**About the Special Issue Editor**

**Jessica Sophia Gubbels** (PhD). Dr. Jessica Gubbels is an associate professor at the Department of Health Promotion within Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her research mainly focuses on the (environmental) determinants of health behavior of young children and their families. Most of her projects focus on the influence of parents and childcare. She has a special interest in the interaction between determinants of health behavior. In addition to her research in the European context, she supervises several PhD-projects in developing countries, including Sudan, Lebanon, and Uganda. She also teaches within various programs, including the bachelor programs of Health Sciences, Psychology, and European Public Health, as well as the master program in Health Education and Promotion. She is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences for both practice and research, and is a member of specialist committees of the Dutch Health Council. She has received various prestigious fellowships and grants.
