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

AMIF grant for ACHC researchers to improve access to mental health care for migrants

Published on October 18, 2021 – In collaboration with nine European partners, Barbara Schouten and Julia van Weert have received a grant from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to develop an evidence-based digital platform and to evaluate the extent to which this platform improves access to mental health care […]
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NWO grant for ACHC researchers to develop a decision aid to bridge language barriers in healthcare

Published on October 11, 2021 – Together with Jeanine Suurmond (Amsterdam UMC), and in collaboration with KU Leuven and Ghent University, Barbara Schouten and Julia van Weert have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council. The grant will be used to investigate how an online decision aid can be developed […]
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ACHC researchers receive ‘Promising Early Career Paper’ Award

Published on 22 June 2021 – Hang-Yee Chan, Christin Scholz and their co-authors received the award for ‘Promising Early Career Paper’ at the Information System division of ICA 2021.
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Insights into how patients and nurses talk about online information

Published on June 17, 2021 – Together with the University of Florida, ACHC researchers published a study in the journal Patient Education and Counseling. This study explored if and how patients and providers initiate the discussion about online health information-seeking during health consultations. Our results demonstrate that the internet is […]
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