Publications by authors named "C B M Kamphuis"
Background: Over the past decades, the prevalence of obesity among adults has rapidly increased, particularly in socioeconomically deprived urban neighbourhoods. To better understand the complex mechanisms behind this trend, we created a system map exposing the underlying system driving obesity prevalence in socioeconomically deprived urban neighbourhoods over the last three decades in the Netherlands.
Methods: We conducted Group Model Building (GMB) sessions with a group of thirteen interdisciplinary experts to develop a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) of the obesogenic system.
Article Synopsis
- A growing interest in applying complex systems methods to study socioeconomic inequalities in health is found, but there's a noticeable gap in how these methods are actually utilized in research.
- The analysis reveals that studies employing more complex systems concepts also provide better reporting on relationships within the data, but the underlying beliefs within the system are often overlooked.
- The authors emphasize the need for better reporting practices, including a full depiction of model structures, and suggest creating guidelines to enhance clarity and effectiveness in future studies.
Background: It remains unclear how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the mental health of different vulnerable groups. This study explores how mental health inequalities changed between 2014 (pre-COVID-19) and 2021 (during COVID-19) in the Netherlands across intersectional social strata defined by interplays of educational attainment, income level, gender, and age.
Methods: Using 2014 and 2021 self-reported cohort data on health and living conditions of the adult population of Eindhoven and surroundings (N = 1,157), a Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) was applied to explore intersectional inequalities in mental health in 2014, 2021, and in mental health changes (2014-2021).
Educational inequalities in sports participation remain a public health issue in the Netherlands. Combining structurally based resources from Pierre Bourdieu's theory of capital with Amartya Sen's conceptualization of individual agency may offer new insights into the complex mechanisms that drive these inequalities. Specifically, we posited that the way individuals are able to exercise their agency within the structurally based economic, social, and cultural resources they have access to may help explain educational inequalities in sports participation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe safety of uncooked fermented, dried sausages relies upon controlled fermentation and drying that inactivates pathogenic bacteria. Current guidelines for the production of fermented sausages by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) and related research highlight specific safety parameters. The confidence that processing steps, which do not include cooking, inherently mitigate microbial risks, is challenged by the resilience of pathogens in the dry and acidic environments of these food products.
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