J.H. Smit
| Telephone: | +3120 788 4535 |
| E-mail: | Contact form |
| Department VUmc: | Psychiatry |
| Position: |
More information
Name : Dr. J.H. Smit
Department : Department of Research GGZ inGeest/Department of Psychiatry VUmc
Position : Managing Director
CURRICULUM
Dr. J.H. Smit (1959) studied Cultural Anthropology/Methodology at the VU University Amsterdam (1988). He obtained his PhD in 1995 also at the VU University.
Key interests: survey methodology, data quality, measurement error, longitudinal designs and methodology.
CURRENT PROJECTS
2001- 2007 Associate Professor in Survey Methodology. Department of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Centre & Department of Sociology, Vu University.
2001-present Project Manager of the Amsterdam Study of Anxiety and Depression (AMSTAD). Department of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Centre.
2002-present Project Manager of the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA). Department of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Centre.
2006-present Project Manager of the Netherlands Study naar Depressie bij Ouderen (NESDO). Department of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Centre.
2006-present Project Manager van de Nederlandse OCD Associatie (NOCDA). Department of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Centre.
2008-present Managing Director of Research. Department of Psychiatry GGZ inGeest /Vu University Medical Centre.
KEY PUBLICATIONS
1. Smit JH, Dijkstra W, & Zouwen J van der. (1997). Suggestive interviewer behaviour in surveys: An experimental study. Journal of Official Statistics, 13 (1), 19-28.
2. Smit JH, Deeg, DJH, & Schmand BA. (1997). Asking the age question: A reverse
record check study. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 52b, 175-177.
3. Comijs HC, Dijkstra W, Bouter, LM, & Smit JH. (2000). The quality of data
collection by an interview on the prevalence of elder mistreatment. Journal of
Elderly Abuse & Neglect, 2 (1), 57-72.
4. Deeg DJH, Tilburg T van , Smit J.H, & De Leeuw ED. (2002). Attrition in The
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam: The effect of differential inclusions in side
studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55, 319-328.
5. Klinkenberg M, Smit JH, Deeg DJH, Willems DL, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, & Wal
G van der. (2003). Proxy reporting in after death interviews: the use of proxy
respondents in retrospective assessment of chronic diseases and symptom burden
in the terminal phase of life. Palliative Medicine, 17, 191-201
