From our Members – Page 3 – Belgian Association of Public Health

Integrating technical and political views for a sustainable European Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health

Alicia Padron-Monedero, Rodrigo Sarmiento Suárez, Petronille Bogaert, Linda Abboud, Herman Van Oyen, Hanna Tolonen, Mariken J. Tijhuis, Luigi Palmieri, Romana Haneef, Anne Gallay, Luis Lapao, Paulo Jorge Nogueira, Thomas Ziese, Stefanie Seeling, Jakov Vukovic & Isabel Noguer-ZambranoArchives of Public Health, Volume 80,

Mapping European research networks providing health data: results from the InfAct Joint Action on health information

Brigid Unim, Elsi Haverinen, Eugenio Mattei, Flavia Carle, Andrea Faragalli, Rosaria Gesuita, Martin Thissen, Linda Abboud, Tiziana Grisetti, Petronille Bogaert & Luigi PalmieriArchives of Public Health, Volume 80, Article number: 23 (2022) Abstract Background Research networks offer multidisciplinary expertise and promote information exchange between researchers

Domestic violence during the COVID-19 confinement: do victims feel more socially isolated?

Sabine Drieskens, Elise Braekman, Karin De Ridder, Lydia Gisle, Rana Charafeddine, Lize Hermans & Stefaan DemarestArchives of Public Health, Volume 80, Article number: 39 (2022) Abstract Background Since March 13th 2020, confinement measures have been introduced in Belgium to curb the spread of the coronavirus

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020

Eline Vandael, Katrien Latour, Esma Islamaj, Laura Int Panis, Milena Callies, Freek Haarhuis, Kristiaan Proesmans, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Javiera Rebolledo Gonzalez, Alice Hannecart, Romain Mahieu, Louise de Viron, Etienne De Clercq, Anne Kongs, Naïma Hammami, Jean-Marc François, Dominique Dubourg, Sarah Henz,

EU health information progress: the harvest of policy supporting projects and networks

Mariken J. Tijhuis, Linda A. Abboud & Peter W. AchterbergArchives of Public Health , Volume 80, Article number: 47 (2022) Abstract Background The European Commission supports the initiation of health information related projects and networks serving comparative population health monitoring and health system performance assessment.

Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 – a serial prospective cross-sectional nationwide study of residual samples, Belgium, March to October 2020

Sereina Annik Herzog, Jessie De Bie, Steven Abrams, Ine Wouters, Esra Ekinci , Lisbeth Patteet, Astrid Coppens, Sandy De Spiegeleer, Philippe Beutels, Pierre Van Damme, Niel Hens, Heidi Theeten Eurosurveillance, Volume 27, Issue 9 Abstract Background To control epidemic waves, it

Outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease caused by a meningococcus serogroup B in a nursery school, Wallonia, Belgium, 2018

Stéphanie Jacquinet, Wesley Mattheus, Sophie Quoilin, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Charlotte Martin, Dimitri Van der Linden, André Mulder, Julie Frère, Carole Schirvel Eurosurveillance, Volume 27, Issue 9 Abstract Although most invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases are sporadic without identified transmission links, outbreaks

Health data collection methods and procedures across EU member states: findings from the InfAct Joint Action on health information

Brigid Unim, Eugenio Mattei, Flavia Carle, Hanna Tolonen, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Peter Achterberg, Metka Zaletel, Stefanie Seeling, Romana Haneef, Anne-Charlotte Lorcy, Herman Van Oyen & Luigi PalmieriArchives of Public Health, Volume 80, Article Number: 17 (2022) Abstract Background Health-related data are

Use and misuse of prescription stimulants by university students: a cross-sectional survey in the french-speaking community of Belgium, 2018

Martine Sabbe, Javier Sawchik, Mégane Gräfe, Françoise Wuillaume, Sara De Bruyn, Pierre Van Antwerpen, Guido Van Hal, Martin Desseilles, Jamila Hamdani & Hugues MalonneArchives of Public Health, Volume 80, Article Number: 54 (2022) Abstract Background Misuse of prescription stimulants (PS)

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016

Katrien Latour, Boudewijn Catry, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Frank Buntinx, Jan De Lepeleire & Béatrice JansArchives of Public Health, Volume 80, Article Number: 58 (2022) Abstract Background Belgium monitors the burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in nursing homes (NHs)