Miek Jong
Head of NAFKAM and professor in health services research (CAM)
Job description
Head of NAFKAM:
Head responsibility for NAFKAM's overall scientific and administrative activities.
The centre's foremost spokesperson, and leading the development and implementation of research and dissemination activity on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in accordance with the strategies as established with the Norwegian Directorate of Health, the NAFKAM advisory board and UiT.
Dana Catalina Mora,
Miek Jong,
Sara A. Quandt,
Thomas A. Arcury,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Trine Stub
:
Supportive care for cancer-related symptoms in pediatric oncology: a qualitative study among healthcare providers
Dana Catalina Mora,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong,
Jill Angela Hervik,
Trine Stub
:
A Qualitative Study Among Healthcare Providers on Risks Associated With the Use of Supportive Care for Cancer Treatment-Related Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
Dana Catalina Mora,
Grete Overvåg,
Miek Jong,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Debbie C. Stavleu,
J Ping Liu
et al.:
Complementary and alternative medicine
modalities used to treat adverse effects
of anti‑cancer treatment among children
and young adults: a systematic review
and meta‑analysis of randomized controlled
trials
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong,
Johanna Hök,
van der Werf Esther T.,
Trine Stub
:
Safety and use of complementary and alternative medicine in Norway during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic using an adapted version of the I-CAM-Q; a cross-sectional survey
Miek Jong,
Eric Mulder,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Trine Stub,
Heléne Dahlqvist,
Eija Viitasara
et al.:
Protocol of a mixed-method randomised controlled pilot study evaluating a wilderness programme for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: the WAYA study
Miek Jong,
Trine Stub,
Eric Mulder,
Mats Jong
:
The Development and Acceptability of a Wilderness Programme to Support the Health and Well-Being of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: The WAYA Programme
Herman van Wietmarschen,
Sjef Staps,
Judith Meijer,
Francisca Flinterman,
Miek Jong
:
The Use of the Bolk Model for Positive Health and Living
Environment in the Development of an Integrated Health
Promotion Approach: A Case Study in a Socioeconomically
Deprived Neighborhood in The Netherlands
Tonje Holte Stea,
Miek Jong,
Liv Fegran,
Ellen Sejersted,
M. Jong,
Sophia Louise Hjorth Wahlgren
et al.:
Mapping the Concept, Content, and Outcome of Family-Based Outdoor Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems: A Scoping Review
Dana Catalina Mora,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Grete Overvåg,
Miek Jong,
Marit Mentink,
Jianping Liu
et al.:
Safety of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatment among children and young adults who suffer from adverse effects of conventional cancer treatment: A systematic review
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
van der Werf Esther T.,
Trine Stub,
Frauke Musial,
Barbara Wider,
Miek Jong
et al.:
Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 related Symptoms. A Population Based Cross-sectional Study in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands
Trine Stub,
Miek Jong,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen
:
The impact of COVID-19 on complementary and alternative medicine providers: A cross-sectional survey in Norway
Advances in Integrative Medicine (AIMED) 2021 DOI
Trine Stub,
Sara A. Quandt,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong,
Thomas A. Arcury
:
Communication and information needs
about complementary and alternative
medicine: a qualitative study of parents of
children with cancer
Mats Jong,
E. Anne Lown,
Winnie Schats,
Michelle L. Mills,
Heather Rose Otto,
Leiv Einar Gabrielsen
et al.:
A scoping review to map the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors
Esther T. van der Werf,
Martine Busch,
Miek Jong,
H J Rogier Hoenders
:
Lifestyle changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands
Trine Stub,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Grete Overvåg,
Miek Jong,
Frauke Musial,
Jianping Liu
:
Adverse effects in homeopathy. A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Kristina Lundberg,
Mats Jong,
Miek Jong,
Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen
:
Patients’experiences of the caring encounter in health promotion practice: aqualitative study in Swedish primary healthcare
Trine Stub,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Grete Overvåg,
Miek Jong
:
An integrative review on the information and communication needs of parents of children with cancer regarding the use of complementary and alternative medicine
Maria Catharina Jong,
Anne Lown,
Winnie Schats,
Heather Rose Otto,
Mats Jong
:
Mapping the concept, content and outcome of wilderness therapy for childhood cancer survivors: Protocol for a scoping review
Susan Eardley,
Felicity L. Bishop,
Francesco Cardini,
Koldo Santos-Rey,
Miek C. Jong,
Sorin Ursoniu
et al.:
A pilot feasibility study of a questionnaire to determine European Union-wide CAM use
Forschende Komplementärmedizin 2012 DOI
Arne Johan Norheim,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong
:
Alternativ behandling og gråsoner
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2023
Arne Johan Norheim,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong
:
Alternative treatment and grey areas
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2023
Miek Jong
:
Utfordringer i villmarka er bra for unge kreftoverlevere
Forskning.no 2022
Dana Catalina Mora,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek Jong,
Sara A. Quandt,
Thomas A. Arcury,
Trine Stub
:
Supportive care to treat cancer-related symptoms in pediatric oncology: A qualitative study among international experts
2022
Trine Stub,
Miek Jong,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Dana Catalina Mora
:
Alernativ behandling som støttebehandling til konvensjonell behandling hos barn og unge med kreft
Naturterapeuten. Tidsskrift for naturmedisin 2022 ARKIV
Ola Lillenes,
Miek Jong
:
Register for utøvere av alternativ behandling: Kastet vi pasientsikkerheten ut med badevannet?
nordnorskdebatt.no 2022
Frauke Musial,
Miek Jong
:
NAFKAM's safety strategy applied to integrative cancer care
2022
Trine Stub,
Miek Jong,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Dana Catalina Mora
:
Alternativ behandling som støttebehandling til konvensjonell behandling hos barn og uge med kreft
Naturterapeuten tidsskrift for naturmedisin 2022
Miek Jong
:
NAFKAM: research, regulation and information on complementary and alternative treatments
2022
Miek Jong
:
Current Status on the Regulation, Use and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Europe, with a specific focus on the Nordic European Countries
2022
Miek Jong
:
Wilderness Medicine: Behandlungsoption für Fatigue und chronische Schmerzen?
2022
Miek Jong
:
Komplementärmedicinska metoder vid cancer i de Nordiska länderna : användning, utövande, och evidens kring effekt och säkerhet
2022
Miek Jong,
Mats Jong
:
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Assessing Feasibility and Impact of a Wilderness Program on Mental and Physical Health of Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors
2022
Miek Jong
:
Nasjonalt forskningssenter innen komplementær og alternativ medisin (NAFKAM)
2022
Miek Jong
:
Nasjonalt forskningssenter innen komplementær og alternativ medisin (NAFKAM)
2022
Trine Stub,
Miek Jong,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Dana Catalina Mora
:
Alternativ behandling som støttebehandling til kovensjonell behandling hos barn og uge med kreft
deQI, Tidsskrift for norsk akupunktur forening 2022 ARKIV
Frauke Musial,
Miek Jong
:
Bør alternative behandlings-former inkluderes offentlig?
Dagens medisin 28. September 2021
Miek Jong,
John Petter Lindeland
:
To livshendingar påverka og forandra min vitskaplege karriere i retning av komplementær og alternativ medisin
18. June 2020 DATA
Miek Jong,
Jorun Gaarder
:
Frykter ME-syke skremmes til å droppe viktig behandling
16. May 2020 DATA
Trine Stub,
Agnete Egilsdatter Kristoffersen,
Miek C. Jong,
Arcury Thomas A.,
Quandt Sara
:
How can we help parents of children with cancer to handle the pressure to try complementary and alternative medicine?
2019
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Research interests
Supportive care in cancer:
- wilderness therapy
- other CAM modalities
- self-help techniques.
CV
Short CV:
Miek Jong (PhD) is the head of NAFKAM, professor in Health Services Research at the UiT Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway, and lecturer in Public Health at Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Prof Jong serves as a member of several scientific advisory and management boards of foundations and organizations in Europe in the field of CAM and Integrative Medicine (IM).
She has more than 15 years of experience with investigating the effectiveness and safety of CAM and IM modalities such as meditation, yoga, hypnotherapy, anthroposophic medicine, homeopathy, guided imagery, massage, herbs, nutrition and dietary supplements.
Prof Jong earned her master degree in Medical Biology in 1993 from the University of Amsterdam, and her PhD in Medicine in 1997 at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. She immigrated to Sweden in 2018, and to Norway in 2020.
Prof Jong’s particular interests include supportive care in cancer, with specific focus on wilderness therapy in addition to other CAM modalities and self-help techniques.
She has published more than 150 papers, articles, proceedings and book chapters.