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2026

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87
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45056
World Ranking
234
National Ranking
10

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Overview

Karien Stronks is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health among other subfields.

The scientist's recent research topics cover a diverse range of public health and medical concerns. Key topics include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Community Health and Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Karien Stronks has contributed to multiple publications, several of which have appeared in frequently chosen academic venues. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • European Journal of Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Health Research Policy and Systems

The following list includes some of their recent papers, indicating a range of topics and collaborative efforts within public health and behavioral studies:

  • Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • A System Dynamics and Participatory Action Research Approach to Promote Healthy Living and a Healthy Weight among 10-14-Year-Old Adolescents in Amsterdam: The LIKE Programme, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Dynamics of the complex food environment underlying dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map of associations extracted from a systematic umbrella literature review, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Advancing urban mental health research: from complexity science to actionable targets for intervention, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Concepts and definitions of healthy ageing: a systematic review and synthesis of theoretical models, 2023, EClinicalMedicine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Henrike Galenkamp
  • Charles Agyemang
  • Mary Nicolaou
  • Maria Prins
  • Wilma Waterlander

Karien Stronks' work contributes to a broad multidisciplinary understanding of health that integrates behavioral, environmental, and policy perspectives in both local and global contexts. Their expertise encompasses both empirical investigation and theoretical model development within health sciences and public health implementation.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • The utility of ‘country of birth’ for the classification of ethnic groups in health research: the Dutch experience

    Karien Stronks;Isik Kulu-Glasgow;Charles Agyemang

  • Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Desana Kocevska;Thom S Lysen;Aafje Dotinga;M Elisabeth Koopman-Verhoeff

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez;Bin Zhou;Marisa K. Sophiea;James Bentham

  • Immigrants in the Netherlands: Equal access for equal needs?

    K Stronks;A C J Ravelli;S A Reijneveld

  • Cultural competence: a conceptual framework for teaching and learning.

    Conny Seeleman;Jeanine Suurmond;Karien Stronks

  • The interrelationship between income, health and employment status

    K. Stronks;P.J. van de Mheen;J. van den Bos;J.P. Mackenbach

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in health in the working population: the contribution of working conditions

    Carola Tm Schrijvers;H Dike van de Mheen;Karien Stronks;Johan P Mackenbach

  • Explaining educational differences in mortality: the role of behavioral and material factors.

    C. T. M. Schrijvers;K. Stronks;H. D. Van De Mheen;J. P. Mackenbach

  • Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies

    AP Kengne;J Bentham;B Zhou;N Peer

  • Unravelling the impact of ethnicity on health in Europe: the HELIUS study

    Karien Stronks;Marieke B Snijder;Ron J G Peters;Maria Prins

  • Cohort profile: the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marieke B Snijder;Henrike Galenkamp;Maria Prins;Eske M Derks

  • Does childhood socioeconomic status influence adult health through behavioural factors

    H. Van De Mheen;K. Stronks;C. W. N. Looman;J. P. Mackenbach

  • Educational differences in excessive alcohol consumption: The role of psychosocial and material stressors

    M. Droomers;C. T. M. Schrijvers;K. Stronks;D. Van De Mheen

  • Disparities in type 2 diabetes prevalence among ethnic minority groups resident in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Karlijn A. C. Meeks;Deivisson Freitas-Da-Silva;Adebowale Adeyemo;Erik J. A. J. Beune

  • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

    Cristina Taddei;Bin Zhou;Honor Bixby;Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco

  • Psychosocial stress during pregnancy is related to adverse birth outcomes: results from a large multi-ethnic community-based birth cohort

    Eva M. Loomans;Aimée E. van Dijk;Tanja G.M. Vrijkotte;Manon van Eijsden

  • A prospective cohort study investigating the explanation of socio-economic inequalities in health in the Netherlands

    J.P. Mackenbach;H. van de Mheen;K. Stronks

  • A longitudinal study of health selection in marital transitions

    Inez M.A. Joung;H.Dike van de Mheen;Karien Stronks;Frans W.A. van Poppel

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Agyemang
Charles Agyemang University of Amsterdam
Anton E. Kunst
Anton E. Kunst University of Amsterdam
Mary Nicolaou
Mary Nicolaou University of Amsterdam
Onyebuchi A. Arah
Onyebuchi A. Arah University of California, Los Angeles
Raj Bhopal
Raj Bhopal University of Edinburgh
Constance Schultsz
Constance Schultsz University of Amsterdam
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Lauren Lissner
Lauren Lissner University of Gothenburg

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