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Papers by Jan Joosten

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2018

To elucidate the role and pathways of psychosocial home demands, psychosocial home resources, and... more To elucidate the role and pathways of psychosocial home demands, psychosocial home resources, and psychosocial job resources in relation to sickness absence among nurses working in residential elder care. Longitudinal (SEM) analyses with bootstrapping with a 1 year follow-up among 365 nurses were performed. Survey data and registered sickness absence data were used. A complete mediation model showed the best fit. More psychosocial job resources (β = -1.50) like "work schedule fit with private life" predicted less and more psychosocial home demands (β = 0.62) predicted more psychosomatic health complaints. The job resources and home demands predicted sickness absence duration and episodes 1-year later mediated through nurses' health. More attention is needed for nurses' work schedule fit with private life and their home demands to potentially reduce health-related sickness absence among nurses working in residential elder care.

Discusses the effects of peer pressure and parental smoking on 10-14 yr old schoolchildren in the... more Discusses the effects of peer pressure and parental smoking on 10-14 yr old schoolchildren in the Netherlands. Since the beginning of this century, a decrease has been observed in the percentage of smokers among 10-22 yr old boys, and since 1978 there has been a decline in the percentage of smokers among 12-24 yr old boys and girls. 10-24 yr olds seem more impressionable than does any other age group. Regular smoking among schoolchildren is related to peer pressure and the example of adults. The strongest correlation can be found with smoking by neighborhood friends and the oldest brother or sister. There are great differences in smoking behavior according to the type of secondary school: the higher the level of the school, the lower the smoking prevalence rate. Due to the strong influence of peer pressure, it is doubtful whether the decrease in smoking is attributable to antismoking campaigns among schoolchildren. The long-term decrease probably is related to the circulation of ant...

Contemporary drug problems, 2009

The data analysed come from the GENACIS project (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International St... more The data analysed come from the GENACIS project (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) and involve population surveys for 18 countries (total N = 34,916) from five WHO Regions: African (Nigeria and Uganda); Americas (Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay and United States); European (Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Spain, Sweden, and UK); South-East Asian (India, Sri Lanka); and Western Pacific (Japan). The paper studies gender and country differences in the relationship between social pressure to drink less experienced by individuals, considering seeking help for alcohol problems, and alcohol consumption and problem levels (AUDIT). In most countries for both men and women, informal control was applied most often by the spouse or partner, while reporting such controls from any source seemed more common in low- and middle-income countries. In all countries studied, men reported substantially more social control efforts than women. The hypothesis w...

SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice, 2006

Die Beziehung zwischen Substanzkonsum, Peergruppe und Devianz im Jugendalter Fragestellung: Ziel ... more Die Beziehung zwischen Substanzkonsum, Peergruppe und Devianz im Jugendalter Fragestellung: Ziel der Studie ist zu untersuchen, inwieweit sich Frankreich und die Niederlande im Zusammenhang zwischen Substanzkonsum der Peergruppe bzw. Devianz und dem eigenen Substanzkonsum im Jugendalter unterscheiden. Angenommen wird, dass die Beziehungen in Frankreich stärker ausgeprägt sind. Methodik: Daten wurden von französischen (n = 9,649) und niederländischen Jugendlichen (n = 4,930) erhoben. Multilevel-Pobitanalysen wurden durchgeführt. Ergebnisse: In Frankreich geht der Cannabiskonsum der Peergroup mit einer höheren Wahrscheinlichkeit für eigenen Konsum einher als in den Niederlanden (OR: 14,8 vs. 5,7), während hier der illegale Drogenkonsum der Peergroup eigenen Konsum dieser Substanzen stärker prädiziert. Devianz war in Frankreich weniger mit Cannabis- oder illegalem Drogenkonsum assoziiert als in den Niederlanden. Schlussfolgerung: Systematische Unterschiede in der Beziehung zwischen Pee...

Contemporary Drug Problems, 2009

The focus of this paper is on informal control of drinking, indicated by criticism of people in t... more The focus of this paper is on informal control of drinking, indicated by criticism of people in the social network on someone's alcohol consumption. It studies country and gender differences in the extent drinkers suffering from typical symptoms of heavy or prolonged alcohol use report informal control from others (reactive informal control), and country and gender differences in the extent comments on someone's drinking are (also) directed at those who do not suffer from these symptoms (pro-active informal control). The data come from eighteen general population surveys, selected from an integrated dataset on drinking and drinking-related factors including more than 35 countries. The criteria for inclusion were that data for both men and women were available and that at least 3 items about symptoms of severe physiological consequences and about criticism of drinking had valid responses. The results show that men suffering from typical symptoms of heavy or prolonged alcohol use are more likely to be criticized than equivalent women (reactive control). Irrespective of gender, reactive informal control is more prevalent in poorer countries and in countries with a high proportion of abstainers. Concerning pro-active control, among women a larger part of criticism appeared to be directed at those who (as yet) do not suffer from symptoms typical for heavy or prolonged alcohol use. There is a lot of variation between countries in proactive informal control. This variation is only weakly related to prosperity of a country but not to its proportion of abstainers.

Social Science & Medicine, 2007

Our main goal was to establish whether French and Dutch adolescents differ in rates of substance-... more Our main goal was to establish whether French and Dutch adolescents differ in rates of substance-related adverse events (e.g. fights, robbery), problems with peers or socializing agents even when controlling for pattern of substance use. For problems with peers and socializing agents due to alcohol we hypothesized that, because of stronger informal control of drinking in France, French adolescents are more likely to report problems with peers and socializing agents. For adverse events due to alcohol no difference was expected after controlling for consumption patterns. For drug-related problems, the hypothesis was that, due to the more restrictive drug policy in France, French adolescents are more likely to report problems with peers, socializing agents and adverse events. Comparable surveys based on samples of adolescent schoolchildren in France (n=9646) and the Netherlands (n=4291) were used. Data were analysed using multilevel logistic regression in which school, age and gender, indicators of substance use and country were used as predictors of substance-related problems. The outcomes show that French adolescents are more likely to report problems with peers and socializing agents due to alcohol even when consumption pattern is controlled for. For adverse events due to alcohol no difference was found between French and Dutch adolescents. For drug-related problems the expected differences were found; i.e. French adolescents are more likely to report problems with peers, socializing agents and adverse events even when controlling for pattern of drug use. It is concluded that there are culturally embedded differences in the rates of some types of problems due to alcohol or drug use. With respect to alcohol use, these differences are most likely due to culturally embedded differences in the informal social control of alcohol use. The differences in rates of drug-related problems are interpreted in the context of national differences in drug policy.

Journal of Substance Use, 2005

Aim. A cross-national comparison of perceived availability of alcoholic beverages and cannabis, a... more Aim. A cross-national comparison of perceived availability of alcoholic beverages and cannabis, and of the influence of availability on consumption of and problems due to alcohol and cannabis. Method. National surveys of school-going adolescents (14-18 years) in ...

Journal of School Health, 1987

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1976

Functional and linguistic aspects of the speech of Dutch-speaking mothers from three social class... more Functional and linguistic aspects of the speech of Dutch-speaking mothers from three social classes to their 2-year-old children were studied. Mothers' speech in Dutch showed the same characteristics of simplicity and redundancy found in other languages. In a free play situation, both academic and lower middle class too;hers produced more expansions and used fewer imperatives, more substantive deixis, and fewer modal verbs than working-class mothers. These differences were not present while mothers were reading books with their children. In general, the mothers' speech was more complex in the book reading situation than during free play.

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 1993

ABSTRACT Nebivolol is a selective beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist with a particular hemodynamic pr... more ABSTRACT Nebivolol is a selective beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist with a particular hemodynamic profile, suggesting an ancillary vasodilating property. The nature of this ancillary property is still unknown. The present double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study investigated the effect of 4 and 8 weeks treatment with nebivolol 5 mg once daily on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), blood parameters, and ECG. The effect on quality of life perception and the adverse effect profile were also studied. Nebivolol 5 mg once daily had a good antihypertensive effect in supine (10/8 mm Hg) as well as in standing position (16/10 mm Hg). Of 114 patients studied, 65% had either normalization of or > 10% reduction in diastolic BP (DBP). No evidence of drug tolerance was observed during the 8-week treatment period. Quality of life perception, as measured with the Inventory of Subjective Health (ISH) and the perceived health rating scale, was not impaired with nebivolol during the entire 8-week study. Nebivolol showed a favorable adverse effect profile and appeared to be devoid of central nervous system (CNS) adverse effects. The total number of complaints with nebivolol treatment did not differ from the number of complaints with placebo treatment. ECG and blood analyses, also show that nebivolol is safe and well tolerated. This study also shows that absolute drug-induced changes in quality of life perception can be assessed only in a placebo-controlled study and that comparison with baseline might be incorrect and misleading.

European Journal of Pharmacology, 1990

Child Abuse & Neglect, 2009

Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP) was recently approved as a new subspecialty by the American Board of... more Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP) was recently approved as a new subspecialty by the American Board of Pediatrics (Block & Palusci, 2006). Among the critical skills of the domain is the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with social and legal professionals, including the writing of forensic reports. Reports written by child abuse pediatricians on children suspected of having been abused are intended to inform future medical care for the child and legal decisions related to the case, including court proceedings. Therefore, they need to be interpreted accurately not only by health care providers, but also by social workers, police officers and lawyers in the context of their investigations, as well as by lawyers, judges and juries in child protection or criminal proceedings. These reports should support their task of reaching a conclusion as to whether or not maltreatment is verifiable. The history section of child maltreatment reports needs to document referral or information sources and relevant information about the historian's reliability, the presenting concern, a chronology of events, past history (including growth and development), and social history (David, 2004; Giardino, Christian, & Giardino, 1997). Other necessary content areas are physical examination results with growth parameters; diagnostic testing; photo documentation; assessment; prognosis; and management plans including recommendations. The report should also provide explanations of a child's injury and its effects and discuss findings that support a possible mechanism of injury or an alternative, those findings that do not fit each possibility and elements of uncertainty (David, 2004). While Marx (1997) comments on only summarizing the clinical information in the conclusions and using terms like the injury being "consistent with" or "not consistent with" the history,