Functions

Senior lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

Researcher, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Post-doctoral researcher/project manager, Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Project: Refugees and Asylum seekers - High prevalence of health problems

Junior-researcher/project manager, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome treatment - Is there light at the end of the carpal tunnel?

Publications

Selection of 8 publications:

1. Gerritsen AA, Deville W. Gender differences in health and health care use in migrants in the Netherlands. BMC Public Health 2009,9:109.
2. Gerritsen AA, Kruger P, Schim van der Loeff MF, Grobusch MP. Malaria incidence in Limpopo Province, South Africa, 1998-2007. Malaria Journal 2008, 7:162.
3. Boot HJ, Wallenburg I, de Melker HE, Mangen MJ, Gerritsen AA, van der Maas NA, Berkhof J, Meijer CJ, Kimman TG. Assessing the introduction of universal human papillomavirus vaccination for preadolescent girls in the Netherlands. Vaccine. 2007;25:6245-56.
4. Gerritsen AA, Bramsen I, Deville W, van Willigen LH, Hovens JE, van der Ploeg HM. Use of health care services by Afghan, Iranian, and Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in The Netherlands. Eur J Public Health. 2006 Aug;16:394-9.
5. Gerritsen AA, Bramsen I, Deville W, van Willigen LH, Hovens JE, van der Ploeg HM. Physical and mental health of Afghan, Iranian and Somali asylum seekers and refugees living in the Netherlands. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2006;41:18-26.
6. Scholten RJ, Gerritsen AA, Uitdehaag BM, van Geldere D, de Vet HC, Bouter LM. Surgical treatment options for carpal tunnel syndrome (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2004. Oxford: Update.
7. Gerritsen AA, de Vet HC, Scholten RJ, Bertelsmann FW, de Krom MC, Bouter LM. Splinting versus surgery in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2002;288:1245-1251.
8. Gerritsen AA, de Krom MC, Struijs MA, Scholten RJ, de Vet HC, Bouter LM. Conservative treatment options for carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. J Neurol 2002;249:272-280.

Presentations

Selection of 3 presentations:

1. Gerritsen A, Lutje V, Siegfried N, Garner P. Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of malaria prevention and treatment in Africa. Book of abstracts. 5th Public Health Association of South Africa Conference 2009. Durban, South Africa, 30 November – 2 December 2009.
2. Gerritsen AAM. INDEPTH Network Perspectives on The Dynamics of Migration, Health and Livelihoods. Migration and Society seminar Forced migration studies programme, University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 July 2009.
3. Gerritsen AA, Kruger P. Malaria incidence in Limpopo Province, South Africa, 1998-2007. Book of abstracts. 4th Public Health Association of South Africa Conference 2008. Cape Town, South Africa, 2 – 4 June 2008.

References

Selection of research experience references:

• Henk van der Ploeg - former Head Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Lex Bouter - former Director Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Maarten F Schim van der Loeff - Senior epidemiologist Health Service of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Martin Grobusch - Head Infectious Diseases Unit, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Philip Kruger - Manager Malaria Control Programme, Limpopo Department of Health and Social Development, Tzaneen, South Africa
• Riekie de Vet - Professor of Clinimetrics, co-ordinator of the research program Musculoskeletal disorders, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Rob Scholten - Director Dutch Cochrane Centre, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Simone Goosen - Researcher, Landelijk Bureau Publieke Gezondheidszorg Asielzoekers, GGD Nederland, The Netherlands
• Walter Devillé - Professor in Refugees and Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands