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

Eline Smit and colleagues receive a ZonMw grant

Published on July 17 2019 – Together with colleagues from Maastricht (a/o Dr. Ciska Hoving) and Leiden Universities (a/o Dr. Matty Crone), ACHC researcher Eline Smit has received a grant from ZonMw to identify the effective ingredients in smoking cessation interventions available in the Netherlands (€49.525). The three-month study they […]
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Conference EUCAM and ACHC about digital alcohol marketing

Published on July 12 2019 – On Thursday September 19, EUCAM (European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing) together with ACHC organize a conference entitled ‘Digital Alcohol Marketing in the Spotlight’. During this conference scientist and policy makers discuss the influence of digital alcohol marketing on drinking behavior of youth and how […]
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Grant from Lung Foundation for Bas van den Putte

Published on July 1st 2019 – Bas van den Putte is involved in two projects that recently have been funded by a grant provided by Longfonds, Hartstichting, KWF, Trombosestichting and Diabetesfonds. General objective of both projects is to conduct research that contributes to policy that discourages tobacco use and stimulates the […]
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Again ICA Awards for Persuasive Communication Research

Published on June 14 2019 – At the 2019 annual conference of the International Communication Association, Persuasive Communication research received two awards. Theo Araujo and Nadine Bol, in a collaboration between the Corporate and Persuasive Communication program groups, were awarded the Jake Liang top paper award for their paper “From […]
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