Persoonlijk profiel
Expertise
Julie Stevens holds a Master of Science degree in clinical psychology and completed her PhD in Social Health Science (VUB)/Health Science (UGent) in 2024, with a research focus on Advance Care Planning in general practice. During her doctoral studies, she received a predoctoral fellowship from the FWO (Research Foundation Flanders). She also has a special interest in understanding the complexity of the impact of ACP, in public health approaches to ACP and serious illness conversations, and in facilitating good patient-clinician communication about serious illness and the end of life.
Currently, she works as a postdoctoral researcher on the EU PAL-COPD project (Horizon EU), which aims to integrate palliative care into respiratory care for people with advanced COPD. In this project, a large-scale international stepped wedge cluster-randomised trial will test the effects of a service-level integrated palliative care intervention, tailored to local contexts.
Scientific expertise:
- Advance care planning
- Serious and chronic illness
- Patient-clinician communication
- General practice and primary care
- Randomised controlled trials
- Mixed methods research
Flemish discipline codes in use since 2023
- Public health sciences not elsewhere classified
- Elderly care
- Primary health care
- Health management
Vingerafdruk
- 1 Soortgelijke profielen
Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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EUAR179: EU PAL COPD: Evaluatie van de ICLEAR-EU-interventie om palliatieve zorg te integreren in de behandeling van mensen met gevorderde COPD en hun mantelzorgers: een internationale RCT met getrapte wigcluster in zes Europese landen.
Pardon, K. (Administrative Promotor), Stevens, J. (Medewerker), Daenen, F. (Medewerker), Sallnow, L. (Medewerker), Beernaert, K. (Medewerker) & Dombrecht, L. (Medewerker)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Toegepast
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FWOTM975: Verbeteren van bereidheid van patiënten om deel te nemen aan gesprekken over voorafgaande zorgplanning: een gerandomiseerde gecontroleerde studie in de huisartsenpraktijk
Pardon, K. (Administrative Promotor), Deliens, L. (Co-Promoter) & Stevens, J. (Mandataris)
1/11/19 → 31/10/23
Project: Fundamenteel
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A palliative care intervention for people with advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Cultural adaptation and standardisation from the UK to other European contexts.
Karadag, D., Walshe, C., Marsden, P., Scherrens, A.-L., Wichmann, A. B., Fulop, B., Stevens, J., Pardon, K., Hammer, N. M., Hernandez Marrero, P. & Preston, N., 2025. 1 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Poster
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EU PAL-COPD: Integrating palliative care in treatment for advanced COPD across Europe
Daenen, F., Stevens, J., van der Meer, M., Beernaert, K., Preston, N., Marsden, P., Martins Pereira, S., Wichmann, A. B., Hammer, N. M., Csikos, A., Verschuur, E., May, P., Vaccaro, V., White, P., Starchenko, P., Deliens, L. & Pardon, K., sep. 2025, blz. 6021. 1 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Poster
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Advance care planning in general practice and beyond: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the ACP-GP intervention
Stevens, J., 2024, 373 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: PhD Thesis
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Advanced Communication Strategies for Effective Advance Care Planning.
Pardon, K., Stevens, J. & Roex, A., 2024, Textbook of Palliative Care. . McLeod, R. D. & Van den block, L. (uitgave). Springer, London, blz. 1791-1811 20 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Chapter › Research › peer review
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Clinicians' experiences implementing an advance care planning pathway in two Canadian provinces: a qualitative study
Stevens, J., Elston, D., Tan, A., Barwich, D., Carter, R. Z., Cochrane, D., Frenette, N. & Howard, M., 15 jun. 2024, In: BMC primary care. 25, 1, 9 blz., 217.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
Open Access
Datasets
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ACP-GP Patient data
Pardon, K. (Creator) & Stevens, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 14 feb. 2025
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ACP-GP Gesprekken huisarts-patient
Pardon, K. (Creator) & Stevens, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 14 feb. 2025
Dataset
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ACP-GP Focus group and interview data
Pardon, K. (Creator) & Stevens, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 14 feb. 2025
Dataset
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ACP-GP General practitioner data
Pardon, K. (Creator) & Stevens, J. (Creator), VUB Institutional Data Repository, 14 feb. 2025
Dataset
Activiteiten
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ACP for people with dementia and other life-limiting illnesses: opportunities and challenges
Stevens, J. (Speaker)
7 feb. 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Sharing practices on integrating palliative care in COPD care
Stevens, J. (Speaker) & Pardon, K. (Speaker)
28 sep. 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Vroegtijdige Zorgplanning bij COPD
Stevens, J. (Speaker)
12 dec. 2025Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Advance care planning in general practice: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Belgium
Stevens, J. (Speaker)
6 jul. 2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Advance Care Planning
Stevens, J. (Speaker)
9 okt. 2021Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference