Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
In curative and preventive health care, individuals are expected to make informed and shared decisions on e.g. participation in screening and vaccination programs, lifestyle changes, and treatment of diseases. This requires adequate health literacy skills, also defined as individual skills to obtain, understand, appraise and apply health related information to make informed decisions.
In my research program we gain insight in informed and shared decision making in curative and preventive health care and systematically develop and evaluate interventions for health care providers, citizens and patients, thereby taking into account diversity in health literacy skills. We are specifically interested in innovative strategies to support informed and shared decision making such as digital decision support tools, blended training programs, applied games, and new media.
In addition to this research program, I am actively involved as a teacher and coordinator in the Bachelor and Master programmes ‘Medical Informatics’ and ‘Medicine’. I am a member of the Educational Committee that controls and contributes to the quality of education in Medical Informatics, and as coordinator 'Academic and Professional Skills Development' I am actively involved in the development of the new Bachelor for Medical Informatics (MI-X).
specialisation
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
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
1 May 2019 → 1 May 2024
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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OralScreen: Early detection of oral cancer and precancer with a noninvasive genetic assay
1/12/2023 → 1/12/2027
Project: Research
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Samen Beslissen met (aanstaande) ouders afgestemd op gezondheidsvaardigheden: gezamenlijke implementatie in eerste- en tweedelijn
1/12/2023 → 1/12/2025
Project: Research
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BEhavioural and social sciences and pandemic PREPAREDness: the BePrepared Consortium
1/09/2023 → 1/09/2024
Project: Research
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Informing and supporting hard to reach populations from underserved groups in decision-making about cancer screening
Damman, O., van den Hoven, M., Timmermans, D. & Fransen, M.
1/01/2023 → 31/08/2025
Project: Research
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Reaching and engaging hard-to-reach populations from underserved groups in informed decision-making about cancer screening
1/01/2023 → 1/01/2025
Project: Research
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Co-creation of a health literate-sensitive training and conversation aid to support shared decision-making in maternity care
Murugesu, L., Fransen, M. P., Timmermans, D. R. M., Pieterse, A. H., Smets, E. M. A. & Damman, O. C., 1 Dec 2024, In: PEC Innovation. 4, 100278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Communicating the results of risk-based breast cancer screening through visualizations of risk: a participatory design approach
van Strien-Knippenberg, I. S., Arjangi-Babetti, H., Timmermans, D. R. M., Schrauwen, L., Fransen, M. P., Melles, M. & Damman, O. C., 1 Dec 2024, In: BMC medical informatics and decision making. 24, 1, 78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Communicating the results of risk-based breast cancer screening through visualizations of risk: a participatory design approach
Van Strien-Knippenberg, I. S., Arjangi-Babetti, H. J., Timmermans, D. R. M., Schrauwen, L., Fransen, MP., Melles, M. & Damman, O. C., 18 Mar 2024, In: BMC medical informatics and decision making. 24, 78Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Decision-making in breast cancer screening: A qualitative exploration of the match between women's beliefs and screening information in the Netherlands
Fransen, M. P., Damman, O. C., Bas, S., Uiters, E. & Timmermans, D. R., 1 May 2024, In: Patient Education and Counseling. 122, p. 108155 108155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Elements of organisation of integrated maternity care and their associations with outcomes: a scoping review protocol: a scoping review protocol
Liebregts, J. D., Goodarzi, B., Downe, S., Erwich, J. J. H. M., de Jonge, A., Verhoeven, C. J. M., Valentijn, P. P., Burchell, G., Batenburg, R., de Vries, E. F. & VOICE study group, 4 Jan 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 1, p. e075344 e075344.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access