Research program Disasters and Environmental Hazards

Program coordination by Nivel expert professor Michel v Dückers, PhD

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Dückers, M. Research program Disasters and Environmental Hazards. From: www.nivel.nl [Last update 01-August-2025; consulted on 29-May-2026]. URL: https://www.nivel.nl/en/nivels-research-programs/disasters-and-environmental-hazards

Sustainable healthcare

Being healthy and staying healthy

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Michel Dückers

Coordinator research program Disasters and Environmental Hazards; endowed professor 'Crises, safety and health', University of Groningen, the Netherlands

m.duckers@nivel.nl

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelduckers

Publications

Capturing intervention in its context: the next frontier in disaster response evaluation and scale-up planning.

Intervention: 2021, 19(1), p. 4-14.

Lauriola, P., Olmedo, P.M., Leonardi, G., Bouland, C., Verheij, R., Dückers, M., Tongeren, M. van, Laghi, F., Hazel, P. Van Der, Gokdemir, O., Segredo, E., Ethel, R.A., Abelsohn, A., Bianchi, F., Romizi, R., Miserotti, G., Romizi, F., Bortolotti, P., Vinci, E., Giustetto, G., Santamaria, M., Serafini, A., Pegoraro, S., Agius, R., Zeka, A.

On the importance of primary and community healthcare in relation to global health threats: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis.

BMJ Global Health: 2021, 6(3), p. e004111.

Jong, W., Dückers, M.L.A., Velden, P.G. van der

Provision of social support by mayors in times of crisis: a cross-sectional study among Dutch mayors.

European Journal of Psychotraumatology: 2021, 12(1)

Baliatsas, C., Gerbecks, J., Dückers, M.L.A., Yzermans, C.J.

Human health risks of conducted electrical weapon exposure: a systematic review.

JAMA Network Open: 2021, 4(2), p. e2037209.

Osborne, J., Paget, J., Napier, D., Giles-Vernick, T., Kutalek, R., Rodyna, R., Ahmed, S., Dückers, M.

Addressing vulnerabilities in communities facing infectious disease threats: a need for social science-driven assessments.

Journal of Global Health: 2021, 11(03003)

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Mens, K. van, Elzinga, E., Nielen, M., Lokkerbol, J., Poortvliet, R., Donker, G., Heins, M., Korevaar, J., Dückers, M., Aussems, C., Helbich, M., Tiemens, B., Gilissen, R., Beekman, A., Beurs, D. de

Applying machine learning on health record data from general practitioners to predict suicidality.

Internet Interventions: 2020, 21(100337)

Baliatsas, C., Dückers, M.L.A., Smit, L.A.M., Heederik, D., Yzermans, C.J.

Morbidity rates in an area with high livestock density: a registry-based study including different groups of patients with respiratory health problems.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: 2020, 17(5), p. 20 p..

A global perspective on the mental health response to terrorism.

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Yzermans, C.J., Baliatsas, C., Velden, P.G. van der, Dückers, M.L.A.

The experience of sudden loss of a colleague or neighbor following the MH17 plane crash in the Ukraine: a qualitative interview study.

BMC Psychology: 2020, 8(16), p. 11 p..

Verheul, M.L.M.I., Dückers, M.L.A.

Defining and operationalizing disaster preparedness in hospitals: a systematic literature review.

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: 2020, 35(1), p. 61-68.

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Jeleff, M., Lehner, L., Giles-Vernick, T., Dückers, M.L.A., Napier, A.D., Jirovsky, E., Kutalek, R.

Vulnerability assessment tools for infectious threats and antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review protocol.

BMJ Open: 2019, 9(e031944)

Giles-Vernick, T., Kutalek, R., Napier, D., Kaawa-Mafigiri, D., Dückers, M., Paget, J., Masud Ahmed, S., Yeong Cheah, P., Desclaux, A., Vries, D. de, Hardon, A., MacGregor, H., Pell, C., Rashid, S.F., Rodyna, R., Schultsz, C., Sow, K., Wilkinson, A.

A new social sciences network for infectious threats.

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: 2019, 19(5), p. 461-463.

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Dückers, M.L.A.

On the relativity of the mental health consequences of disasters.

Diemen: Arq, 2019. 269 p. Proefschrift Universiteit van Innsbruck

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Jacobs, J., Oosterbeek, M., Tummers, L.G., Noordegraaf, M., Yzermans, C.J., Dückers, M.L.A.

The organization of post-disaster psychosocial support in the Netherlands: a meta-synthesis.

European Journal of Psychotraumatology: 2019, 10(1), p. 1544024.

Baliatsas, C., Dückers, M.L.A., IJzermans, C.J.

Health effects of livestock farms: an updated analysis of seven consecutive years.

European Journal of Public Health: 2018, 28(supl. 4), p. 109. Abstracts: 11th European Public Health conference: Winds of change: towards new ways of improving public health in Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia 28 November – 1 December 2018

Rurik, I., Kolozsvári, L.R., Aarendonk, D., Angelaki, A., Ajdukovic, D., Dowrick, C., Dückers, M., Hoffmann, K., Zoltan, J., Jirovsky, E., Zoltan, K., Mechili E.A., Muijsenbergh, M. van den, Nánási, A., Petelos, E., Rotar-Pavlic, D., Sifaki-Pistolla, D., Hajnalka, T., Palla, R., Tímea, U., Lionis, C.

Primary care of refugees and migrants. Lesson learnt from the EUR-HUMAN project.

Orvosi Hetilap: 2018, 159(35), p. 1414–1422.

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Verheul, M.L.M.I., Dückers, M.L.A., Visser, B.B., Beerens, R.J.J., Bierens, J.J.L.M.

Disaster exercises to prepare hospitals for Mass Casualty Incidents. Does it contribute to preparedness or is it ritualism?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: 2018, 33(4), p. 287-393.

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Jong, W., Dückers, M.L.A.

The perspective of the affected: what people confronted with disasters expect from government officials and public leaders.

Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy: 2018, 8(2), p. 94-112.

Dückers, M., Baliatsas, C., Yzermans, J.

Monitoring the health effects of disasters and environmental hazards: the primary care database as a tool to inform public decision-making.

Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique: 2018, 66(supl. 5), p. S268-269. Abstract: European Congress of Epidemiology “Crises, epidemiological transitions and the role of epidemiologists”; juli 4-6, 2018; Lyon.

Mayrhuber, E.S., Dückers, M.L.A., Wallner, P., Arnberger, A., Allex, B., Wiesbock, L., Wanka, A., Kolland, F., Eder, R., Hutter, H.P., Kutalek, R.

Vulnerability to heatwaves and implications for public health interventions – A scoping review.

Environmental Research: 2018, 166(10), p. 42-54.

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Dückers, M.L.A., Thormar, S.B., Juen, B., Ajdukovic, D., Newlove, L., Olff, M.

Measuring and modelling the quality of 40 post-disaster mental health and psychosocial support programmes

PLoS One: 2018, 13(2), p. e0193285.

Mechili E.A., Angelaki, A., Petelos, E., Sifaki-Pistolla, D., Chatzea, V.E., Dowrick, C., Hoffmann, K., Jirovsky, E., Pavlick, D.R., Dückers, M., Rurik, I., Muijsenbergh, M. van den, Loenen, T. van, Ajdukovic, D., Bakic, H., Lionis, C.

Compassionate care provision: an immense need during the refugee crisis: lessons learned from a European capacity-building project.

Journal of Compassionate Health Care: 2018, 5(2)

Lionis, C., Petelos, E., Mechili E.A., Sifaki-Pistolla, D., Chatzea, V.E., Angelaki, A., Rurik, I., Pavlic, D.R., Dowrick, C., Dückers, M., Ajdukovic, D., Bakic, H., Jirovsky, E., Mayrhuber, E.S., Muijsenbergh, M. van den, Hoffmann, K.

Assessing refugee healthcare needs in Europe and implementing educational interventions in primary care: a focus on methods.

BMC International Health and Human Rights: 2018, 18(11)

Dückers, M.L.A., Brewin, C.R.

Paradoxes and parallels in the global distribution of trauma-related mental health problems.

In: Maercker, A.; Heim, E., Kirmayer, L. Cultural clinical psychology and PTSD. Göttingen: Hogrefe Publishing, 2019 This chapter is available from the publishers website. p.147-158.

Reifels, L., Mills, K., Dückers, M.L.A., O'Donnell, M.L.

Psychiatric epidemiology and disaster exposure in Australia.

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences: 2017

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Loenen, T. van, Muijsenbergh, M. van den, Hofmeester, M., Dowrick, C., Ginneken, N. van, Mechili E.A., Angelaki, A., Ajdukovic, D., Bakic, H., Pavlick, D.R., Zelko, E., Hoffmann, K., Jirovsky, E., Mayrhuber, E.S., Dückers, M., Mooren, T., Gouweloos-Trine, J., Kolozsvári, L.R., Rurik, I., Lionis, C.

Primary care for refugees and newly arrived migrants in Europe: a qualitative study on health needs, barriers and wishes.

European Journal of Public Health: 2018, 28(1), p. 82-87.

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