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Jasper Been
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Neonatologist, Professor in Perinatal Public Health @Erasmus MC
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rtvrijnmond.bsky.social
Robot zet straks moedermelk klaar voor te vroeg geboren baby's: 'Elke minuut aan het bed telt'
#rijnmond #algemeen
Robot zet straks moedermelk klaar voor te vroeg geboren baby's: 'Elke minuut aan het bed telt'
Een robot zal in de nabije toekomst met uiterste precisie moedermelk klaar gaan zetten voor te vroeg geboren baby's in het Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. Het bespaart verpleegkundigen uren werk per dag, zodat ze meer tijd overhouden voor waar het uiteindelijk om draait: de zorg voor de allerkleinste patiënten.
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July 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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nrc.nl
Nederland kent zogenaamde hitte-ongelijkheid. Hoe zwakker de sociaal-economische positie, des te groter de gevolgen van een hittegolf.
Of je rijk of arm bent bepaalt ook of je je kunt weren tegen hitte
Hittestress: Nederland kent zogenaamde hitte-ongelijkheid. Hoe zwakker de sociaal-economische positie, des te groter de gevolgen van een hittegolf.
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June 26, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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abbeyarletto.bsky.social
When reality surpasses fiction!

Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming.

Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
June 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
Dutch nationwide registry study to identify spatial, contextual and environmental inequalities in birth outcomes bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/2/...
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June 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: Active ingredients of smoking cessation interventions for (expectant) parents experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage: a mixed-methods systematic review. https://bit.ly/4ueCjG4
June 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Barriers to implementation of financial incentives for smoking cessation among (expectant) parents included misalignment with participants’ context & resources, recruitment & retention challenges, limited reliability of abstinence verification & high resource demands. https://bit.ly/4uXO1Vz
June 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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nrc.nl
Wetenschappers en actievoerders slaan alarm: dit wordt ‘het meest vervuilende WK ooit’.
Wetenschappers en actievoerders slaan alarm: dit wordt ‘het meest vervuilende WK ooit’
WK voetbal: Spelers en fans zullen dit WK te maken krijgen met hoge temperaturen, verwachten wetenschappers. De FIFA kondigde vijf jaar geleden al ambitieuze plannen aan om klimaatopwarming tegen te gaan. Daar is bitter weinig van terechtgekomen, stellen critici vast in aanloop naar het toernooi in de VS, Mexico en Canada.
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June 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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nrc.nl
Een verbod op sigarettenfilters zou goed zijn voor het milieu, zegt het RIVM. Ze doen ook niks voor de gezondheid: dat is ‘marketing’
Een verbod op sigarettenfilters zou goed zijn voor het milieu, zegt het RIVM. Ze doen ook niks voor de gezondheid: dat is ‘marketing’
Een verbod op filters in sigaretten: hoe denkt het RIVM daarover? Op verzoek van het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat heeft het wetenschappelijk instituut een advies…
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April 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
Nog beter: filters afschaffen. Die geven nl. geen gezondheidswinst maar vervuilen wel.

"Gemeenten willen dat tabaksindustrie alle opruimkosten van peuken betaalt" - nos.nl/l/2611184
Gemeenten willen dat tabaksindustrie alle opruimkosten van peuken betaalt
Tabaksfabrikanten betalen veel te weinig voor het opruimen van de zwaar vervuilende sigarettenpeuken, vinden gemeenten.
nos.nl
April 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: ENDS use is significantly associated with increased risk of tobacco smoking initiation among non-smokers, particularly adolescents, supporting the gateway hypothesis. https://bit.ly/4rXIn3X
April 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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nieuws.nos.nl
Duizenden zwangere vrouwen roken, maar stoptherapie met cadeaubonnen lijkt effectief
Duizenden zwangere vrouwen roken, maar stoptherapie met cadeaubonnen lijkt effectief
Een Brits programma waarbij aanstaande moeders worden beloond met cadeaubonnen lijkt een goede psychologische trigger om te stoppen met roken.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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rtvrijnmond.bsky.social
Duizenden zwangere vrouwen roken, maar stoptherapie met cadeaubonnen lijkt effectief
#rijnmond #algemeen
Duizenden zwangere vrouwen roken, maar stoptherapie met cadeaubonnen lijkt effectief
Het Erasmus MC in Rotterdam heeft grote interesse in een Britse methode om zwangere vrouwen van het roken af te helpen. Het gaat niet om een speciaal medicijn, maar om een cadeaubon. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat het cadeaubonnen veel zwangere vrouwen over de streep trekken om te stoppen met roken.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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jamanetworkopen.com
Universal transcutaneous bilirubin (#TCB) screening identified more neonates requiring treatment for hyperbilirubinemia and was cost-effective compared with visual inspection alone in midwifery-led home care. ja.ma/3LNnvgC
A Tornado diagram showing incremental costs for different parameters. Parameters listed include exchange transfusion treatment rate, intensive phototherapy rate, unit prices for hospital day, phototherapy at home, and blood pricks.
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
How to screen for jaundice in newborns cared for @home? Our prospective study among >2300 babies now out in @jamanetworkopen.com shows that transcutaneous bilirubin screening picks up ~30% more babies requiring treatment than visual inspection. And saves costs.
#neonatology

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Universal Transcutaneous Bilirubin Screening in a Midwifery-Led Home Care Setting
This decision analytical model compares the outcomes and costs associated with universal transcutaneous bilirubin screening vs visual inspection for identifying neonates being cared for at home in the...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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moberndorfer.bsky.social
New paper finally published! Using data on 78 million births from 15 countries, we found that babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic have a different parental socioeconomic composition than expected had the pandemic not occurred. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Screenshot of the title and abstract: Parental socioeconomic composition of birth cohorts changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic offers opportunities to study effects of in-utero and early life exposure to environmental changes. However, inferences from such studies may be flawed if the pandemic has changed the socioeconomic composition of parents. Analysing over 77.9 million live births from 15 countries, we estimate changes in the socioeconomic composition of the cohort born between December 2020 and December 2021 using interrupted time series analysis. We find that, compared with their counterfactual compositions, the December 2020-December 2021 birth cohort has a higher proportion of babies born to socioeconomically advantaged parents in Austria, England, Finland, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Wales, and the United States while we observe the opposite change for Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. These changes in cohort composition may cause between-cohort differences in life course outcomes that are influenced by parental socioeconomic circumstances even if early life exposure to the pandemic had no direct effect on this birth cohort. Figure 4 in the article. Figure caption: The black dots are percentage-point differences derived from the estimated mean counterfactual number of live births using interrupted time series Poisson regressions on the number of live births. 95% confidence intervals presented as horizontal lines around the point estimates are estimated using a three-step approach (see method section). Estimates are based on 596,276 live births for Austria; 19,995,228 for Brazil; 4,329,577 for Colombia; 413,903 for Denmark; 1,965,574 for Ecuador; 4,391,999 for England; 330,063 for Finland; 12,876,945 for Mexico; 1,167,024 for the Netherlands; 343,379 for Scotland; 134,874 for South Australia; 2,229,935 for Spain; 758,034 for Sweden; 22,306,054 for the United States; 216,797 for Wales. For Spain, only births with maternal age over 25 are included (see methods and suppl. material). Quintiles of equivalised household income and area deprivation are abbreviated by the letter Q. Q5 (highest income, lowest deprivation) denotes the fifth quintile, Q4 the fourth quintile, and so forth. For countries, where only parental educational attainment was available, “Post-Second./ Tert.” denotes post-secondary or tertiary educational attainment, “Upper Second.” denotes upper secondary educational attainment, “Lower Second.” denotes lower secondary educational attainment, and “Prim.” denotes primary educational attainment.
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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bmj.com
Children are now using e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults.

Tom Gatehouse and colleagues argue for an approach to regulation that prioritises children’s rights and protects them
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Teenager vaping
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
Tijdens de 1e corona #lockdown waren er plots veel minder vroeggeboortes. Kan ons dit meer leren over hoe we #vroeggeboorte kunnen voorkomen?

@liesbethsmit.bsky.social maakte een video over ons onderzoek hiernaar 👇

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November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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jamanetworkopen.com
Exposure to antenatal corticosteroids was associated with increased risks of respiratory and nonrespiratory infections in full-term and late preterm children up to age 21, but no association was found in children born before 34 weeks’ gestation.

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Forest plot showing hazard ratios(HR) and confidence intervals(CI) for first infections by gestational age.Respiratory infections' HR increases with gestational age.Nonrespiratory infections show a similar trend.
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Convergence researchers @jaspervbeen.bsky.social and Pilar Garcia-Gomez with colleagues and collaborators show that prenatal exposure to extreme temperatures negatively impacts on birth outcomes. This underscores the need for targeted public health policies.
Health disparities in the impact of prenatal temperature exposure on birth outcomes: A nationwide population-based study in the Netherlands
This study aimed to investigate the impact of prenatal temperature exposure on birth outcomes and related health disparities across socioeconomic stat…
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July 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
*new paper*
Heat exposure during pregnancy linked to higher incidence of preterm birth and low birth weight in the Netherlands. Important socioeconomic inequalities, with those in vulnerable positions being most affected.

Link to our paper in Public Health 👇

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Health disparities in the impact of prenatal temperature exposure on birth outcomes: A nationwide population-based study in the Netherlands
This study aimed to investigate the impact of prenatal temperature exposure on birth outcomes and related health disparities across socioeconomic stat…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
Wearable phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: is it safe and does it work?

First in-human pilot study of battery-powered phototherapy integrated in a romper now published in European Journal of Pediatrics:

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First in-human pilot study of wearable phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia - European Journal of Pediatrics
This pilot study aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of the first wearable phototherapy device in (near-)term neonates with unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia. This prospective single-arm inter...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
More evidence showing that investment in early child health and development pays off
theifs.bsky.social The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · May 22
NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND.

Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run.

THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report:

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Chart shows the effects of Sure Start on academic achievements by age, SEN support by age, probability of hospitalisation by age and criminal behaviour up to age 16.
May 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Nice study showing cigarette taxes are progressive on the health side:

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Cigarette taxation and socioeconomic inequalities in under-5 mortality across 94 low-income and middle-income countries: a longitudinal ecological study
High cigarette taxes are associated with a large decrease in absolute inequality in child mortality in LMICs. These findings support raising cigarette taxes to the WHO-recommended 75% or more of the r...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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nathumbehav.nature.com
In this study, Hindes et al examine evidence for adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes. They find that reduced rates of preterm birth and increased positive screening rates for possible antenatal depression are associated with the first lockdowns.
The association of COVID-19 lockdowns with adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes in 28 high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Nature Human Behaviour
In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 132 studies, Hindes et al. examine evidence for adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes. They find that reduced rates of preterm birth and increased positive screening rates for possible antenatal depression are associated with the first lockdowns.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
jaspervbeen.bsky.social
What else needs to be done to provide highly needed protection of #children to #tobacco smoke in the home? Great suggestions in this paper in @bmj.com's Tobacco Control 👇

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Protecting children from second-hand tobacco smoke in the home: the need for a new approach
Recent decades have seen enormous global success in tackling the harms from breathing second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS). Ireland led the way in introducing national-level smoke-free enclosed public spac...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM