The outbreak of the novel corona virus has changed our life within short time. Researchers from Amsterdam Public Health aim to help all those being affected by the current situation. These are initiatives taken by APH researchers as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
If you have an initiative to be listed as well, please email us: aph@amsterdamumc.nl.
APH COVID-19 initiatives
Health Behavior & Chronic Diseases
- Health & safety in sports - does corona affect your exercise?
APH contact person: Evert Verhagen - Support of healthy movement behavior of children during the COVID-19 crisis
APH contact person: Sanne Veldman - Ethnicity and COVID-19 -Epidemiology and control measures
APH contact person: Karien Stronks: - Digitally visiting people with a disability
APH contact person: Anne Tharner
Mental Health
- Impact regulations COVID-19 on mental and social health of children and adolescents
APH contact person: Lotte Haverman - FindMyApps project: technological solutions in order to overcome social isolation
APH contact person: David Neal - Mental health effects of the COVID-19 outbreak
APH contact person: Brenda Pennin - COMET - COVID MEnTal Health Survey
APH contact person: Martina Patanè - The impact of COVID-19 and social isolation on mental health in older adults with bipolar disorder
APH contact person: Carlo Schuengel - Weekly updates on mental health in corona times by Thrive Amsterdam
Social Participation & Health
- A prospective cohort study in rheumatic patients
APH contact person: Femke Hooijberg - Toolkit for parents of children with severe multiple disabilities
APH contact person: Evelien van Wingerden - COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES)
APH contact person: Frederike Schirmbeck - Co-create solutions in corona times
APH contact person: Barbara Groot-Sluijsmans - Art in health care in times of corona
APH contact person: Barbara Groot-Sluijsmans
Global Health
- Rapid knowledge appraisal methods and webinars for guidance developers
APH contact person: Teun Zuiderent-Jerak COVID-19 website: transdisciplinary responses to a global crisis
Athena institute
Aging & Later Life
- Registration COVID-19 in Ysis
APH contact person: Cees Hertogh - COVID-19 among elderly
APH contact person: Bianca Buurman - COVID-19 progression in people with HIV
APH contact person: Peter Reis - The impact of COVID-19 on older adults’ daily life and wellbeing
APH contact person: Martijn Huisman - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on death and bereavement (the Co-LIVE project) APH contact person: Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Quality of Care
- Supporting family of an isolated and life threatening ill patient with COVID-19 admitted to the icu
APH contact person: Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen - Preventive behavior and well-being of the Dutch population during the corona crisis
APH contact person: Danielle Timmermans - How does the population of the Netherlands experience the corona crisis?
APH contact person: Danielle Timmermans - Analytical support for parties involved in the COVID-19 crisis
APH contact person: Dionne Kringos - Research ethical questions regarding COVID-19 and fast-data sharing
APH contact person: Bert Molewijk - An online reporting registry for patients with atopic dermatitis
APH contact person: Angela Bosma - Well-being of medical residents and how to support them during the COVID-19 pandemic
APH contact person: Hannah den Boon - Home-testing of speech recognition in hearing impaired people with a cochlear implant
APH contact person: Cas Smits - Development of recommendations for difficult consultations via the telephone or video-consultations
APH contact person: Ellen Smets
Personalized Medicine
- Knowledge, thoughts and reflections about the relationship between sex/gender and COVID-19
APH contact person: Petra Verdonk - Impact of social isolation on vulnerable populations during COVID-19
APH contact person: Jeannette Pols - Expansion of the Negotiating Health project
APH contact person: Petra Verdonk - Psychosocial effect of corona measures in people living with cognitive impairment and their caregivers
APH contact person: Ingrid van Maurik - Reuse of FFP2 masks using an autoclave in the general practice office
APH contact person: Ralf Harskamp - Validation of the Roth Score test in hypoxia among patients with possible COVID-19 infection in a pre-hospital setting
APH contact person: Ralf Harskamp - Netherlands Twin Register participates in the Netherlands Longitudinal Cohorts COVID-19 Research Project
APH contact person: Eco de Geus
Methodology
- NICE registry expanded to collect data of COVID-19 patients
APH contact person: Martijn Schut 'Apparent errors and numerical inconsistencies’ in results of Sputnik vaccine
APH contact person: Lex Bouter
APH COVID-19 in the media
- Kuan-Yu Pan & Brenda Penninx in The Lancet: "People with a mental health disorder suffer more from the COVID-19 pandemic"
- Psychiatrist Christiaan Vinkers reflects on the COVID-19 crisis in NRC
- Danielle Timmermans on NPO1 radio: "What to do with people that are hesitant about COVID-19 vaccination?"
- Charles Agyemang in NRC: "Corona risk among migrants is primarily a poverty issue"
- Hein van Hout in Het Parool: "Well-being of nursing home residents did not change"
- Lukas Stalpers in 'Het Parool' on Corona crisis: “Resistance is better than immunity”
- Bianca Buurman in the 'Algemeen Dagblad': "Health care workers should collaborate with policy makers"
- Petra Verdonk and Irene van Valkengoed in Trouw about gender differences during and after the corona crisis
- Petra Verdonk on ZonMw.nl about gender differences in times of corona
- Miranda Olff speaks in 'Elsevier' about solidarity, the honeymoon-phase and additional stressors in times of corona
- Karine van ’t Land in ICT&Health about the value of health and the opportunity of digital resources
- Cees Hertogh, in 'Het Parool' about a new large-scale research on the spread of the COVID-19 virus in nursing homes