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ARPH Conference 2026 - Program

Location: Egmond aan Zee

Date: March 19 & 20, 2026

Oral Sessions

Oral Session NR Title Presenter Track
Coping and Adjustment to Illness 12 No cure for endometriosis – time for excellent self-management: experiences and needs of women with endometriosis Christina Bode Coping and adjustment to (chronic) illness
39 Picture living with diabetes: A photovoice study of young adults’ efforts in making diabetes care fit into their lives. Marleen Kunneman Coping and adjustment to (chronic) illness
18 Self-management barriers in dialysis patients: a potential target for improving health outcomes Esmee Driehuis Coping and adjustment to (chronic) illness
50 The Burden of Blood Pressure Variability: Exploring Patient and Clinician Needs and Pathways to Tailored Support Renske Krijt Coping and adjustment to (chronic) illness
32 Life After Radiotherapy: Integrating Patient Narratives Into a Decision Aid for Breast Cancer Care Madeline Therrien Quality of life and well-being
Digital Interventions and E-health 43 A Compassion-Based App to Support the Well-Being in Individuals with Cancer: A Multiple Baseline Intervention Study Maya Schroevers E-health and innovative technology (apps/VR/ehealth/mhealth/wearables)
07 Co-creating Remote COPD Monitoring: Translating Patient and Providers’ Values into Actionable Requirements Atena Mahboubian E-health and innovative technology (apps/VR/ehealth/mhealth/wearables)
42 Navigating Digital Transitions in Acute Mental Healthcare: A Compassion-Focused Approach to Integrating Wearables Matthijs Noordzij E-health and innovative technology (apps/VR/ehealth/mhealth/wearables)
53 Telling people AI was used for personalized health information: The balance between effectiveness and transparency Saar Hommes E-health and innovative technology (apps/VR/ehealth/mhealth/wearables)
Health Disparities and Equity 1 37 ​​Reduced Infant Growth Associated with High Maternal ACE Exposure: No Differences Between Preterm and Full-Term Infants Mark Ketelaars Health disparities and equity
13 Unboxing Support: A Process Evaluation of the ‘In the Box’ Intervention to Promote a Healthy Start in Life Yil Engbersen - Severijns Health disparities and equity
44 Representativeness and inclusivity in Dutch psychosocial-oncology research: A survey on researchers' experiences and perspectives Meeke Hoedjes Health disparities and equity
40 Exploring Positive Healthy Ageing among Older Men and Women with a Lower Socio-Economic Status using Photo-Elicitation Interviews Martine Goedendorp Health disparities and equity
Health Disparities and Equity 2 55 Daily Goals Among People With Varying Socioeconomic Position - A Personal Projects Analysis Approach Satu Koivusaari Health behavior
30 How do Adults with Lower Socio-Economic Position Perceive and Generate Implementation Intentions for Health Behavior Change? Insights from Think-Aloud Interviews Loes van den Bekerom Interventions to change health behavior
46 The Right Push at the Right Time: Exploring How Socioeconomic and Personal Factors Shape Nudge Effectiveness Across Different Just-in-Time Nudges Nicola Swart E-health and innovative technology (apps/VR/ehealth/mhealth/wearables)
45 Unpacking socioeconomic influences on healthy food choices: exploring multiple pathways in a digital environment Nadine van der Waal Health disparities and equity
34 Enhancing Vitality: Realist Insights into What Works in Sheltered Workplace Settings Malin Hollaar Occupational health
Behavior Change Interventions 1 52 “I look at them differently now, like: how can I connect?’’: a mixed methods evaluation of an identity-and autonomy-based approach to health behavior promotion during pregnancy Rukiye Turkeli Interventions to change health behavior
04 Cocreating a vaping prevention intervention with students and teachers in prevocational secondary education Anne Zijp Interventions to change health behavior
P61 Does magic do the trick? The uniqueness of magic in distracting children in stressful medical situations Henriët van Middendorp Interventions to improve adaptation to (chronic) disease
10 Exploring the Determinants of (Sustainable) Lifestyle Change in Multimorbid Individuals: Insights from Semi-Structured Interviews Bo Brummel Interventions to improve adaptation to (chronic) disease
35 Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Men with Type 1 Diabetes: a Multi-Method Study Mareille Hennekes Interventions to change health behavior
Behavior Change Interventions 2 48 Change & Grow® as a Process-Based Framework for Health Behaviour Change in Addiction Recovery Beatriz Caldeira Interventions to change health behavior
14 Does Message Design Matter? Testing Format and Source Effects in Health Communication for Underserved Populations David Blanco-Herrero Interventions to change health behavior
09 How Experience similarity influences Evaluation Certainty and Evaluation Consistency Over Time Bastiaan Tan Interventions to change health behavior
02 We need to redo meta-analyses of behaviour change techniques: evidence from a large methodological systematic review of smoking cessation intervention trials Marijn de Bruin Interventions to change health behavior
Patient-Provider Interaction 38 Considering communities of care when designing care plans: A secondary analysis of diabetes encounters in the Netherlands and the United States Marleen Kunneman Patient-provider interaction
05 Developing Shared Decision-Making Interventions in Radiation Oncology Using Participatory Intervention Mapping Anniek van Hienen Patient-provider interaction
22 How do health care professionals support sexual decision-making among men who have sex with men? Iris de Visser Patient-provider interaction
24&25 Primary Care Under Pressure: Patient Outcomes and GP Experiences in Long COVID Care Jeanine Guidry Patient-provider interaction
16 Perceived barriers and facilitators for discussing and acting on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in routine dialysis care: a qualitative study Eline Schade van Westrum Patient-provider interaction
Prevention Behavior in Infectious Disease 21 Associations between psychological and contextual factors and sexual health behavior: A systematic review of ecological momentary assessment studies. Iris de Visser Health behavior
51 Behavioural determinants of willingness to test during a hypothetical avian influenza outbreak - An interview study Rosa van Hoorn Health behavior
23 From Childhood Illness to Vaccine Threat: How Substack Frames Measles and the MMR Vaccine Jeanine Guidry Public health and health promotion
56 From scabies notification to implementation of preventive measures: A qualitative study on behavioural determinants among students Sunia Somra Health behavior
27 Determinants of social and behavioural science advice uptake during public health crises: an interview study with COVID-19 policymakers Joni Jacobs Public health and health promotion
Public Health & Health Promotion 15 Communicating about dementia risk and prevention with citizens: exploring, improving, and evaluating large-scale communication and recruitment methods. Elaine Albers Public health and health promotion
47 Healthy or unhealthy by design? An indicator-based analysis of digital food choice environments of major Dutch supermarket chains Nynke van der Laan Public health and health promotion
26 Involving societal stakeholders in dementia risk reduction: an explorative study Jolanda Dobbe Public health and health promotion
41 Transitioning from a Health Care State to a Participating Society. Barriers and Facilitators for Local Governments, Social Care Organizations, and Citizens Initiatives of this Vital Movement. Martine Goedendorp Public health and health promotion
11 Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to explain community-donations to improve HIV-prevention Bodine Huffels Community engagement
(Planetary) Health Behaviour 03 Evaluation of the National Heat Plan: Practical Feasibility of Behavioral Recommendations Anne Buitenhuis Health behavior
19 Fostering hope: identifying facilitators for green behaviour change in GP consultations Eva Visser Other
29 If it doesn’t help, it doesn’t hurt? Usage and perceptions of nutritional supplements Laurens van Gestel Health behavior
Innovative Methodologies 20 Understanding Young People as agents of change for a healthier food environment: Piloting measurement tools in a Participatory Action Research Approach Gianfranco Bocanegra Community engagement
31 Bringing evidence from multiple studies together: Introducing and applying Bayesian Evidence Synthesis Maartje Boer Other
08 User Voices in Focus: Prioritizing Requirements During Co-Creation Atena Mahboubian Community engagement
17 Beyond Translation: Culturally Responsive Research With Migrant Communities Else de Vries Community engagement
36 Microanalysing clinicians’ efforts to tailor medical information to cancer patients Anna-Lea van Ooijen Patient-provider interaction
Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health 06 Can a scratching virtual character induce itch in the observant? Antoinette I.M. van Laarhoven Psychosocial factors in aging and health
01 Behavioral immune activation, itch contagion, and stigma: insights from an experimental study Anastasiia Myronenko Psychosocial factors in aging and health
33 Between Stigma and Support: Realist Evaluation of Support for Migrant Informal Carers of Loved Ones with Mental Illness Malin Hollaar Resilience and health (care)
28 The Relationship between Stalking Experiences and Mental Health: Insights from a Dutch University Student Sample Julia Schnepf Other

Symposia

Symposium Theme Speaker Title
Building societal resilience: Exploring determinants and dynamics in times of major transition Resilience and health (care) Michel Dückers Bolstering societal resilience in the wake of public health and safety risks: the need for cross-level analysis (S1-1)
Maartje Boer Individual perceived disaster preparedness: Preliminary results from scale development the Netherlands (S1-2)
Mart van Dijk Perceived evacuation preparedness in the Netherlands: preliminary results from a mixed methodological study (S1-3)
Daniel de Vries Behavioural science policy advice-making during crisis: COVID-19 lessons from four northern European countries (S1-4)
Advances in Systematic Behaviour Change: Progressing the Science and Practice of Intervention Mapping Interventions to change health behavior Lisa Harms Advancing Intervention–Context Fit Using the Intervention Mapping Approach (S2-5)
Jeroen Bruinsma CIBORG (noun) [saɪ.bɔːrɡ]: An intervention developer with augmented analytical capabilities to visualize group differences in behavioral determinant structures (S2-3)
Tugce Varol Co-creating behavior change interventions to reduce child wasting and stunting in Afghanistan (S2-4)
Gjalt-Jorn Peters Easy, Open, and Free: An Introduction to iROCK for Qualitative Determinant Studies (S2-2)
Francine Schneider Strengths and challenges of working with a planning group: Insights from Intervention Mapping (S2-1)

Round Table

Round Table NR Title Speaker
Methodology: Consensus-based guidelines R2 Toward consensus-based methodological guidelines in health psychology Harm Veling
Methodology: Intersectionality R1 One Size Fits No One: Integrating Intersectionality into Health Psychology Theory and Methodology Thomas Gültzow

Workshops

Workshop NR Title Speaker
Methodology: Intersectionality W2 Writing good policy briefs: How to communicate scientific advice to policy makers in an effective and compelling way Inger Abma
Joni Jacobs
Marijn de Bruin