​Publications

The group publishes widely on topics related to health geography and system thinking and beyond. Publications from the last 5 years are listed below.
 
List of Publications from team members 2016 onwards

  • Santana P., Almendra R., Pilot E., Doreleijers S., Krafft T. Environmental Inequalities in Global Health. Springer Handbook of Global Health 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_55-1
 
  • Orhan R, Middleton J, Krafft T, Czabanowska K. Climate Action at Public Health Schools in the European Region. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 5;18(4):1518. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041518. PMID: 33562849; PMCID: PMC7914969.
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  • Doetsch JN, Marques SCS, Krafft T, Barros H. Impact of macro-socioeconomic determinants on sustainable perinatal health care in Portugal: a qualitative study on the opinion of healthcare professionals and experts. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 25;21(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10194-0. PMID: 33494727; PMCID: PMC7836450.
 
  • Weiland M, Santana P, Costa C, Doetsch J, Pilot E. Spatial Access Matters: An Analysis of Policy Change and Its Effects on Avoidable Infant Mortality in Portugal. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 30;18(3):1242. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031242. PMID: 33573190; PMCID: PMC7908299.
 
  • Doetsch JN, Marques SCS, Krafft T, Barros H. Impact of macro-socioeconomic determinants on sustainable perinatal health care in Portugal: a qualitative study on the opinion of healthcare professionals and experts. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 25;21(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10194-0. PMID: 33494727; PMCID: PMC7836450.
 
  • Marques SCS, Doetsch J, Abate G, Brødsgaard A, Colombo G, Cuttini M, Pedersen P, Barros H; RECAP Preterm-WP6 QS Work Group. Understanding participation in European cohort studies of preterm children: the views of parents, healthcare professionals and researchers. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2021 Jan 12;21(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-01206-5. PMID: 33430773; PMCID: PMC7802270.
 
  • Hou Yuting, Xu Yidan & Xue Xiongzhi (2021) The Evolution of ICM Practices in Xiamen: Lessons and Challenges, Coastal Management, 49:2, 133-156, DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2021.1875283
 
  • Vardoulakis S, Salmond J, Krafft T, Morawska L. Urban environmental health interventions towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Sci Total Environ. 2020 Dec 15;748:141530. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141530. Epub 2020 Aug 7. PMID: 32827895; PMCID: PMC7411506.
 
  • Mir Alvarez C., Hourcade R., Lefebvre B., Pilot E. A Scoping Review on Air Quality Monitoring, Policy and Health in West African Cities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(23), 9151; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17239151
 
  • Lock-Wah-Hoon J, Zheng Y, Braks M, van Asten L, Liu Q, Sushama P, Doreleijers S, Krafft T, van der Hoek W, Fanoy E, Wang Q, Pilot E. Exploring Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance and Response Systems in Beijing, China: A Qualitative Study from the Health System Perspective. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 17;17(22):8512. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228512. PMID: 33212908; PMCID: PMC7698447.
 
  • Yaddanapudi L, Gogoi P, Chetia U, Agnihotri S B. Socio-cultural myths, food taboos and perception towards anaemia: Insights from a qualitative study conducted in Darrang District of Assam, India. Geneva Health Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.
 
  • Gu Y, He W, Wang Y, Chen J, Wang H, Gao P, Yang S, Zhu X, Ma W, Li T. Respiratory effects induced by occupational exposure to refractory ceramic fibers. J Appl Toxicol. 2021 Mar;41(3):421-441. doi: 10.1002/jat.4053. Epub 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33079441.
  
  • Yaddanapudi L, Dalal R, Agnihotri S B, Positive deviance in child malnutrition of urban poor of Mumbai, India: A longitudinal analysis, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa166.987, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.987
 
  • Duijster JW, Doreleijers SDA, Pilot E, van der Hoek W, Kommer GJ, van der Sande MAB, Krafft T, van Asten LCHI. Utility of emergency call centre, dispatch and ambulance data for syndromic surveillance of infectious diseases: a scoping review. Eur J Public Health. 2020 Aug 1;30(4):639-647. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz177. PMID: 31605491; PMCID: PMC7446941.
 
  • Monge S, Duijster J, Kommer GJ, van de Kassteele J, Krafft T, Engelen P, Valk JP, de Waard J, de Nooij J, Riezebos-Brilman A, van der Hoek W, van Asten L. Ambulance dispatch calls attributable to influenza A and other common respiratory viruses in the Netherlands (2014-2016). Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020 Jul;14(4):420-428. doi: 10.1111/irv.12731. Epub 2020 May 14. PMID: 32410358; PMCID: PMC7298355.
 
  • Hackert VH, Hoebe CJPA, Dukers-Muijrers N, Krafft T, Kauhl B, Henning K, Karges W, Sprague L, Neubauer H, Al Dahouk S. Q fever: Evidence of a massive yet undetected cross-border outbreak, with ongoing risk of extra mortality, in a Dutch-German border region. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020 Jul;67(4):1660-1670. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13505. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 32027783; PMCID: PMC7383856.
 
  • Marques SCS, Doetsch J, Brødsgaard A, Cuttini M, Draper ES, Kajantie E, Lebeer J, van der Pal S, Pedersen P; RECAP - WP6 QS Work Group, Barros H. Improving Understanding of Participation and Attrition Phenomena in European Cohort Studies: Protocol for a Multi-Situated Qualitative Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jul 15;9(7):e14997. doi: 10.2196/14997. PMID: 32667901; PMCID: PMC7391162.
  
  • Pilot E., Gudlavalleti GVS., Nittas V. Understanding India’s urban dengue surveillance: A qualitative policy analysis of Hyderabad district. Global Public Health 2020 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1767674
 
  • Bergmann S., Li B., Pilot E., Chen R., Wang B: Yang J. Effect modification of the short-term effects of air pollution on morbidity by season: A systematic review and meta- analysis. Science of the Total Environment 2020 716 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136985
 
  • Zhang F, Shi Y, Fang D, Ma G, Nie C, Krafft T, He L, Wang Y. Monitoring history and change trends of ambient air quality in China during the past four decades. J Environ Manage. 2020 Apr 15;260:110031. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.110031. Epub 2020 Jan 20. PMID: 32090802.
 
  • Zhang L, van der Hoek W, Krafft T, Pilot E, Asten LV, Lin G, Wu S, Duan W, Yang P, Wang Q. Influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates against influenza A(H3N2) and A(H1N1) pdm09 among children during school-based outbreaks in the 2016-2017 season in Beijing, China. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Apr 2;16(4):816-822. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1677438. Epub 2019 Nov 1. PMID: 31596661; PMCID: PMC7227706.
 
  • Angelo M., Ramalho W., Gurgel H., Belle N, Pilot E. Dengue Surveillance System in Brazil: A Qualitative Study in the Federal District. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17,6 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17062062
 
  • Santana P., Freitas A., Costa C., Stefanik I., Santinha G., Krafft T., Pilot E. The Role of Cohesion Policy Funds in Decreasing the Health Gaps Measured by the EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020 17,5 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051567
 
  • Santana P, Freitas Â, Costa C, Stefanik I, Santinha G, Krafft T, Pilot E. The Role of Cohesion Policy Funds in Decreasing the Health Gaps Measured by the EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Feb 29;17(5):1567. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051567. PMID: 32121335; PMCID: PMC7084523.
 
  • Porskamp T, Ergler C, Pilot E, Sushama P, Mandic S. The importance of social capital for young Peoples active transport and independent mobility in rural Otago, New Zealand. Health and Place Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102216
 
  • Zhang L, Van der Hoek W, Krafft T, Pilot E, Van Asten L, Lin G, Wu S, Duan W, Yang P, Wang Q. Influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates against influenza A (H3N2) and A(H1N1) pdm09 among children during school-based outbreaks in the 2016-2017 season in Beijing, China. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutic Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1677438
 
  • Duijster, J. W., Doreleijers, S. D., Pilot, E., van der Hoek, W., Kommer, G. J., van der Sande, M. A., ... & van Asten, L. C. (2020). Utility of emergency call centre, dispatch and ambulance data for syndromic surveillance of infectious diseases: a scoping review. European journal of public health, 30(4), 639-647. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz177
 
  • Costa C, Freitas Â, Stefanik I, Krafft T, Pilot E, Morrison J, Santana P. Evaluation of data availability on population health indicators at the regional level across the European Union. Popul Health Metr. 2019 Aug 7;17(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12963-019-0188-6. PMID: 31391120; PMCID: PMC6686464.
 
  • Knappe-Drzikova B, Maasberg S, Vonderbeck D, Krafft TA, Knüppel S, Sturm A, Müller-Nordhorn J, Wiedenmann B, Pape UF. Malnutrition predicts long-term survival in hospitalized patients with gastroenterological and hepatological diseases. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2019 Apr;30:26-34. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2019.02.010. Epub 2019 Mar 7. PMID: 30904226.
 
  • Pilot, E.; Nittas, V.; Murthy, G.V.S. The Organization, Implementation, and Functioning of Dengue Surveillance in India—A Systematic Scoping Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040661
 
  • Peters C, Pijnacker R, Fanoy E B, Bouwman L, de Langen L E, van den Kerkhof J, Reimerink J, Pilot E, Henry M, Oostburg V A, Braks M. Chikungunya virus outbreak in Sint Maarten: Long-term arthralgia after a 15-month period. J Vector Borne Dis 2018 ;55:137-43. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-9062.242561
 
  • Zhang L, Pan Y, Hackert V, van der Hoek W, Meijer A, Krafft T, Yang P, Wang Q. The 2015-2016 influenza epidemic in Beijing, China: Unlike elsewhere, circulation of influenza A(H3N2) with moderate vaccine effectiveness. Vaccine. 2018 Aug 9;36(33):4993-5001. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.017. Epub 2018 Jul 17. PMID: 30017144.
 
  • Yang J, Zhou M, Li M, Yin P, Wang B, Pilot E, Liu Y, van der Hoek W, van Asten L, Krafft T, Liu Q: Diurnal temperature range in relation to death from stroke in China / Accepted April 2018 Environmental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.036
 
  • Ledoux C, Pilot E, Diaz E, Krafft T. Migrants' access to healthcare services within the European Union: a content analysis of policy documents in Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Global Health. 2018 Jun 15;14(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0373-6. PMID: 29903036; PMCID: PMC6003193.
 
  • Yang J, Zhou M, Li M, Yin P, Wang B, Pilot E, Liu Y, van der Hoek W, van Asten L, Krafft T, Liu Q. Diurnal temperature range in relation to death from stroke in China. Environ Res. 2018 Jul;164:669-675. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.036. Epub 2018 Apr 6. PMID: 29631226.
 
  • Wang L, Zhang F, Pilot E, Yu J, Nie C, Holdaway J, Yang L, Li Y, Wang W, Vardoulakis S, Krafft T. Taking Action on Air Pollution Control in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Region: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Feb 9;15(2):306. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15020306. PMID: 29425189; PMCID: PMC5858375.
 
  • Wu S, VAN Asten L, Wang L, McDonald SA, Pan Y, Duan W, Zhang L, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Pilot E, Krafft T, VAN DER Hoek W, VAN DER Sande MAB, Yang P, Wang Q. Estimated incidence and number of outpatient visits for seasonal influenza in 2015-2016 in Beijing, China. Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Dec;145(16):3334-3344. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817002369. Epub 2017 Nov 9. PMID: 29117874.
 
  • Santana P, Pilot E, Ana Vieira: Atlas of Population Health in European Union Regions. Imprensa da Universidade 2017; DOI: 10.14195/978-989-26-1463-2
 
  • Pikhart H, Pilot E, Santana P, Borell C, Alvarenga A, Vieira A, Bana E Costa C, Mitsakou C, Stefanik I, Costa G, Morrison J: Collaboration as a core element for dissemination: examples from the EURO-HEALTHY project. The European Journal of Public Health 2017;    DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.012
 
  • Zhu X, Gu Y, Ma W, Gao P, Liu M, Xiao P, Wang H, Chen J, Li T. Biomarkers for Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis and Lung Ventilation Function in Chinese Occupational Refractory Ceramic Fibers-Exposed Workers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Dec 27;15(1):42. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15010042. PMID: 29280967; PMCID: PMC5800141.
 
  • Wu S, Van Asten L, Wang L, Mcdonald A, Pan Y, Duan W, Zhang L, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Pilot E, Krafft T, Van Der Hoek W, Van Der Sande M.A.B., Yang P, Wang Q: Estimated incidence and number of outpatient visits for seasonal influenza in 2015 – 2016 in Beijing, China. Epidemiological Infection 2017; doi:10.1017/S0950268817002369
 
  • Doetsch J, Pilot E, Santana P, Krafft T. Potential barriers in healthcare access of the elderly population influenced by the economic crisis and the troika agreement: a qualitative case study in Lisbon, Portugal. Int J Equity Health. 2017 Oct 25;16(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0679-7. PMID: 29070050; PMCID: PMC5657062.
 
  • Shidhaye R, Lyngdoh T, Murhar V, Samudre S, Krafft T. Predictors, help-seeking behaviour and treatment coverage for depression in adults in Sehore district, India. BJPsych Open. 2017 Sep 11;3(5):212-222. doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.004648. PMID: 28904815; PMCID: PMC5592386.
 
  • Aluttis C, Clemens T, Krafft T. Global health and domestic policy - What motivated the development of the German Global Health Strategy? Glob Public Health. 2017 Sep;12(9):1156-1168. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1094706. Epub 2015 Nov 26. PMID: 26610291.
 
  • Zhu X, Gao P, Gu Y, Xiao P, Liu M, Chen J, Cen Y, Ma W, Li T. Positive Rates and Factors Associated with Abnormal Lung Function of Greenhouse Workers in China: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Aug 24;14(9):956. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14090956. PMID: 28837106; PMCID: PMC5615493.
 
  • Cai L, Krafft T, Chen TB, Lv WZ, Gao D, Zhang HY. New insights into biodrying mechanism associated with tryptophan and tyrosine degradations during sewage sludge biodrying. Bioresour Technol. 2017 Nov;244(Pt 1):132-141. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.118. Epub 2017 Jul 22. PMID: 28779664.
 
  • Diaz E, Ortiz-Barreda G, Ben-Shlomo Y, Holdsworth M, Salami B, Rammohan A, Chung RY, Padmadas SS, Krafft T. Interventions to improve immigrant health. A scoping review. Eur J Public Health. 2017 Jun 1;27(3):433-439. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx001. PMID: 28339883; PMCID: PMC5445720.
 
  • Vlieg WL, Fanoy EB, van Asten L, Liu X, Yang J, Pilot E, Bijkerk P, van der Hoek W, Krafft T, van der Sande MA, Liu QY. Comparing national infectious disease surveillance systems: China and the Netherlands. BMC Public Health. 2017 May 8;17(1):415. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4319-3. PMID: 28482830; PMCID: PMC5423001.
  
  • Pilot E, Rao R, Jena B, Kauhl B, Krafft T, GVS M: Towards Sustainable Public Health Surveillance in India: Using Routinely Collected Electronic Emergency Medical Service Data for Early Warning of Infectious Diseases. Sustainability 2017, 9 (4), 604;  doi:10.3390/su9040604
 
  • Kauhl B, Heil J, Hoebe CJ, Schweikart J, Krafft T, Dukers-Muijrers NH. Is the current pertussis incidence only the results of testing? A spatial and space-time analysis of pertussis surveillance data using cluster detection methods and geographically weighted regression modelling. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 9;12(3):e0172383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172383. PMID: 28278180; PMCID: PMC5344341.
 
  • Heckmann SM, Mörtlbauer B, Rieder D, Wichmann M, Krafft T, Moralis A. Alveolar Ridge Dimension 6 Months After Implant Placement with Simultaneous Hard Tissue Augmentation. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2017 Mar/Apr;32(2):408-414. doi: 10.11607/jomi.4728. PMID: 28291858.
 
  • Wang L, Zhong B, Vardoulakis S, Zhang F, Pilot E, Li Y, Yang L, Wang W, Krafft T. Air Quality Strategies on Public Health and Health Equity in Europe-A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Dec 2;13(12):1196. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13121196. PMID: 27918457; PMCID: PMC5201337.
 
  • Kauhl B, Schweikart J, Krafft T, Keste A, Moskwyn M. Do the risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus vary by location? A spatial analysis of health insurance claims in Northeastern Germany using kernel density estimation and geographically weighted regression. Int J Health Geogr. 2016 Nov 3;15(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12942-016-0068-2. PMID: 27809861; PMCID: PMC5094025.
  • Wang L, Li Y, Li H, Holdaway J, Hao Z, Wang W, Krafft T. Regional aging and longevity characteristics in China. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2016 Nov-Dec;67:153-9. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2016.08.002. Epub 2016 Aug 12. PMID: 27544461.
  
  • Cai L, Krafft T, Chen TB, Gao D, Wang L. Structure modification and extracellular polymeric substances conversion during sewage sludge biodrying process. Bioresour Technol. 2016 Sep;216:414-21. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.05.102. Epub 2016 May 26. PMID: 27262096.
 
  • Ziemann A, Fouillet A, Brand H, Krafft T. Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis. PLoS One. 2016 May 16;11(5):e0155535. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155535. PMID: 27182731; PMCID: PMC4868285.
 
  • Delabouglise A, Antoine-Moussiax N, Tatong D,Chumkaeo A, Binot A, Fournie G, Pilot E, Phimpraphi W, Kasemsuwan S, Paul MC, Duboz R, Salem G, PeyreM: Cultural Practices Shaping Zoonotic Diseases Surveillance: The Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Thailand Native Chicken Farmers.Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 04/2016; doi: 10.1111/tbed.12506
    
  • Zhang F, Liu X, Zhou L, Yu Y, Wang L, Lu J, Wang W, Krafft T. Spatiotemporal patterns of particulate matter (PM) and associations between PM and mortality in Shenzhen, China. BMC Public Health. 2016 Mar 2;16:215. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2725-6. PMID: 26935584;