Biography

I am a health communication and social computational scientist. My research interests include the information environment and its influence on (determinants of) health and behavior. I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher conducting a collaborative project between the Donor Behavior group at Sanquin Research and the Communication Science department at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Interests

  • Health perceptions
  • Behavior change
  • (Automated) content analysis / Text mining / NLP

Education

  • PhD in Health Psychology

    University of Califorina, Merced

  • BSc in Communication Science

    University of Amsterdam

Featured Publications

Barriers to blood donation on social media: an analysis of Facebook and Twitter posts

Semantic network analysis of barriers to blood donation in social media messages.
Steven Ramondt, Melissa Zijlstra, Peter Kerkhof, Eva-Maria Merz
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Barriers to blood donation on social media: an analysis of Facebook and Twitter posts

Recent Publications

Steven Ramondt, A. Susana Ramírez (2020). Media Reporting on Air Pollution: Health Risk and Precautionary Measures in National and Regional Newspapers. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(18), 6516.

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Steven Ramondt, Melissa Zijlstra, Peter Kerkhof, Eva-Maria Merz (2020). Barriers to blood donation on social media: an analysis of Facebook and Twitter posts. Transfusion, 60(10).

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A. Susana Ramírez, Steven Ramondt, Karina Van Bogart, Raquel Perez-Zuniga (2019). Public Awareness of Air Pollution and Health Threats: Challenges and Opportunities for Communication Strategies To Improve Environmental Health Literacy. Journal of Health Communication, 24(1), 75-83.

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Steven Ramondt, A. Susana Ramírez (2019). Assessing the impact of the public nutrition information environment: Adapting the cancer information overload scale to measure diet information overload. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(1), 37-42.

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