Researcher

Jeroen De Man

Research Expertise:My research centers on prevention of chronic conditions in disadvantaged populations. I am lead data scientist of the national dietary intake survey (NDIS) of South Africa. I studied nutrition, diabetes, depression and anxiety in global contexts. I analyzed the implementation of self-management through modeling of motivational constructs and identifying mechanisms related to the health system and people's social and physical environment.

Keywords:BEHAVIOUR, MOTIVATION, EMOTION, NUTRITION, BIOSTATISTICS, PSYCHOMETRICS, CHRONIC DISEASE, Medicine

Disciplines:Health promotion and policy, Preventive medicine, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Primary health care, Learning and behaviour, Motivation and emotion, Psychometrics, Research methods and experimental design, Statistics and data analysis, Social behaviour and social action

Research techniques:Psyhometrics, biostatistics, cluster-randomized trials, interviews, surveys.

Users of research expertise:Health policy makers, public health interventionists, health system staff, health advocacy groups.