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Boer, Dr. H. (Henk)

Expertise

- Psychology of health related behavior and health promotion.

- The explanation of health related behavior with social cognition models, such as Theory of Planned Behavior, Prototype Willingness Model and Protection Motivation Theory.

- The influence of contextual and cultural variables on health related social cognitions and health behavior. Examples of contextual and cultural variables are gender roles, social norms and personal communication networks, self-concept, stigmatizing and health related myths and health behavior.

- The application of social cognition models in Africa and South America in an effort to understand the influence of contextual and cultural variables on HIV prevention behavior.

- The application of social cognition models in cancer prevention, such as participation in breast cancer screening and sun protection behavior.

Research projects

Henk Boer is involved in research projects in the application of social cognitions models in HIV prevention behavior. Aim of these research projects is to investigate the applicability of social cognition models in cultures, which differ from the ones in which these models were originally developed. In this way, we investigate the influence of various contextual and cultural variables on safe sex related social cognitions and behavior. The current project focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of the effects of radio HIV prevention messages for rural girls and women in the Amhara region in Ethiopia (PhD project of Gebeyehu W. Bogale, Educational Media Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). This project is funded by The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (Nuffic).

Functions and memberships

·	Director of Education in Psychology.

·	Member European Health Psychology Society, EHPS

Recent Working Papers and Publications

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. Correlates of sexual faithfulness to prevent HIV infection among low-literate rural women in Ethiopia (submitted)

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. Determinants of condom use among low-literate, rural males in the Amhara region: an analysis using social cognition models (submitted)

Bogale, G.W., & Boer, H., Seydel, E.R. (In press). Correlates of sexual faithfulness among low-literate rural in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. African Journal of AIDS Research

Van den Bosch, F., & Boer, H. De rol van cognitieve, gevoelsmatige en cultureel religieuze factoren bij de bereidheid tot orgaandonatie bij Turkse Nederlanders. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 89(2), 101-107.

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2011) Effects of a theory based, audio HIV/AIDS intervention for illiterate, rural females in Amhara, Ethiopia. AIDS Education and Prevention, 23(1), 26-38.

Planken, M.J.E., Boer, H. (2010). Effects of a 10-minutes peer education protocol to reduce binge drinking among adolescents during holidays. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 54(2),35-52.

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2010). Reaching the hearts and minds of illiterate women in the Amhara Highland of Ethiopia: development and pre-testing of oral HIV/AIDS prevention messages. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 7(1), 94-101.

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2010). Condom use among low-literate, rural females in Ethiopia: the role of vulnerability to HIV infection, condom attitude, and self-efficacy. AIDS Care, 22(7), 851-857.

Nijland, N., Boer, H., Cranen, K., & Van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C. (2010). Patient use and compliance with medical advice delivered by a web-based triage system in primary care. Journal of Telemedine and Telecare, 16, 8-11.

Boer, H., & Custers, T.A. (2009). Social capital and communication on HIV prevention with young adolescents in Kayamandi Township, South Africa. In: Lagerwerf, L., Boer, H., & Wasserman, H. (Eds.). (2009). Health Communication in Southern Africa: Engaging with Social and Cultural Diversity (pp. 55-68). Amsterdam:Rozenberg Publishers / Pretoria: UNISA Press.

Lagerwerf, L., Boer, H., & Wasserman, H. (Eds.). (2009). Health Communication in Southern Africa: Engaging with Social and Cultural Diversity. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers / Pretoria: UNISA Press. (306 pages)

Bogale, G.W., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2009). HIV-prevention knowledge among illiterate and low literate women in rural Amhara, Ethiopia. African Journal of AIDS Research, 8(3), 349-357.

Nijland, N., Van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C., Boer, H., Steehouder, M.F., Seydel, E.R. (2009). Increasing the use of e-consultation in primary care: results of an online survey among non-users of e-consult. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78, 688-703.

Nijland, N., Van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C, Boer, H., Steehouder, M. & Seydel, E. (2008). Evaluation of Internet-based technology for supporting self-care: problems encountered by patients and caregivers when using self-care applications. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 10 (2), e13.

Dijkstra, A., Kangawaza, E.M., Martens, C., Boer, H., & Rasker, J.J. (2007). Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and policy knowledge in a South African state hospital. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 4(2), 636-639.

Gebreeyesus Hadera, H., Boer, H., & Kuiper, W.A.J.M. (2007). Using the theory of planned behaviour to understand the motivation to learn about HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescents in Tigray, Ethiopia. Aids Care, 19(7), 895-900.

Pieterse, M., Boer, H., & Goosensen, S. (2007). Sensation-seeking and risk behavior: the mediating role of cognitions. Health Psychology Review, 1 (1 suppl), 102-103.

Boer, H., & Mashamba, M. T. (2007). Gender power imbalance and differential psychosocial correlates of intended condom use among male and female adolescents in Venda, South Africa. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 51-63.

Boer, H , Ter Huurne, E., & Taal, E. (2006). Effects of pictures and textual arguments in sun protection public service announcements. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 30, 432-438.

Boer, H., & Westhoff, Y. (2006). The role of positive and negative signalling communication by strong and weak ties in the shaping of safe sex subjective norms of adolescents in South Africa. Communication Theory, 16, 75-90.

Boer, H., & Mashamba, M.T. (2005). Psychosocial correlates of HIV protection motivation among black adolescents in Venda, South Africa. Aids Education and Prevention, 17, 590-602.

Levi, R., Boer, H., & Houwing, P. (2005) Gebruik van zorgaanbod en veilig seksueel gedrag bij straatprostitutie. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 83, 432-438.

Norman, P., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2005). Protection Motivation Theory. In: M. Conner and P. Norman (eds.), Predicting Health Behaviour: Research and Practice with Social Cognition Models (pp. 81-126). Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Drossaert, C.H.C., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2005). Women’s opinions about attending for breast cancer screening: stability of cognitive determinants during three rounds of screening. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 133-149.

Boer, H., & Emons, P. (2004). Accurate and inaccurate HIV transmission beliefs, stigmatizing and HIV protection motivation in northern Thailand. Aids Care, 16, 167-176.

Boer, H, De Graaff, S., & Heijman, R. (2004). De relatie tussen kwaliteitseisen van patiënten die compressietherapie krijgen en het oordeel over de kwaliteit van de bandagist. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 82, 181-186.

Boer, H., & Carstens, A. (2003). De psychologie van veilige seks en tekstontwerp. Tydskrif vir Nederlands en Afrikaans, 1, 52-63

Drossaert, C.H.C., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2003). Prospective study on determinants of repeat attendance and attendance patterns in breast cancer screening programme using the Theory of Planned Behavior. Psychology & Health, 18, 551-565.

Drossaert, C.H.C., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2002). Monitoring women’s experience during three rounds of breast cancer screening: results from a longitudinal study. Journal of Medical Screening, 9, 168-175.

Drossaert, C.H.C., Boer, H., & Seydel, E.R. (2001). Does mammographic screening and a negative result affect attitudes towards future breast screening? Journal of Medical Screening, 8, 204-212.

Bouter, E., Boer, H., Elving, W.J.L., Lunter, S.M., & Nielander. A.J.M. (2001). Kwaliteit van voorlichting aan kankerpatiënten. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 79, 413-419.