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, R. Autism 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 Albania. South 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, R. A 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.
van Kessel, R et al. Autism and education—The role of Europeanisation in South‐Eastern Europe: Policy mapping in Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia, Children & Society, Sept 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 review. Emerging 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.
Roman‐Urrestarazu, A; van Kessel, R. Inaccurate prevalence estimates impacts autism policy: A letter to the editor in relation to “Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update” by Zeidan et al.(2022). Autism Research 15(7), July 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.
Mason, SA; Al Saikhan, L … Wong, BLH … Hughes, AD, Association between carotid atherosclerosis and brain activation patterns during the Stroop task in older adults: an fNIRS investigation. NeuroImage, May 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 Disabilities. Journal 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; Wong, BLH et al. Is Europe prepared to go digital? Making the case for developing digital capacity: an exploratory analysis of Eurostat survey data. PLOS Digital Health, 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.
Ejaz, H; McGrath, H; Wong, BLH et al. Artificial intelligence and medical education: a global mixed-methods study of medical students’ perspectives. Digital Health, Jan 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.
Wong, BLH et al. Involving young people in healthy ageing: a crucial facet to achieving the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030). Frontiers in Public Health 9:723068, Dec 2021.
Siv Roppel, M; Neicun, J; van Kessel, R. e-Inclusion? Harms and benefits of the digitalisation processes on inclusive educational curricula. European Public Health Alliance, Dec 2021.
Haque, S; Yassaee, A; van Kessel, R. COVID-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, R. Green mobility and climate justice: the case of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. European Public Health Alliance, Dec 2021.
van Kessel, R et al. Education and austerity in the European Union from an autism perspective: Policy mapping in Ireland, Portugal, Italy, and Greece. European Policy Analysis 7(2), Nov 2021.
Kickbusch, I; Piselli, D; … Wong, BLH. The Lancet & Financial Times Commission on governing health futures 2030: growing up in a digital world. The Lancet, Oct 2021.
Wong, BLH et al. The future of health governance needs youth voices at the forefront. The Lancet, Oct 2021.
Wong, BLH et al. Governing Health Futures 2030 Youth Statement and Call for Action. The Lancet, Oct 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, R. Addressing ableism in inclusive education policies: a policy brief outlining Italy, Poland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. South 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.
Wong, BLH et al. Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young professionals in the public health workforce. Human Resources for Health 19:82, July 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.
Wong, BLH et al. The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Statement on the Erosion of Public Health Systems. Public Health Reviews 42:1604112, Apr 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.
Wong, BLH et al. Toward ‘vaccine internationalism’ : the need for an equitable and coordinated global vaccination approach to effectively combat COVID-19. Int J Public Health 66:1604077, Apr 2021.
Wong, BLH et al. Harnessing the digital potential of the next generation of healthcare professionals. HRH Journal 19:50, Apr 2021.
Sesa, G; Wong, BLH et al. Covid-19 vaccine passports and vaccine hesitancy: freedom or control? The BMJ Opinion, March 2021.
Roman-Urrestarazu, A; van Kessel, R et al. Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage With Autism Prevalence in 7 Million School Children in England. JAMA Pediatrics, March 2021.
Wong, BLH et al. Youth engagement in digital health: a critical perspective towards meaningful youth agency in governance. MMS Bulletin #157, March 2021.
van Kessel, R et al. Inclusive education in the European Union: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of education policy for autism. Social Work in Public Health 36(2), Feb 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—international policy in small EU states: policy mapping in Malta, Cyprus, Luxembourg and Slovenia. European Journal of Public Health 30(6), Dec 2020.
Neicun, J; Yang, JC; Shih, H; Nadella, P; van Kessel R et al. Lifetime prevalence of novel psychoactive substances use among adults in the USA: Sociodemographic, mental health and illicit drug use correlates. Evidence from a population-based survey 2007-2014. Public Library of Science 15(10), Oct 2020.
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.
van Kessel, R et al. Education, special needs, and autism in the Baltic States: Policy mapping in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Frontiers in Education 5, 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 et al. COVID-19 guidelines for reopening schools:: policy considerations for children with special education needs. BMJ Publishing Group, Sept 2020.
Wong, BLH et al. Global Network for Academic Public Health statement on the Beirut Explosion. ASPHER, Aug 2020.
Wong, BLH; Khurana, M et al. World Health Organization simulations: an increasingly popular learning tool for the development of future global health practitioners. Journal of Global Health 10: 010305, June 2020.
Bunt, D; van Kessel, R et al. Quotas, and Anti‐discrimination Policies Relating to Autism in the EU: Scoping Review and Policy Mapping in Germany, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Poland, and Romania. Autism Research 13(8), Aug 2020.
van Kessel, R. Inclusion of autism: an analysis of education policy in the EU. Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University, 2020.
van Kessel, R et al. Autism and the right to education in the EU: policy mapping and scoping review of Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. Molecular Autism 10(1), Dec 2019.
van Kessel, R et al. Autism and family involvement in the right to education in the EU: policy mapping in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Molecular Autism 10(1), Dec 2019.
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.
Neicun, J; Steenhuizen, M; van Kessel, R et al. Mapping novel psychoactive substances policy in the EU: The case of Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Public Library of Science 14(6), June 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.