Biography
Nieboer is a professor of Socio-Medical Sciences at the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University. In the past decade, her work has focused on quality of care; innovation in health and social care; and the selfmanagement abilities and wellbeing of community-dwelling, (frail) older people. The author of more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, Nieboer has extensive experience with the evaluation of large-scale, complex, and multidisciplinary interventions. Nieboer holds a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and a doctorate from the same institution upon completing the doctoral program in sociology at the Interuniversity Center for Social Science, Theory, and Methodology.
Fields of interest
- Well-being
- Quality of care
- Innovations in health and social care
- Healthy ageing
- Ageing in place
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Full professor | Socio-Medical Sciences (SMS)
- nieboer@eshpm.eur.nl
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Work
- Justine van de Beek, Violet Steeghs, Femke Hilverda & Anna Petra Nieboer (2025) - Unraveling the threads of vulnerability and resilience: Young men's journey through unintended fatherhood - Journal of Family Research, 37, 26-42 - doi: 10.20377/jfr-1038
- Justine van de Beek, Femke Hilverda, Violet Petit-Steeghs & Anna Petra Nieboer (2025) - Dutch maternity care providers’ attitudes toward and support of young fathers: A cross-sectional survey-based study - Midwifery, 140 - doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2024.104229 - [link]
- Hager Hussein, Jane Murray Cramm & Anna Petra Nieboer (2024) - Acculturation and self-management abilities of well-being among older Moroccans in the Netherlands - European Journal of Public Health, 34 (Supplement_3) - doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.2035 - [link]
- Paige I. Crompvoets, Anna Petra Nieboer, Elisabeth F.C. Van Rossum & Jane M. Cramm (2024) - Validation of the 40-Item and 24-Item Short Version of the Person-Centred Obesity Care Instrument for Patients Living with Obesity - Obesity Facts - doi: 10.1159/000541499 - [link]
- Paige I. Crompvoets, Anna P. Nieboer, Elisabeth F.C. van Rossum & Jane M. Cramm (2024) - The relationship between person-centred care and well-being and satisfaction with care of patients living with obesity - International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 36 (3) - doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzae078 - [link]
- Hager Hussein, Jane Murray Cramm & Anna Petra Nieboer (2024) - Needs for Aging in Place: Views of Older Moroccan Adults in the Netherlands - The Gerontologist, 64 (7) - doi: 10.1093/geront/gnad154 - [link]
- Anna Petra Nieboer & Jane Murray Cramm (2024) - Growing old outside of one's home country: Well-being needs for aging in place among Turkish people in the Netherlands - Cities, 150 - doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105065 - [link]
- Paige I. Crompvoets, Anna P. Nieboer, Elisabeth F.C. van Rossum & Jane M. Cramm (2024) - Perceived weight stigma in healthcare settings among adults living with obesity: A cross-sectional investigation of the relationship with patient characteristics and person-centred care - Health Expectations, 27 (1) - doi: 10.1111/hex.13954 - [link]
- Anna P. Nieboer, Chantie C. Luijten & Jane M. Cramm (2024) - Measuring the Realisation of Well-Being Needs of Adolescents: Validation of the Social Production Function Instrument for the Level of Well-Being–Short (SPF-ILs) - Social Indicators Research, 175 (1), 151-170 - doi: 10.1007/s11205-024-03432-6 - [link]
- Warsha Jagroep, Jane Murray Cramm, Semiha Denktas & Anna Petra Nieboer (2023) - Views of older Surinamese adults in the Netherlands about neighbourhood age-friendliness and well-being realisation: A Q-methodology study - Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5 - doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100173
- Violet Steeghs, Femke Hilverda, Justine van de Beek & Anna Petra Nieboer (2025) - Open & Responsible Science Award
- Enise Cayci, Thijs van den Broek & Anna Petra Nieboer (2023) - NWO Mosaic 2.0 grant
