dongen, J. M., Driessen, A., Eijkelenkamp, K., Goelema, N., Holla, J., de Jong, J., de Joode, A., Kievit, A., & 23 others , 1 Dec 2023, In: Trials. 24, 1, 114.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Physical activity and sedentary time across pregnancy and associations with neonatal weight, adiposity and cord blood parameters: a secondary analysis of the DALI study
DALI Core Investigator Group, Sept 2023, In: International journal of obesity (2005). 47, 9, p. 873-881 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access