The Amsterdam Center for Health Communication (ACHC) strives to promote health through research on effective communication.

Published on September 5, 2024 – After a long day, plopping down on the couch with your dinner and turning on your favorite TV series might sound appealing, but it is not beneficial for your health. Recently, the BBC published an article on this topic, featuring an interview with ACHC […]
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Published on August 29, 2024 – The Amsterdam Center for Health Communication had a great summer and is now off to a good start of the new academic year. We will be teaching the revised seminar Health Communication to a new cohort of master students, and will attend a variety […]
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Published on July 4, 2024 – Despite multifactorial falls risk assessment tools (FRATs) being an effective method for preventing falls in older adults (65+), they are often underutilized in clinical practice. ACHC members Sara Groos (also Amsterdam UMC), Annemiek Linn, and Julia van Weert examined whether the use and implementation […]
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Published on June 27, 2024 – ACHC member Leonie Westerbeek recently wrapped up her PhD dissertation and started a postdoc project on effective and responsible AI-based shared decision-making in healthcare.
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