dr. M.M. Boonekamp (Magda)

I'm a medical doctor, have a postgraduate education in Tropical Medicine and as a Public Health Physician (preventive youth health care), a registration as an Epidemiologist, and a PhD in preventive child health care on the topic ‘Screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip’. I worked as a medical doctor, mostly as a public health physician, for around 30 years. Nowadays, I'm working as an associate professor with a broad range of research and teaching activities.

The focus of my research is on innovation in public health, more specifically in preventive perinatal and child healthcare. In my research, I apply scientific methods on societally relevant problems, making use of my extensive practical experience and network.

I teach classes in Epidemiology and Innovation in public health for university students at all levels (bachelor, master, PhD).

Currently I am a member of: the Committee on Appreciation of Interventions in Youth of the Netherlands Centre of Youth healthcare (NCJ) / National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Centre for Youth Health Care (NCJ); and the National Working Group on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Landelijke Werkgroep Wiegendood, LWW).

In addition, I have been editor-in-chief of the editorial board of the bimonthly Journal of Youth Health Care (Tijdschrift voor Jeugdgezondheidszorg) since 2014.

Medicine & Life Sciences

# Child
# Child Care
# Child Health
# Delivery Of Health Care
# Hip Dislocation
# Netherlands
# Parents
# Skull

Examples of research projects: Soundchec-projects, on developmental dysplasia of the hip; Academic Collaborative Centre Youth in Twente projects on child abuse, postpartum depression, and poverty and child health; Consortium Pregnancy and Childbirth Overijssel project on transfer of care; child mortality projects, on SIDS and on Child Death Review; and the MOCHA-project on models of primary child health care in Europe.

Subbiah, G. K., Reijneveld, S. A., Hartman, C. A. , van der Zee-van den Berg, A. I. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M., Almansa, J., & de Kroon, M. L. A. (2023). Impact of trajectories of maternal postpartum depression on infants’ socioemotional development. Pediatric Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02697-w

Kanits, F., L’hoir, M. P. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M., Engelberts, A. C., & Feskens, E. J. M. (2023). #sleepingbaby on Instagram: Nonadherence of images to safe sleeping advice and implications for prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy. PLoS ONE, 18(9), e0290580. Article e0290580. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290580

Konijnendijk, A., Vrugteveen, E. , Voorthuis, B. , & Boere-Boonekamp, M. (2023). Association between timing and duration of breech presentation during pregnancy and developmental dysplasia of the hip: A case-control study. Journal of child health care, 27(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/13674935211042198

Kanits, F., L'Hoir, M. P. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M., Engelberts, A. C., & Feskens, E. J. M. (2021). Risk and Preventive Factors for SUDI: Need We Adjust the Current Prevention Advice in a Low-Incidence Country. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, Article 758048. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.758048

Kanits, F., L'Hoir, M. P. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M., Engelberts, A. C., & Feskens, E. J. M. (2021). Renewed Attention Needed for Prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy in the Netherlands. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, Article 757530. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.757530

van der Zee-van den Berg, A. I. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C. G. M., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2021). Postpartum depression and anxiety: a community-based study on risk factors before, during and after pregnancy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 286, 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.02.062

van der Zee-van den Berg, A. I. (2021). Investing in Maternal and Infant Mental Health: Screening for postpartum depression by Preventive Child Health Care. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551250

Wang, L., Jansen, W., Van Grieken, A. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M., L'Hoir, M. P., & Raat, H. (2020). Identifying patterns of lifestyle behaviours among children of 3 years old. European journal of public health, 30(6), 1115-1121. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa109

Vlasblom, E., van Grieken, A., Beltman, M., L’Hoir, M. P., Raat, H. , & Boere-Boonekamp, M. M. (2020). Parenting support to prevent overweight during regular well-child visits in 0-3 year old children (BBOFT+ program), a cluster randomized trial on the effectiveness on child BMI and health behaviors and parenting. PLoS ONE, 15(8), Article e0237564. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237564

van Til, J., Schilthuis, Y. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C. , & Boere-Boonekamp, M. (2020). Hoe denken burgers over de eerstelijnszorg voor kinderen? Huisarts en wetenschap, 63(10), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12445-020-0842-z

van Stenus, C. M. V. , Poorthuis, M. B. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M. , & Need, A. (2020). Through the professional's eyes: Transfers of care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. BMC health services research, 20(1), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4941-0

Zdunek, K., Alma, M. , Van Til, J. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, K. , Boere-Boonekamp, M., & Alexander, D. (2019). Listening to Young People. In Issues and Opportunities in Primary Health Care for Children in Europe: The Final Summarised Results of the Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) Project (pp. 55-76). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-351-820191008

Boere-Boonekamp, M. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, K., Schloemer, T., Schröder-Bäck, P. , Van Til, J., Zdunek, K., & Kocken, P. (2019). Bringing MOCHA Lessons to Your Service. In Issues and Opportunities in Primary Health Care for Children in Europe: The Final Summarised Results of the Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) Project (pp. 359-370). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-351-820191006

van Til, J. A. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C. G. M., Vlasblom, E., Kocken, P. L. , & Boere-Boonekamp, M. M. (2019). Primary care in five European countries: A citizens’ perspective on the quality of care for children. PLoS ONE, 14(11), Article e0224550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224550

van der Zee-van den Berg, A. I. , Boere-Boonekamp, M. M. , Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C. G. M., & Reijneveld, S. A. (2019). The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale: Stable structure but subscale of limited value to detect anxiety. PLoS ONE, 14(9), Article e0221894. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221894

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I teach classes in Epidemiology and Innovation in public health for university students at all levels (bachelor, master, PhD). Apart from that I supervise bachelor- and masterstudents in their thesis research.

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Postpartum depression

(cost)Effectiveness of screening with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in the youth health care setting.
The chain of care during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period

Cooperation between medical professionals in order to reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

National surveys into risk and protective factors like infant care practices, tobacco use, dummy use (2010, 2017).
Overweight and obesity in children

1) Overweight and obesity in preschool children (0-4 years): behavior and views of parents; 2) Primary prevention of overweight in preschool children (BeeBOFT)
Strengthening the care of children who grow up in poverty

Development of an intervention, with the families’ self-reliance and the concept positive health as starting points, that aims to limit the poverty's consequences on the health of the child
Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Development of youth health care guideline
MOCHA project. Models of Child Health Appraised. A study of primary healthcare in 30 European countries). A Horizon 2020 project

Public preferences for child health and primary care quality (across Europe)

Child abuse

Prevention of child abuse through improved early detection by youth healthcare professionals with support of national guidelines.
Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Several studies into the cost-effectiveness and implementation of methods of screening in infants (Soundchec-projects).
Positional preference and positional skull deformation in infants

Epidemiological studies into the prevalence of the positional preference in infants; prospective follow-up study into the management of infants with positional skull deformation (determinants of successful pediatric physical therapy, effectiveness of
Composing five ‘National Primary Care Cooperation Agreements’ (LESA’s)

Child abuse, Small length of children, Enuresis nocturna, Developmental dysplasia of the hip, Visual impairment in children and adolescents
Child death review

implementation study of child death review methods; evaluation of bereavement care after a child’s death.
Pre-school children’s nutrition and growth

Pre-school children’s nutrition: the growth of breastfed babies; vitamin D supplementation in preschool children
Excessive crying of infants

Development of the multidisciplinary guideline
Positional preference and positional skull deformation

Development of a youth health care guideline for prevention, early detection and treatment of

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University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands

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The Netherlands

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Postpartum depression

The chain of care during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Overweight and obesity in children

Strengthening the care of children who grow up in poverty

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

MOCHA project. Models of Child Health Appraised. A study of primary healthcare in 30 European countries). A Horizon 2020 project

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Child abuse

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Positional preference and positional skull deformation in infants

Composing five ‘National Primary Care Cooperation Agreements’ (LESA’s)

Child death review

Pre-school children’s nutrition and growth

Excessive crying of infants

Positional preference and positional skull deformation

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