Tineke Abma
Professor by Special Appointment Participation by the elderly
- Name
- Prof.dr. T.A. Abma
- Telephone
- +31 71 526 8446
- t.a.abma@lumc.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8902-322X
Tineke Abma is Professor of Participation of Older People at the department of Public Health and Primary Care at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC). She is also Executive Director of knowledge institute Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing. Tineke Abma is member of the Scientific Council of Institute GAK, and chair of the Waardenwerk (Ethics Work) foundation.
More information about Tineke Abma
Participation of Older People
The chair Participation of Older People is embedded at the department of Public Health and Primary Care of the LUMC. Tineke Abma leads research aiming to strengthen the position of older people and patients in healthcare, policy and scientific research. With special attention to the inclusion and social participation of people in a vulnerable situation.
Tineke Abma argues for an approach to participation based on connectedness and mutual dependence: after all, everyone wants to contribute and feel included. With her participatory action research, she aims to contribute to the participation and quality of life of clients and older people, so that they can fully participate in society and so that facilities, such as healthcare and welfare, better match their needs and desires. Dialogue and deliberation, between older people and with other parties such as researchers and healthcare professionals, are crucial to gain insight into what really matters to people.
Academic career
Tineke Abma was trained as a nurse and obtained her doctorate in 1996 in Health Policy and Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 2002 to 2009, she worked as an associate professor at Maastricht University, after which she transferred to Amsterdam UMC (VUmc) where she was appointed as Endowed Professor of Client Participation in Elderly Care. From September 2010 to November 2021, she was Full Professor of Participation & Diversity in Amsterdam at the Department of Ethics, Law & Medical Humanities. In 2014, she co-founded the Centre for Client Experiences. She is also the founder of the School for Participation. Since December 2019, she is Executive Director of knowledge institute Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing.
Tineke Abma supervised more than thirty PhDs and, in addition to more than 150 international scientific articles (H-index 40), published the books Zeggenschap in Wetenschap (Democratic Participation in Science) (2007), Herinneringen en dromen van zeggenschap. Cliëntenparticipatie in de ouderenzorg (Memories and Dreams of Democracy, Participation in Elderly Care) (2010) and the international handbook Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being (2019). Her work was recognized in 2007 with the Crebolder Award for Societal Impact. In 2013, she was awarded a prestigious ASPASIA laureate from NWO.
Professor by Special Appointment Participation by the elderly
- Faculteit Geneeskunde
- Divisie 3
- Public Health en Eerstelijnsgeneeskunde
Contact
- Hengelaar, A.H.; Hartingsveldt, M. van; Abma, T. & Verdonk, P. (2025), Deconstructing the Self-Other Binary in Care Networks by Unravelling Professional' Perspectives through an Intersectional Lens, Health Care Analysis: An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy.
- Annet van Harten Theo J.H. Niessen Jur J. Koksma Hein G. Gooszen Tineke A. Abma (2025), Time pressure in surgical teams, a help or a hindrance to patient safety?, Heliyon 11(2).
- Schuurman, M.; Groot, B. & Abma, T. (2025), Opening up creative resources: towards age-friendly communities through rhizomatic thinking and doing, Educational Action Research 33(1): 70-95.
- Verhage M., Lindenberg J., Bussemaker M. & Abma T.A. (2024), The promises of inclusive research methodologies: relational design and praxis, International Journal of Qualitative Methods 23: 1-14.
- Hengelaar, A.H.; Verdonk, P.; Hartingsveldt, M. van & Abma, T. (2024), A sense of injustice in care networks: An intersectional exploration of the collaboration between professionals and carers with a migration background., Social Science & Medicine 356.
- Eijnde, C. van den; Dohmen, M.D.; Groot, B.C.; Huijg, J.M. & Abma, T.A. (2024), Moral learning through caring stories of nursing staff - OK, Nursing Ethics 31(4): 572-583.
- Karbouniaris, S.; Boomsma-van Holten, M.; Oostindier, A.; Raats, P.; Prins-Aardema, C.C.; Weerman, A.; Wilken, J.P. & Abma, T.A. (2023), Explorations on the use of lived experiences by psychiatrists, Mental Health and Social Inclusion 27(1): 66-80.
- Bendien, E.; Kruijthoff, D.J.; Kooi, C. van der; Glas, G. & Abma, T. (2023), A Dutch study of remarkable recoveries after prayer, Journal of Religion and Health.
- Spaeth, A.; Nes, F. van; Verdonk, P. & Abma, T. (2023), How caring work of older women gets disappeared, Journal of Occupational Science.
- Wees, M. van; Duijs, S.E.; Mazurel, C.; Abma, T.A. & Verdonk, P. (2023), Negotiating masculinities at the expense of health, Gender, Work and Organization.
- Muntinga, M.; Bendien, E.; Abma, T. & Groot, B. (2023), Participatory action research and intersectionality, Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice.
- Kock, L. de; Groot, B.; Wijmen, J. van; Lindenberg, J.; Naus, A.; Bierlaagh, D. & Abma, T. (2023), The complex nature of boundary work in arts and health: a reflective journey in a social design project, Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice.
- Kruijthoff, D.J.; Bendien, E.; Kooi, C. van der; Glas, G. & Abma, T.A. (2023), Can you be cured if the doctor disagrees?, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing 19(3): 376-382.
- Groot, B.; Hendrikx, A.; Bendien, E.; Woelders, S.; Kock, L. de & Abma, T. (2023), In search of epistemic justice. Dialogical reflection of researchers on situated ethics in studies with people living with language and/or cognitive impairment, Journal of Aging Studies 66.
- Bendien, E.; Verhage, M.; Lindenberg, J. & Abma, T. (2023), Toward age-friendly policies, Journal of Aging and Social Policy.
- Heijster, H. van; Berkel, J. van; Boot, C.R.L.; Abma, T. & Vet, E. de (2022), Responsive evaluation: an innovative evaluation methodology for workplace health promotion interventions, BMJ Open 12(12).
- Heijster, H. van; Berkel, J. van; Boot, C.R.L.; Abma, T. & Vet, E. de (2022), Stakeholder dialogue on dilemmas at work as a workplace health promotion intervention including employees with a low SEP: a Responsive Evaluation, BMC Public Health 22(1).
- Dohmen, M.D.W.; Eijnde, C. van den; Thielman, C.L.E.; Lindenberg, J.; Huijg, J.M. & Abma, T.A. (2022), Good care during COVID-19, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(4).
- Abma, T.; Breed, M.; Lips, S. & Schrijver, J. (2022), Whose Voice is It Really? Ethics of Photovoice With Children in Health Promotion, International Journal of Qualitative Methods 21.
- Groot, B.; Haveman, A.; Buree, M.; Zuijlen, R. van; Zuijlen, J. van & Abma, T. (2022), What Patients Prioritize for Research to Improve Their Lives and How Their Priorities Get Dismissed again, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(4).
- Napel-Schutz, M.C. ten; Karbouniaris, S.; Mares, S.H.W.; Arntz, A. & Abma, T.A. (2022), Perspectives of underweight people with eating disorders on receiving Imagery Rescripting trauma treatment, JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS 10(1).
- Harten, A. van; Gooszen, H.G.; Koksma, J.J.; Niessen, T.J.H. & Abma, T.A. (2021), An observational study of distractions in the operating theatre, Anaesthesia 76(3).
- Karbouniaris, S.; Weerman, A.; Dunnewind, B.; Wilken, J.P. & Abma, T.A. (2021), Professionals harnessing experiential knowledge in Dutch mental health settings, Mental Health and Social Inclusion.
- Duijs, S.E.; Haremaker, A.; Bourik, Z.; Abma, T.A. & Verdonk, P. (2021), Pushed to the margins and stretched to the limit, Feminist Economics 27(1-2): 217-235.
- Groot, B.C.; Schrijver, J. & Abma, T.A. (2021), Are you afraid of press and social media?, Educational Action Research.