Yasmina Okan
@yasminaokan.bsky.social
Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow, Department of Communication, Universitat Pompeu Fabra @upf.edu
Behavioral scientist studying #healthcommunication #riskcommunication #decisionmaking
Behavioral scientist studying #healthcommunication #riskcommunication #decisionmaking
Opening of the International Congress on Health Communication @ Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron by @ Fran Garcia, Director of Communication, Corporate Strategy and Citizen Care #HealthCommsCongressVH
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Opening of the International Congress on Health Communication @ Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron by @ Fran Garcia, Director of Communication, Corporate Strategy and Citizen Care #HealthCommsCongressVH
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
🌞 Bon dia!
Avui és el Dia Mundial de la Salut Mental. Es calcula que 1 de cada 4 persones tindran problemes de salut mental al llarg de la seva vida.
En aquest fil us compartim la recerca que s'ha dut a terme recentment en aquesta línia.
#RecercaUPF
Avui és el Dia Mundial de la Salut Mental. Es calcula que 1 de cada 4 persones tindran problemes de salut mental al llarg de la seva vida.
En aquest fil us compartim la recerca que s'ha dut a terme recentment en aquesta línia.
#RecercaUPF
October 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🌞 Bon dia!
Avui és el Dia Mundial de la Salut Mental. Es calcula que 1 de cada 4 persones tindran problemes de salut mental al llarg de la seva vida.
En aquest fil us compartim la recerca que s'ha dut a terme recentment en aquesta línia.
#RecercaUPF
Avui és el Dia Mundial de la Salut Mental. Es calcula que 1 de cada 4 persones tindran problemes de salut mental al llarg de la seva vida.
En aquest fil us compartim la recerca que s'ha dut a terme recentment en aquesta línia.
#RecercaUPF
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
How to Report Research on the Communication of Health-Related Numbers: The Research on Communicating Numbers (ReCoN) Guidelines
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@smdm.bsky.social @bzikmund.bsky.social @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au
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@smdm.bsky.social @bzikmund.bsky.social @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au
How to Report Research on the Communication of Health-Related Numbers: The Research on Communicating Numbers (ReCoN) Guidelines - Natalie C. Benda, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Jessica S. Ancker, 2025
Background Research with lay audiences (e.g., patients, the public) can inform the communication of health-related numerical information. However, a recent syst...
journals.sagepub.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How to Report Research on the Communication of Health-Related Numbers: The Research on Communicating Numbers (ReCoN) Guidelines
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@smdm.bsky.social @bzikmund.bsky.social @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au
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@smdm.bsky.social @bzikmund.bsky.social @sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au
"Comunicación del cáncer con impacto: una mirada a través de los modelos mentales de los jóvenes" Presentación a cargo de Julia Guerrero Alcántara en el #CGutenberg25 sobre su proyecto de tesis doctoral, centrado en mejorar la comunicación sobre el cáncer de piel @casresearchgroup.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Comunicación del cáncer con impacto: una mirada a través de los modelos mentales de los jóvenes" Presentación a cargo de Julia Guerrero Alcántara en el #CGutenberg25 sobre su proyecto de tesis doctoral, centrado en mejorar la comunicación sobre el cáncer de piel @casresearchgroup.bsky.social
Mesa Redonda: Comunicación científica versus neurofolclore, con Júlia Bestard, Estefanía Estévez e Ignacio Morgado moderado por @gemarevuelta.bsky.social #CGutenberg25 @ccsupf.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Mesa Redonda: Comunicación científica versus neurofolclore, con Júlia Bestard, Estefanía Estévez e Ignacio Morgado moderado por @gemarevuelta.bsky.social #CGutenberg25 @ccsupf.bsky.social
Presentació dels resultats del estudi sobre escenaris de futur per al periodisme i les empreses de mitjans, fet en el marc de la Càtedra Futurs de la Comunicación @upf.edu, a carrer de Bertrán Salvador-Mata i Joan Corbella Cordomí
July 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Presentació dels resultats del estudi sobre escenaris de futur per al periodisme i les empreses de mitjans, fet en el marc de la Càtedra Futurs de la Comunicación @upf.edu, a carrer de Bertrán Salvador-Mata i Joan Corbella Cordomí
Ha sido un lujo participar en esta monografía de la Fundación Dr. Antoni Esteve junto con otros expertos en comunicación en salud, para abordar avances recientes en este ámbito. Disponible en acceso abierto👇
La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y salud esteve.org/es/publicaci...
La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y salud esteve.org/es/publicaci...
La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y salud - Fundació Dr. Antoni Esteve
¿Qué tipo de información sobre salud y fármacos recibe la ciudadanía a través de la prensa? La Fundación Dr. Antoni Esteve publica la Monografía La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y s...
esteve.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ha sido un lujo participar en esta monografía de la Fundación Dr. Antoni Esteve junto con otros expertos en comunicación en salud, para abordar avances recientes en este ámbito. Disponible en acceso abierto👇
La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y salud esteve.org/es/publicaci...
La investigación en comunicación sobre medicamentos y salud esteve.org/es/publicaci...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Seminar Reminder! Mark this date to join the upcoming seminar!
Prof. Jessica Ancker will present on "Making Numbers Meaningful: Lessons from a Systematic Review on Risk and Data Communication." #SharedDecisionMaking
May 14th 3:00 PM UTC
Register here: tinyurl.com/ydj3xb2k
Prof. Jessica Ancker will present on "Making Numbers Meaningful: Lessons from a Systematic Review on Risk and Data Communication." #SharedDecisionMaking
May 14th 3:00 PM UTC
Register here: tinyurl.com/ydj3xb2k
May 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Seminar Reminder! Mark this date to join the upcoming seminar!
Prof. Jessica Ancker will present on "Making Numbers Meaningful: Lessons from a Systematic Review on Risk and Data Communication." #SharedDecisionMaking
May 14th 3:00 PM UTC
Register here: tinyurl.com/ydj3xb2k
Prof. Jessica Ancker will present on "Making Numbers Meaningful: Lessons from a Systematic Review on Risk and Data Communication." #SharedDecisionMaking
May 14th 3:00 PM UTC
Register here: tinyurl.com/ydj3xb2k
📢📢 Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active research environment?
Exciting opportunity to join the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! 👇👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
Exciting opportunity to join the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! 👇👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates – health communication, risk perception and communication, judgment and decision making
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📢📢 Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active research environment?
Exciting opportunity to join the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! 👇👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
Exciting opportunity to join the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow! 👇👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
Looks like a very interesting paper!
🚨 New from Ralph Hertwig @susanmichie.bsky.social @robertjwest.bsky.social & Stephen Reicher.
They argue for a shift from nudging to boosting empowering people with skills for lasting behaviour change to tackle global challenges like climate change.
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
They argue for a shift from nudging to boosting empowering people with skills for lasting behaviour change to tackle global challenges like climate change.
Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Moving from nudging to boosting: empowering behaviour change to address global challenges | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Core
Moving from nudging to boosting: empowering behaviour change to address global challenges
www.cambridge.org
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Looks like a very interesting paper!
📢 ¡Nueva colaboración entre el proyecto Nutrimedia y el ecosistema de transferencia de conocimiento ARSENAL de la Facultad de Comunicación @upf.edu! Excelente noticia para la difusión de la evidencia científica sobre nutrición, que facilitará las #decisionesinformadas www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...
El projecte Nutrimedia i ARSENAL UPF uneixen esforços per difondre missatges de nutrició i salut
El projecte Nutrimedia, de la UPF i el Centre Cochrane Iberoamericà (CCIb), serà present als carrers de Barcelona a partir del 15 d'abril amb una campanya de comunicació del CCIb sobre els seus projec...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📢 ¡Nueva colaboración entre el proyecto Nutrimedia y el ecosistema de transferencia de conocimiento ARSENAL de la Facultad de Comunicación @upf.edu! Excelente noticia para la difusión de la evidencia científica sobre nutrición, que facilitará las #decisionesinformadas www.upf.edu/web/focus/w/...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
We’re delighted that our About Cancer website pages have passed the Patient Information Forum’s #PIFTick accreditation for another year!
This means we’re an accredited provider of trusted patient and health information.
Find out what this means: pifonline.org.uk/pif-tick/
This means we’re an accredited provider of trusted patient and health information.
Find out what this means: pifonline.org.uk/pif-tick/
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
We’re delighted that our About Cancer website pages have passed the Patient Information Forum’s #PIFTick accreditation for another year!
This means we’re an accredited provider of trusted patient and health information.
Find out what this means: pifonline.org.uk/pif-tick/
This means we’re an accredited provider of trusted patient and health information.
Find out what this means: pifonline.org.uk/pif-tick/
Presentació del llibre sobre La Democracia en Riesgo, editad per Frederic Guerrero-Solé @anthropies.bsky.social i Laura Pérez-Altable @lauraperezaltable.bsky.social. Taula rodona amb la Arantxa Capdevilla, Carlota Moragas i Letícia Rodríguez @upf.edu, Departament de Comunicació
April 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Presentació del llibre sobre La Democracia en Riesgo, editad per Frederic Guerrero-Solé @anthropies.bsky.social i Laura Pérez-Altable @lauraperezaltable.bsky.social. Taula rodona amb la Arantxa Capdevilla, Carlota Moragas i Letícia Rodríguez @upf.edu, Departament de Comunicació
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Successes and Failures: Everything We Learned from Health Communication Campaigns and Programs
- inaugural Special Issue of @jhealthcomm.bsky.social, just published
- includes 9 peer-reviewed research papers from health communication programs around the world
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhcm20/3...
- inaugural Special Issue of @jhealthcomm.bsky.social, just published
- includes 9 peer-reviewed research papers from health communication programs around the world
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhcm20/3...
Journal of Health Communication
Successes and Failures: Everything We Learned from Health Communication Campaigns and Programs. Volume 30, Issue sup1 of Journal of Health Communication
www.tandfonline.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Successes and Failures: Everything We Learned from Health Communication Campaigns and Programs
- inaugural Special Issue of @jhealthcomm.bsky.social, just published
- includes 9 peer-reviewed research papers from health communication programs around the world
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhcm20/3...
- inaugural Special Issue of @jhealthcomm.bsky.social, just published
- includes 9 peer-reviewed research papers from health communication programs around the world
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhcm20/3...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
This study found that web-based resources did not meet criteria for appropriate education to support adults measuring blood pressure at home. We've found similar issues with websites about many health conditions. infodemiology.jmir.org/2025/1/e55248
Appropriateness of Web-Based Resources for Home Blood Pressure Measurement and Their Alignment With Guideline Recommendations, Readability, and End User Involvement: Environmental Scan of Web-Based Re...
Background: High blood pressure (≥140/90 mm Hg) is the most prominent mortality risk factor worldwide. Home blood pressure measurement (HBPM) is recommended for blood pressure (BP) management. HBPM is...
infodemiology.jmir.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This study found that web-based resources did not meet criteria for appropriate education to support adults measuring blood pressure at home. We've found similar issues with websites about many health conditions. infodemiology.jmir.org/2025/1/e55248
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Hoy es el Día Mundial contra el Cáncer de Colon. Una investigación española realizada a 57 000 personas concluye que la prueba de sangre en heces es equivalente y menos invasiva que la colonoscopia para detectar esta enfermedad.
www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-...
www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-...
La colonoscopia y el test de sangre en heces son pruebas equivalentes para detectar cáncer de colon
Una investigación realizada a 57 000 personas concluye que la prueba de sangre en heces es equivalente y menos invasiva que la colonoscopia para detectar el cáncer colorrectal, una afección que se rei...
www.agenciasinc.es
March 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hoy es el Día Mundial contra el Cáncer de Colon. Una investigación española realizada a 57 000 personas concluye que la prueba de sangre en heces es equivalente y menos invasiva que la colonoscopia para detectar esta enfermedad.
www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-...
www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Sesión informativa en línea del Màster Universitario en Investigación en Comunicación. Jueves, 10 abril 16:00. Inscripción a la sesión en línea: app.geckoform.com/public/#/mod...
Info sobre el máster: www.upf.edu/web/master-i...
Info sobre el máster: www.upf.edu/web/master-i...
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sesión informativa en línea del Màster Universitario en Investigación en Comunicación. Jueves, 10 abril 16:00. Inscripción a la sesión en línea: app.geckoform.com/public/#/mod...
Info sobre el máster: www.upf.edu/web/master-i...
Info sobre el máster: www.upf.edu/web/master-i...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
The Making Numbers Meaningful Systematic Review papers are now available! Review of 316 papers on communicating health-related probabilities to the public. 1,119 findings. Methods / scoping paper, 6 evidence summary papers, 5 editorials. All open access.
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
February 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Making Numbers Meaningful Systematic Review papers are now available! Review of 316 papers on communicating health-related probabilities to the public. 1,119 findings. Methods / scoping paper, 6 evidence summary papers, 5 editorials. All open access.
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
"We urge all leaders, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence. We urge policymakers to help boost people’s confidence in vaccines, and not to undermine scientific and medical institutions or the process of research."
www.nature.com/artic...
www.nature.com/artic...
Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them
Nature - Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"We urge all leaders, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence. We urge policymakers to help boost people’s confidence in vaccines, and not to undermine scientific and medical institutions or the process of research."
www.nature.com/artic...
www.nature.com/artic...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
🤳 Rere l’algoritme de TikTok: quin és l’impacte en els joves de l’exitosa xarxa social?
Analitzarem TikTok des del vessant de la recerca en comunicació en un nou webinar del cicle #2025AmbUllsUPF.
📅 27 de març, 18.00 h
📌 en línia
Apunta't a la sessió 👇
www.upf.edu/web/alumni/w...
Analitzarem TikTok des del vessant de la recerca en comunicació en un nou webinar del cicle #2025AmbUllsUPF.
📅 27 de març, 18.00 h
📌 en línia
Apunta't a la sessió 👇
www.upf.edu/web/alumni/w...
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🤳 Rere l’algoritme de TikTok: quin és l’impacte en els joves de l’exitosa xarxa social?
Analitzarem TikTok des del vessant de la recerca en comunicació en un nou webinar del cicle #2025AmbUllsUPF.
📅 27 de març, 18.00 h
📌 en línia
Apunta't a la sessió 👇
www.upf.edu/web/alumni/w...
Analitzarem TikTok des del vessant de la recerca en comunicació en un nou webinar del cicle #2025AmbUllsUPF.
📅 27 de març, 18.00 h
📌 en línia
Apunta't a la sessió 👇
www.upf.edu/web/alumni/w...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Analizan herramientas de IA generativa para búsqueda (chatGPT, Perplexity, Deepseek, Copilot, Grok y Gemini). Mayoritariamente presentan respuestas inexactas con gran confianza, mostrando mayor probabilidad de proporcionar respuestas incorrectas que reconocer limitaciones www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
March 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Analizan herramientas de IA generativa para búsqueda (chatGPT, Perplexity, Deepseek, Copilot, Grok y Gemini). Mayoritariamente presentan respuestas inexactas con gran confianza, mostrando mayor probabilidad de proporcionar respuestas incorrectas que reconocer limitaciones www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Read our MJA Insight+ article about @melodytaba.bsky.social's PhD research with @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social - outlining 5 things you can do to engage young people in social media communication about health: insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/10/how-...
How to use social media for health communication with young people - InSight+
With 82% of young people using social media for health information, it’s increasingly important for health professionals to cut through online misinformation with reliable and appealing social media h...
insightplus.mja.com.au
March 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Read our MJA Insight+ article about @melodytaba.bsky.social's PhD research with @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social - outlining 5 things you can do to engage young people in social media communication about health: insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/10/how-...
"You can help people rebuild their confidence by breaking actions into smaller steps, providing clear and accessible guidance, and creating social reinforcement through visible adoption from their neighbors and peers"
Why do people feel more alone in supporting climate action than they really are?
Americans overwhelmingly support climate-friendly policies, yet they underestimate how many others feel the same. Breaking this perception gap is key to wider climate action.
behavioralscientist.org/we-still-und...
Americans overwhelmingly support climate-friendly policies, yet they underestimate how many others feel the same. Breaking this perception gap is key to wider climate action.
behavioralscientist.org/we-still-und...
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"You can help people rebuild their confidence by breaking actions into smaller steps, providing clear and accessible guidance, and creating social reinforcement through visible adoption from their neighbors and peers"
Reposted by Yasmina Okan
Glad to have been a part of the working group to create the GROVE reporting guideline for vignette experiments in healthcare. A useful guide for any researchers conducting or reporting health-related vignettes - now published in PEC!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Development of GROVE: a Guideline for RepOrting Vignette Experiments conducted in a healthcare context
Experimental studies using vignettes investigate the impact of healthcare professional or patient/client characteristics, communication, and/or other …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Glad to have been a part of the working group to create the GROVE reporting guideline for vignette experiments in healthcare. A useful guide for any researchers conducting or reporting health-related vignettes - now published in PEC!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very concerning. What's next? Burning people at the stake for claiming the earth is round?
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Very concerning. What's next? Burning people at the stake for claiming the earth is round?