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Books

Publications

We strongly believe in the power of research and scientific evidence as a driver for just and effective decision-making. Enabling our team to remain engaged in the academic space and hone their science communication skills is highly important to us. Below is a list of academic pieces of writing published by members of our team. 

Holly, L; Wong, BLH; van Kessel, R et al., Optimising adolescent wellbeing in a digital age, BMJ 380, March 2023.

Reijnders, APM; van den Eijnde, SQ; Janssen, RRM; van Kessel, RAutism and Inclusive Education: Recommendations for improvement during and after COVID-19. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, Jan 2023.

Naum, A; Toçi, E; Toçi, D; Burazeri, G; van Kessel, R; Czabanowska, K. Correlates of level of satisfaction among primary health care workers in AlbaniaSouth Eastern European Journal of Public Health, Jan 2023.

van Kessel, R; Kyriopoulos, I; Wong, BLH; Mossialos, E. The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Digital Health–Seeking Behavior: Big Data Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Google Trends. Journal of Medical Internet Research, Jan 2023.

Satyamoorthy, A; Brand, H; van Kessel, R, How to minimise negative health effects in the European Union due to the Economic recession caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, Jan 2023.

Roman-Urrestarazu, A; Yang, JC, van Kessel, R et al. Autism incidence and spatial analysis in more than 7 million pupils in English schools: a retrospective, longitudinal, school registry study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Dec 2022.

Roman-Urrestarazu, A; Kinsey, J; van Kessel, RA Bill of Children’s Digital Rights Is Required to Improve and Sustain Children’s Futures Globally. JAMA Pediatrics 176(11), Nov 2022.

Hrzic, R; Davidovitch, N … Wong, BLH et al., ASPHER Statement: Facing the Fourth Winter of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reviews, Oct 2022.

Middleton, J; Davidovitch, N… Wong, BLH et al., ASPHER Statement: Planning for Winter 2022-23. Public Health Reviews, Oct 2022.

Baral, P; Joshi, A … Wong, BLH. Open Letter to G7 and G20 leaders: resolve global crises to secure our future. Nature Medicine, 2022.

Tangerli, MM; Godynyuk, EA; Gatica-Bahamonde, G; Neicun, J; van Kessel, R; Roman-Urrestarazu, A. Experiences and barriers in healthcare for MSM who engage in chemsex: a systematic reviewEmerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, July 2022.

van Kessel, R; Wong, BLH et al. The European Health Data Space fails to bridge digital divides. BMJ 378:e071913, Jul 2022.

Aiano, F … Wong, BLH … Ramsay, ME; Ladhani, SN; Saliba, V., A cross-sectional national investigation of COVID-19 outbreaks in nurseries during rapid spread of the Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant of SARS- CoV-2 in England. BMC Public Health (under review), June 2022.

van Kessel, R; Hrzic, R; O'Nuallain, E; Weir, E; Wong, BLH et al. Digital Health Paradox: International Policy Perspectives to Address Increased Health Inequalities for People Living With DisabilitiesJournal of Medical Internet Research 24(2), Feb 2022.

Wong, BLH; Maaß, L; Vodden, A; van Kessel, R et al. The dawn of digital public health in Europe: implications for public health policy and practice. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, Feb 2022.

van Kessel, R; Hrzic, R; O’Nuallain, E; Weir, E; Wong, BLH; Anderson, M; Baron-Cohen, S; Mossialos, E. The digital health paradox: international policy perspectives to address the increased health inequalities for people living with disabilities. Journal of Medical Internet Research Feb 2022.

van Kessel, R; Wong, BLH et al. Digital health literacy as a super determinant of health: more than simply the sum of its parts. Internet Interventions, Feb 2022.

Wong, BLH; Holly, L; Gray, W; van Kessel, R et al. Youth: key drivers of digital adoption and health data governance. Eurohealth 27(2), Dec 2021.

Siv Roppel, M; Neicun, J; van Kessel, Re-Inclusion? Harms and benefits of the digitalisation processes on inclusive educational curriculaEuropean Public Health Alliance, Dec 2021.

Haque, S; Yassaee, A; van Kessel, RCOVID-19 Response: Comparative Case Study between Italy, Sweden and South Korea. European Public Health Alliance, Dec 2021.

Lopes, H; McCallum, A; … Wong, BLH et al. 'COVID-DO-IT-ALL': We need Integrated Protection Systems and Strategies Against Omicron and other COVID-19 variants. ASPHER Dec 2021 (technical report).

Orhan, R; Andelic, P; van Kessel, RGreen mobility and climate justice: the case of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. European Public Health Alliance, Dec 2021.

de Albuquerque Veloso Machado, M; Roberts, B; Wong, BLH; van Kessel, R; Mossialos, E. The relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, Sept 2021.

Kusters, J; Millner, MA; Omelyanovskaya, K; Tangerli, MM; Laszewska, A; van Kessel, RAddressing ableism in inclusive education policies: a policy brief outlining Italy, Poland, the Netherlands and the United KingdomSouth Eastern European Journal of Public Health, Aug 2021.

Vu, GT; Vu, TMT; van Kessel, R; Wong, BLH et al. Factorial Structure of the Transactional eHealth Literacy Among Vietnamese Youth: An Instrument Validation Study. medRxiv (preprint – under review in npj Digital Medicine), Aug 2021.

Holly, L; Wong, BLH et al. Opportunities and threats for adolescent well-being provided by digital transformations. Background Paper for Multi-Stakeholder Consultations on Programming to Promote Adolescent Well-being. Geneva; Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), May 2021.

van Kessel, R & Wong, BLH. Building Back Better after COVID-19 a systematic scoping review of wicked problems affecting developed countries and implications for global governance. medRxiv (preprint – under review in Globalization and Health), Apr 2021.

Wong, BLH et al. Covid-19 vaccines: a game of power jabs. The BMJ Opinion 2021 Apr.

Aiano, F; Ladhani, S; … Wong, BLH … Ramsay, ME; Saliba, V. COVID-19 outbreaks in nurseries during rapid spread of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in England: cross-sectional national surveillance, November 2020 – January 2021. SSRN (preprint – under review in PLOS ONE), Apr 2021.

Sesa, G; Wong, BLH et al. Covid-19 vaccine passports and vaccine hesitancy: freedom or control? The BMJ Opinion, March 2021.

Middleton, J; Wong, BLH et al. We need an equitable and coordinated global approach to COVID-19 vaccination. The BMJ Opinion, Jan 2021.

Wong, BLH et al. Should children be vaccinated against COVID-19 now? Archives of Disease in Childhood 321225, Jan 2021.

van Kessel, R et al. Autism and education—Teacher policy in Europe: Policy mapping of Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Research in Developmental Disabilities 105, Oct 2020.

Middleton, J et al. [prepared by BLH Wong], Global Network for Academic Public Health statement on the WHO’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Public Health 65:1523-24, Sept 2020.

Mason, SA; Al Saikhan, L … Wong, BLH … Hughes, AD. Study Protocol – Insight 46 Cardiovascular: A Sub-study of the MRC NSHD. Artery Research 26(3):170-179, Sept 2020.

van Kessel, R. Inclusion of autism: an analysis of education policy in the EU. Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University, 2020.

Wollen, E; Shinton, S; Thomas, S; ... Wong, BLH et al. Research Collaborations: A guide for early career researchers by early career researchers. Zenodo, July 2019.

Roleska, M; Roman-Urrestarazu, A; Griffiths, S; Ruigrok, ANV; Holt, R; van Kessel, R et al. Autism and the right to education in the EU: Policy mapping and scoping review of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain. PloS one 13(8), Aug 2018.

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