Biography:

Smits is a sociologist who graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven. She currently serves as a General Lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Anton de Kom University (AdeKUS), within the Department of Public Health. In addition, she chairs the Examination Committee of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMeW).

In 2017, Smits successfully completed the Teaching Professionalization Program (Docent Professionalisering Onderwijs, DPO traject) at AdeKUS as part of the fifth cohort.

Publications 

• CCF Smits, JR Toelsie, MGM Eersel and ISK Krishnadath, (2018). Equity in health care: An urban and rural, and gender perspective; The Suriname Health Study. AIMS Public Health, 5 (1): 1-12.
• Krishnadath I., Smits C., Jaddoe V., Hofman A. and Toelsie J., (2015) The Suriname Health Study: Risk Factors for non-communicable diseases in a developing country, JMIR, JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada.
• Gezondheid in Suriname: een analyse van chronische aandoeningen, beperkingen en sporten, gebaseerd op de CENSUS 2012 resultaten. In: Mozaiek van het Surinaamse volk – Volkstellingen in demografisch, economisch en sociaal perspectief, J. Menke (Red), IGSR en ABS, juli 2016, Paramaribo, Suriname.
• Se-Sergio M. Baldew, Ingrid S.K. Krishnadath, Christel C.F. Smits, Jerry R. Toelsie, Luc Vanhees, Veronique Cornelissen. Self-reported physical activity behavior of a multi-ethnic adult population within the urban and rural setting in Suriname. (submitted for publication, BMC Public Health).
• “Gold and commercial sex: Exploring the link between small-scale gold mining and commercial sex in the rainforest of Suriname”, In: Tourism and the sex trade in the Caribbean, SMLA, and AdeKUS, directed by dr. Kamala Kempadoo, University of Colorado, Cynthia Mellon, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos and Jacquie Burgess, Caribbean association for Feminist Research and Action, 1998.

Research:

Jongeren en HIV in Suriname. Een Mixed Method Studie voor het analyseren van Risicogedrag onder Jongeren (16-25 jaar) in relatie tot HIV-preventie en behandeling in Suriname.

[Youth and HIV in Suriname. A Mixed Method Study to analyze risk behavior among youth (16-25 years) in relation to HIV prevention and treatment in Suriname.]

Contact details:

christel.antonius-smits@uvs.edu