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)
COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality, deaths per million and infection fatality ratio, Belgium, 9 March 2020 to 28 June 2020
Geert Molenberghs, Christel Faes, Johan Verbeeck, Patrick Deboosere, et al. Eurosurveillance, Volume 27, Issue 7, 17. February 2022. Introduction Belgium’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related mortality per million inhabitants has been reported as the highest worldwide (excluding microstates) between 11 April 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on chronic care according to providers: a qualitative study among primary care practices in Belgium
Katrien Danhieux, Veerle Buffel, Anthony Pairon, Asma Benkheil, Roy Remmen, Edwin Wouters & Josefien van Olmen BMC Family Practice, Volume 21, Article number: 255 (2020) Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic affects the processes of routine care for chronic patients. A
Burden of non-communicable disease studies in Europe: a systematic review of data sources and methodological choices
Periklis Charalampous, Vanessa Gorasso, Dietrich Plass, Sara M Pires, Elena von der Lippe, Alibek Mereke, Jane Idavain, Katarzyna Kissimova-Skarbek, Joana Nazaré Morgado, Che Henry Ngwa, Isabel Noguer, Alicia Padron-Monedero, María José Santi-Cano, Rodrigo Sarmiento, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Juanita A Haagsma, The
Belgium: Country Health Profile 2021
French | Dutch | English From European Commission: Experts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Observatory) prepared a set of 29 Country Health Profiles, covering all EU Member States, as well
Provinciale responsverschillen in het Vlaamse Bevolkingsonderzoek Dikkedarmkanker: inzichten uit gemeentelijke socio-demografische en gezondheidsgerelateerde kenmerken
T.N. TRAN, G. VAN HAL, M. PEETERS, S. JIDKOVA, S. HOECK DOI: 10.47671/TVG.77.21.144 Inleiding Vlaanderen telde in 2017 4.954 diagnoses van dikkedarmkanker (DDK) en 1.617 overlijdens door de ziekte (1). Georganiseerde, vroegtijdige DDK-opsporing blijkt doeltreffend. De relatieve vijfjaarsoverleving voor DDK stadium
Determinants of adherence to COVID-19 measures among the Belgian population: an application of the protection motivation theory
Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout, Kirsten Vanderplanken, Bénédicte Scheen, Stephan Van den Broucke & Isabelle Aujoulat Archives of Public Health , Volume 79, Article number: 74 (2021) Abstract Background Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Belgian government has implemented various infection prevention and
The nature of food promotions over one year in circulars from leading Belgian supermarket chains
Stefanie Vandevijvere & Iris Van Dam Archives of Public Health , Volume 79, Article number: 84 (2021) Abstract Background To examine the proportion of healthier and less healthy food promotions in circulars of major Belgian supermarket chains. Methods Food promotions were collected from all circulars
What role did National Public Health Institutes in Europe play in monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic?
Nienke M Schutte, Jorgen Stassijns, Miriam Saso, Herman Van Oyen, Petronille BogaertEpidemiology and public health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium 24 November 2021 | Cross country analysis When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe in early 2020 (Spiteri et al., 2020), the National