Area of research
Microbiology · General Health Professions
Research interest
Research interests include Reproductive tract infections research, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, and Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment.
Barriers and facilitators to access and utilisation of public sexual healthcare services for home-based Female Sex Workers (FSW) in The Netherlands: a qualitative study.
Assessing environmental contamination in Dutch and Belgian nursing homes: a cross-border ATP-based study.
Cross-border vaccination behaviour of residents living in a European Union border region: a cross-sectional survey study.
Regression-based risk scores using sociodemographic and sexual behaviour data do not predict asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among HIV PrEP users.
Waarom moeders een extra vaccinatie voor hun zuigeling prefereren boven maternale kinkhoestvaccinatie, een kwalitatieve studie
2025 European guideline on the management of <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> infections.
Evaluating the Implementation of Home-Based Sexual Health Care Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Limburg4zero.
Reaching Syrian migrants through Dutch municipal registries for hepatitis B and C point-of-care testing.
A Perspective on Home-Based Sexual Health Care: Evidence, Access, and Future Directions.
Prevalence and risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis seropositivity and seropersistence among women: A prospective cohort study.
Integrating hepatitis and HIV point-of-care testing into mandatory migrant tuberculosis screening in the Netherlands: A feasibility and acceptability study.
Four million COVID-19 cases in four European cross-border regions reveal minimal cross-border transmission effect on domestic burden: space-time cluster analysis.
Proportional representation and incidence rate of repeat visits in ethnic minorities compared to native Dutch people under the age of 25 years in the Netherlands.
Trends in prevalence of <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i> among patients of an STI clinic in the Netherlands: a 9-year retrospective study.
Perspectives of migrant men who have sex with men and professionals on personal, social and structural barriers and facilitators to sexual healthcare access and outreach strategies: A qualitative study.
Promoting student voice by involving vocational education students and staff in citizenship education development: a participatory action research study.
The Occurrence of Single-Site Pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae Among Female Sex Workers in the Netherlands.
Nucleocapsid-directed antibody testing is unsuitable to estimate hybrid immunity against SARS-CoV-2, a longitudinal cross-border study in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.
Reproductive tract complication risks following <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> infections: a long-term prospective cohort study from 2008 to 2022.
Interventions to ensure access to and continuity of HIV care for international migrants: an evidence synthesis.
Behavioural determinants shaping infection prevention and control behaviour among healthcare workers in Dutch general practices: a qualitative study reflecting on pre-, during and post-COVID-19 pandemic.
Anorectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in women with and without reported anal sex and sex workers in sexual health centres in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study.
The role of social network structure and function in moderate and severe social and emotional loneliness: The Dutch SaNAE study in older adults.
Impact of post-COVID-19 condition on health status and activities of daily living: the PRIME post-COVID study.
Understanding Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability of Home-based Comprehensive Sexual Health Care: A Realist Review
Defining and distinguishing early life stress, trauma, adversity, toxic and chronic stress and allostatic load: a descriptive review.
European policies for public health in border regions: no European mindset as yet.
Understanding Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability of Home-based Comprehensive Sexual Health Care: A Realist Review.
Higher <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> bacterial load in coinfections with <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> compared with <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> single infections does not lead to more symptoms.
Using an Innovative Method for Self-Collection of Capillary Blood for HIV and Syphilis Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the Netherlands; Limburg4zero.